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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 17, 1994

We find our position to be clearly supported by the case of Seghers v. Community Advancement, Inc., et al. , 357 So.2d 626 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1978). … of the board members.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 7, 1998

Board of Commissioners of the North Lafourche Conservation, Levee, and Drainage District v. … Board of Commissioners of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District , 666 So.2d 636 (La. 1996), rehearing denied; Board of Directors of the Louisiana Recovery District v. All Taxpayers, et al. , 529 So.2d 384 (La. 1988).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 13, 1992

In Morial v. Orleans Parish School Board 332 So.2d 503 , (La.App. 4th Cir. 1976) the case upheld the payment of wages to a teacher for days she did not work because of illness as provided in LSA R.S. 17:1201 -1202. … The School Board may grant additional leave for sickness or emergencies without loss of pay. 4.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 12, 2008

On behalf of the Union Parish School Board, you have asked for our opinion as to whether the Union Parish School Board may impose a real estate parcel fee. In Acorn v. … Further, the Union Parish School Board has the specific authority to levy additional sales and use taxes. See La.R.S. 33:2737.62 ; and La.R.S. 33:2737.8 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 5, 1993

filed against the Board. … City of Port Allen v. Louisiana Risk Management, Inc., et al., 439 So.2d 399 , 401 (La. 1983).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 16, 1992

The terms of all other board members shall be no more than five years. No board members shall serve more than two consecutive terms. … Conecuh-Monroe Community Action Agency v. Bowen, 852 F.2d 581 (D.C. Cir. 1988). I trust the above answers your question. Feel free to call if you wish to discuss the above. Yours very truly, RICHARD P.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 21, 1999

Gautreau v. Board of Elec. Examiners of City of Baton Rouge, 167 So.2d 425 (La.App. 1 st Cir. 1964), rehearing denied. … Liller v. Louisiana Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 59 So.2d 222 (La.App. Orl. Cir. 1954), rehearing denied, and State v. Roberson, 72 So.2d 265 , 225 La. 74 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 22, 1994

Exclusive administrative authority over students is vested in the Board of Supervisors. S.G.A. of LSU v. Board of Supervisors , 264 So.2d 916 , 920 (La. 1927). … Thus, while a student government association may be funded by public funds [ Carter v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 11, 2001

In Basco v. … In, Keys v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 7, 1995

In Basco v. … In, Keys v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 25, 1995

The committee's report will be made to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen at an open meeting, after which the committee will dissolve itself. … The term public body means: "[V]illage, town, and city governing authorities; parish governing authorities; school boards, and boards of levee and port commissioners; boards of publicly operated utilities; planning, zoning

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 31, 2000

Roemer v. Board of Public Works , 387F. Supp. 1282 citing Hunt v. McNair , 413 U.S. 734 . … Roemer citing Lemon v. Kurtzman , 403 U.S. 602 , 91 S.Ct. 2105 (1971).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 17, 1993

Superintendents and assistant superintendents are considered employees of the city or parish school boards which elect them and which grant their contracts of employment. See, Hayden v. … A school board "employee" for purposes of sick leave is, "any person in the employ of any parish or city school board of the State of Louisiana who is not a teacher or whose employment does not require the holding of a teacher's

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 22, 2000

Your inquiry concerns the liability for payment of court costs by the City of New Orleans (City) and the New Orleans Aviation Board ("NOAB"). … The phrase "temporarily deferred" as applied here is defined in Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association v. Gegenheimer , 636 So.2d 209 at 210 as meaning: The costs are deferred only during litigation.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 25, 1998

Dear Mayor Morial: You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General regarding the provision of salary increases to employees of the City of New Orleans (City) and the Orleans Parish School Board (Board). … See Beard-Poulan, Inc. v. Dept. of Highways , 362 F. Supp. 547 (W.D. La. 1973) and Town of Brusly v. West Baton Rouge Parish Police Jury , 283 So.2d 288 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1973).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 17, 1993

Second, as you suggest, the case of Burstein v. Morial, 438 So.2d 554 (La. 1983), is helpful in the construction of certain provisions of the City of New Iberia special legislative charter. … of the members of the board shall become adopted without his signature.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 15, 2002

In applying whatever policy the School Board adopts or creates, the Board should be aware that there are certain constitutional rights a student must be afforded. … In Tooley v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 18, 2001

protection of the lands of the district from damage by flood, and, and in the case of levee and drainage boards, for the adequate drainage control of the district." … (See Hero Lands Company v. Board of Commissioners for the Lafourche Basin Levee District , 366 So.2d 593 , (La.App. 4th Cir. 1978) We hope this response sufficiently addresses your inquiry.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 13, 2009

*Page 2 As noted in State v. Boyte , 973 So.2d 900 (La. … Since said contract is illegal, the Board of Commissioners of Water District Number Two has a duty to opt out of the contract prior to its renewal on October 31.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 21, 2003

This board shall have a chairman, vice-chairman and a secretary. The domicile of the board shall be within the area it serves. … We find analogous the situation presented in the case of Williamson v. Village of Baskin, 339 So.2d 474 , wherein the town marshal moved outside the corporate limits of the village after his election.