PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Authorizes St. Tammany Parish to create and provide for local ethics entities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

HB 276 authorizes St. Tammany Parish to establish its own local ethics oversight body to review conduct and ethics complaints involving parish officials and employees. The bill amends existing Louisiana law to explicitly include St. Tammany Parish in the list of parishes (alongside New Orleans, East Baton Rouge, and Jefferson) permitted to create such entities. It provides a legal framework for these entities to define their powers, duties, and authority under local ethics codes. The bill directly affects St. Tammany Parish government operations and officials subject to its ethics oversight.