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urn: urn:us-la:rs:42:341
citation: "R.S. 42:341"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 42 › Chapter 6"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2018, number: 270, section: 1, effective_date: 2019-01-01, role: enactment }
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# Definitions

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words and terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Agency" means a department, office, division, agency, commission, board, committee, or other organizational unit of a governmental entity.

(2) "Agency head" means the chief executive or administrative officer of an agency or the chairman of a board or commission.

(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.

(4) "Governmental entity" means the state or any political subdivision.

(5) "Public employee" means anyone who is:

(a) An administrative officer or official of a governmental entity who is not filling an elective office.

(b) Appointed to a post or position created by rule, law, resolution, ordinance, charter, or executive order.

(c) Employed by an agency, officer, or official of a governmental entity.

(6) "Public servant" means a public employee or an elected official.