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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 19, 2003

Atty Gen. 93-259 pertained to the New Orleans Aviation Board borrowing money from the TIMED account for projects at the New Orleans International Airport and states that "there is not statutory authorization to allow NOAB … special funds under the administration of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (the "Department"); (iii) the Department agreed with the transaction; (iv) these funds cannot be appropriated to any other department; and (v)

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 20, 2005

receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to community water fluoridation for the City of Baton Rouge inasmuch as a decision was made at the August 2004 meeting of the Fluoridation Advisory Board … In the case of Attaya v. Town of Gonzales , 192 So.2d 188 (La.App. 1966) involved a suit for an injunction prohibiting governing authorities of the town from fluoridating municipal water supply.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 13, 2001

Thomas v. Highlands Insurance Company and Brown and Root USA, Inc ., 617 So.2d 877 , 878-879 (La. 1993) (Emphasis added). … California Co. v. City of New Orleans , 60 So.2d 103 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1952).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 27, 1995

Barth by Barth v. Board of Education , 490 N.E.2d 77 (Ill.App. 1986); Hendon v. DeKalb County , 417 S.E.2d 705 (Ga.App. 1992). … City of Gary Indiana v. Odie , 638 N.E.2d 1326 (Ind. Appeal 1994); Dore v. Calumet City , 609 N.E.2d 689 (Ill, pp 1992).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 11, 2007

Board of Directors of La. Recovery District v. All Taxpayers, et al , 529 So.2d 384 (La. 1988). We are unaware of any judicial declaration affecting the presumed constitutionality of the Act. … In another recent case, Voicestream GSM / Operating Co, LLC v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 17, 1993

Skinner v. Boise Southern Co., 364 So.2d 223 (La.App. 3d Cir 1978), Winzer v. Lewis, 251 So.2d 650 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1971), writ refused 253 So.2d 379 (La. 1971); Quality Contractors Inc. v. … Also, see Vining v. Democratic Exec. Com. For 32nd Rep.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 22, 1997

Zapata Haynie Corp. v. Larpenter , 583 So.2d 867 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1991), writ denied. La. Const. Art. … Schulingkamp v. Heaton , 455 So.2d 1181 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1984), writ denied.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 5, 2010

taxation. " Public lands; other public property used for public purposes" is included within the list of exempt property. 1 This office has consistently employed the two-part test adopted by the Louisiana Supreme Court in Slay v. … expansion of commerce and industry are essential to the economic growth of the state and to the full employment, welfare and prosperity of its citizens" to opine that all property held in the name of Industrial Development Boards

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 4, 2003

Acorn v. … All tax recipient agencies of ad valorem taxes of each and every parish of the state of Louisiana, the parish of Orleans excepted, including the police jury, school board, levee district, special districts, municipalities

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 31, 1994

Clark v. Board of Commissioners, 422 So.2d 247 , 251 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1982). … Henry v. Edwards, 346 So.2d 153 (La. 1977); Atty.Gen.Ops. 89-25, 89-230, 93-493, 93-594. Please contact me if the Attorney General's office can be of further assistance to you or the Budget Committee.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 7, 2000

See, for example, City of New Orleans v. … Board of Commissioners of the Orleans Levee District , 93-0690 (La. 7/5/94), 640 So.2d 237 , "[a] local governmental subdivision that acquires home rule powers subsequent to the adoption of the 1974 constitution is authorized

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 7, 1995

Section 3322 delineates the authority of the District's Board of Commissioners which includes the authority to establish water resources development including but not limited to erosion control measures, marsh management … Slocum v. Daigre , 424 So.2d 1074 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1982), writ denied, 429 So.2d 128 (La. 1983); Greer v. State of Louisiana, et al ., 616 So.2d 811 (La.App. 2d Cir. 1993).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 30, 1997

May the Gramercy Board of Alderman utilize federal grant money to contract with the St. James Parish Sheriff's Office for a deputy to serve the Town of Gramercy? 2. Would City of Canton v. … In response to your second question, the court's decision in City of Canton v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 28, 1992

any tax hereunder, or amendments hereto, may specify that the avails or proceeds of the tax after payment of collection costs shall be divided by the governing authority of the parish between the parish, the parish school board … [See Town of Brusly v. West Baton Rouge Parish Police Jury, 283 So.2d 288 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1973), and Town of Ball v. Rapides Parish Police Jury, 597 F.2d 43 (5th Cir. 1979), footnote 2].

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 14, 2007

See Paul v. Edwards, 323 So.2d 484 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1975). La. … Moore v. RLCC Technologies, Inc., 95-2621 (La. 2/28/96), 668 So.2d 1135 ; Faul v. Trahan, 1998-488 (La.App. 3 Cir. 10/7/98) 718 So.2d 1081 , 1087 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 6, 1998

Your first question is whether your unclassified employees may participate, either as volunteers or board members, on behalf of the proposed nonprofit foundation, without violating any provisions of state law or the ethics … City of Port Allen v. Louisiana Municipal Management Agency , 439 So.2d 339 (La. 1983).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 17, 2000

In Timothy v. … In Cruzan v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 19, 1998

Guste v. Nicholls College Foundation , 564 So.2d 682 (La. 1990), the analysis was based upon the following criteria: 1) Is the entity who received the money a public body? … Guste citing Lewis v. Spurney , 458 So.2d 488 (La. 1984).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 3, 1993

State in the interest of J.A.V., 558 So.2d 214 (La. 1980); Gulf Oil Corporation v. State Mineral Board, 317 So.2d 576 (La. 1975).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 15, 1999

New Orleans Rosenbush Claims Service, Inc. v. City of New Orleans , 653 So.2d 538 (La. 1995), La. Associated General Contractors, Inc. v. … Morris v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board , 653 So.2d 4 (La.App. 1 Cir. 1995). Finally, repeal of legislation by implication is not favored.