2017 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 42 - Public Officers and Employees
RS 42:1111.1 - Charitable giving to public servants during gubernatorially declared disasters and emergencies; limitations; requirements; annual reports

§1111.1. Charitable giving to public servants during gubernatorially declared disasters and emergencies; limitations; requirements; annual reports

            A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Part, during the time period extending from the date of a gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency and ending on the date five years after the date the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency was initially declared by the governor, a public servant may receive any thing of economic value as a contribution or donation from a not-for-profit organization or a fund within a not-for-profit organization for the purpose of disaster aid or relief to offset any economic losses suffered by the public servant as a result of the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency, provided that the total value of contributions or donations received by the public servant related to the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency from not-for-profit organizations or funds within not-for-profit organizations shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.

            B. Each not-for-profit organization which disburses, either directly or through a fund, a contribution or donation to a public servant that, except for the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, would otherwise be prohibited by this Part shall utilize objective criteria in both evaluating the need for and the disbursement of contributions or donations to public servants to ensure that fair and equitable disbursements are made and that the disbursements are based upon demonstrated and documented needs directly related to the gubernatorially declared disaster or emergency.

            C. Not later than February fifteenth of each year following a year that a not-for-profit organization has given, either directly or through a fund, a contribution or donation to a public servant that, except for the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, would otherwise be prohibited by this Part, the not-for-profit organization shall file a report with the Board of Ethics containing the identification of the gubernatorially declared disaster associated with the contribution or donation, the objective criteria utilized as required by Subsection B of this Section, the name of each public servant to whom a contribution or donation was given, the name of the agency of each such public servant, the nature of the donation or contribution given to each such public servant, and the value of the donation or contribution given to each such public servant.

            Acts 2017, No. 30, §1, eff. June 3, 2017.