The opinion
KIMBALL, C.J.,
concurring with reasons.
|1BI concur with the majority opinion because I find it unnecessary to decide whether La. R.S. § 26:493 or § 51:191 is the more specific statute. The statutes are independent grants of authority — one to “control the sale of alcoholic beverages,” the other to “provide for a day of rest.” City of Shreveport v. Belk, 260 La. 1041 , 258 So.2d 79, 80 (1972).
I agree with the majority that the ordinance, which bans the sale of alcohol at certain times, including all-day on Sundays, regulates the sale of alcohol but does not prohibit it. See Belk, 258 So.2d at 80, 81 . Therefore, the local government had power to enact the ordinance without a referendum election pursuant to La. R.S. § 26:49s. 1
. La. R.S. § 26:493 permits the local government to regulate the sale of alcohol in its jurisdiction without a referendum election, but requires a referendum election to prohibit the sale of alcohol.