HLS 22RS-672 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 475
BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS
ETHICS/NEPOTISM: Provides relative to the deadline for filing disclosures of the
employment of an immediate family member of a school board member or school
superintendent
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(a)(iii), relative to nepotism; to provide relative
3 to family members of school board members and school district superintendents who
4 are employed by the school board; to provide relative to the deadline for disclosing
5 information regarding such employment to the Board of Ethics; to provide relative
6 to penalties; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(a)(iii) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
9follows:
10 ยง1119. Nepotism
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12 B.
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14 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection:
15 (a)
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17 (iii) In addition, within thirty days after the beginning by September fifteenth
18 of each school year, any school board member or superintendent whose immediate
19 family member is employed by the school board shall file a disclosure statement with
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HB NO. 475
1 the Board of Ethics stating the facts of such employment. Any person who fails to
2 timely file a disclosure statement under this Item may be assessed a late fee of fifty
3 dollars per day, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, subject to the
4 provisions of R.S. 42:1157.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 475 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Thomas
Abstract: Provides relative to disclosures to the Bd. of Ethics regarding school board
employees who are family members of school board members or school district
superintendents.
Present law prohibits an agency head from employing a member of his immediate family in
his agency and prohibits a governmental entity from employing an immediate family
member of a member of the governing authority or of the chief executive of the
governmental entity.
Present law provides an exception that authorizes a local school board to employ any
member of the immediate family of a board member or of the school district superintendent
as a classroom teacher if the family member is certified to teach or is temporarily authorized
to teach while pursuing certification. Present law provides other specific exceptions relating
to employment of family members by school boards.
Present law requires that, within 30 days after the beginning of each school year, a school
board member or superintendent whose immediate family member is employed by the
school board shall file a disclosure statement with the Bd. of Ethics stating the facts of such
employment.
Proposed law retains present law except to change the deadline for filing such disclosures
to Sept. 15th of each year.
Present law, retained by proposed law, provides that a person who fails to timely file a
disclosure statement may be assessed a late fee of $50 per day, not to exceed $1500.
(Amends R.S. 42:1119(B)(2)(a)(iii))
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