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  "title_number": "42",
  "section_number": "341",
  "citation": "R.S. 42:341",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings:\n\n(1) \"Agency\" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity.\n\n(2) \"Agency head\" means the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or the chairman of a board or commission.\n\n(3) \"Elected official\" means any person holding an office in a governmental entity which is filled by the vote of the appropriate electorate. It shall also include any person appointed to fill a vacancy in such office.\n\n(4) \"Governmental entity\" means the state or any political subdivision.\n\n(5) \"Public employee\" means anyone who is:\n\n(a) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office.\n\n(b) Appointed to a post or position created by rule, law, resolution, ordinance, charter, or executive order.\n\n(c) Employed by an agency, officer, or official of a governmental entity.\n\n(6) \"Public servant\" means a public employee or an elected official.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "42",
      "name": "PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "6",
      "name": "PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 42 › Chapter 6",
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      "act_year": 2018,
      "act_number": 270,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2019-01-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "January 1, 2019",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2018, No. 270, §1, eff. January 1, 2019.",
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