BATON ROUGE [AP] — The chairman of a legislative panel that oversees state ethics laws faces seven charges alleging that he violated state conflict of interest laws.
The Louisiana Board of Ethics allegations against state House and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman Rep. Rick Gallot of Ruston was made public Tuesday.
The charges involve Gallot’s legal representation of the Black and Gold Facilities Inc. in business dealings with Grambling State University and the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors, on which his mother serves.
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Each allegation could bring maximum civil penalties of $10,000.
Gallot said in a telephone interview with The Advocate he would fight the charges.
