HLS 20RS-374 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 81
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
ETHICS/NEPOTISM: Provides an exception to allow immediate family members of a
coach of a collegiate athletic program to be employed on the staff of that program
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 42:1119(I), relative to nepotism; to provide an exception to allow an
3 immediate family member of a coach of an athletic program at a public higher
4 education institution to be employed on the staff of that program; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 42:1119(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1119. Nepotism
9 * * *
10 I. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the employment of an immediate
11 family member of a coach of an athletic program at a public higher education
12 institution on the staff of that program nor shall the provisions of this Section be
13 construed to hinder, alter, or in any way affect normal promotional advancements for
14 such an immediate family member.
15 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
16signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
17by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
18vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
19effective on the day following such approval.
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HB NO. 81
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 81 Original 2020 Regular Session Turner
Abstract: Provides an exception to the nepotism prohibitions to allow an immediate family
member of a coach of a collegiate athletic program to be employed on the staff of
that program.
Present law (ethics code) generally prohibits an immediate family member of an agency
head from being employed in his agency, but present law has a general exception to allow
the continued employment of an immediate family member of an agency head if the public
employee has been employed in the agency for a period of at least one year prior to the
public employee's immediate family member becoming the agency head. Present law
contains additional, more specific exceptions.
Proposed law retains present law and provides an additional exception to allow an immediate
family member of a coach of an athletic program at public higher education institution to be
employed on the staff of that program and to receive normal promotional advancements.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 42:1119(I))
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