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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 22, 2001

Co ., 110 La. 904 , 34 So. 868 (1903); Suarez v. Police Jury of St. Bernard, 203 La. 680 , 14 So.2d 601 (1943); Melancon v. Police Jury of Lafayette , 301 So.2d 715 (La.App. 1974). (Atty. Gen. Op. 93-616). … Meanwhile, the board of aldermen should proceed to enact a specific ordinance which addresses the salary of the board to be effective for the next term, provided there is more than six months remaining in their present terms

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 29, 2010

The following property is subject to ad valorem taxation: (i)land; (ii) improvements for residential purposes; (iii) electric cooperative property, excluding land; (iv) public service properties, excluding land; and (v) other … Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Board of the City of Gonzales, Louisiana, Inc. v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 14, 1995

Landry Parish School Board ("Board"). … See State v. Davis , 359 So.2d 803 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1989), Writ Denied.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 27, 2006

Nonetheless, the Supreme Court of Louisiana in Grant *Page 7 v. … As such, Grant overruled the holdings in Lee v. Grimmer, 99-2196 (La.App. 1 Cir. 2000) 775 So.2d 1223 , and Thibodeaux v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 22, 1996

Board still have the disrupting speaker arrested? … Harry Summerlin Board is authorized to determine meeting procedure, including setting the agenda. La. Atty Gen Op. No. 94-152. In State v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 4, 2004

The mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, shall appoint the police chief. … Op. 87-682 the authority to enforce all ordinances and laws includes the grant of certain inherent powers which are necessary for him to effectively carry out his duties, and with reliance upon Lentini v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 20, 1997

(Emphasis added) In Brock v. St. James Parish Council, 400 So.2d 745 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1981), the court considered a situation similar to the one presented herein. … We conclude that § 29 does not apply to districts but only to parishes, municipalities and school boards.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 6, 2005

Art. 8 , § 5 , which creates the Board of Regents, and provides for the appointment of its members by the Governor. 3 See River Birch, Inc. v. … R.S. 24:56 (F). 5 Act 1991, No. 755 , § 1 added Part V., Legislative Lobbying, of Chapter 15, of Title 42, R.S. 42:1191 to 42:1202. "Lobbyist" was defined in La.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 21, 1999

Vermillion Parish School Board , 98-1933 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 6/23/99): [V]acation pay is considered to be wages for purposes of LSA-R.S. 23:631 , Draughn v., Mart , 411 So.2d 1188 (La.App. 4 cir. 1982), writ denied, 415 So.2d … Baudoin citing Bertreau v. Wiener Corp ., 362 So.2d 806 (La.App. 4 cir. 1978) and Knecht v. Board of Trustees for State Colleges and Universities and Northwestern State University, 591 So.2d 690 (La. 1991).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 18, 2006

R.S. 17:493.1 provides a procedure that school boards must follow in adding new bus routes and filling route vacancies. … Huszar v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board, 95-2594 (La.App. 1 Cir. 9/27/96) , 681 So.2d 60 , writ denied, 96-2602 (La. 12/13/96), 692 So.2d 1064 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 21, 2006

In Doyle v. … In the case of Cogswell v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 7, 1997

commission, publicly owned railroad board or commission, or any other local board, commission, or authority. … In Doe v. Foti, 93-1337 (La.App. 4 Cir. 3/15/94) , 634 So.2d 58 , a judicial administrator had a juvenile inadvertently transferred to a juvenile facility. The court stated, "Even if Mrs.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 28, 1996

That policy was formally adopted by the Board as reflected in the minutes of the March 5, 1996 meeting of the Board: Mr. … Swetman v. Teachers' Retirement System, *Page 3 578 So.2d 149 (La. 1st Cir. 1991). As previously noted, such a construction to the statute has only recently been adopted by the Board.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 19, 1994

The Board of Alderman, as legislative branch of the municipality, is authorized to incur debt. LSA-R.S. 33:361 (B). … The mayor cannot supersede the Board's fiscal control unilaterally. Smith v. Town of Vinton , 209 La. 587 , 25 So.2d 237 (La. 1946). Very truly yours, RICHARD P.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 4, 2010

Art. 697 , discussed herein below. 5 La.C.C. art. 705 . 6 La.C.C. art. 730 . 7 State v. Kitterlin Creek, LLC , 02-1063 (La. App. 3 Cir. 2/5/03), 838 So.2d 926 . 8 Wright v. Department of Highways , 342 So.2d 230 (La. … App. 1 Cir 1977). 9 Id at 232. 10 Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Board of the City of Gonzales, Louisiana, Inc. v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 9, 2002

Op. 98-160 in accordance with Lake Charles Harbor Terminal District v. … Thereafter, in accordance with R.S. 34:1703 , Powers of the board, it provides in part that the board "shall be empowered to own and have charge of, to administer, construct, operate and maintain wharves, warehouses, landings

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 27, 2005

With regard to your first question, the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed a similar issue in Parent- Community Alliance for Quality Education, Inc. v. the Orleans Parish School Board , 385 So. 2nd 33 (June … When a vacancy occurs in the membership of a city or parish school board, the remaining members of the board shall appoint a person who meets the qualifications of the office to fill the vacancy."

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 11, 1996

Dear Representative Hill: You requested the opinion of this office as to the permissible purposes of the proceeds of two 1% sales taxes of the Beauregard Parish School Board (the "School Board"), one approved in 1966, the … Hemler v. Richland Parish School Board , 142 La. 133 , 76 So. 585 (1917). . .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 27, 1993

City of Shreveport v. Conrad, 33 So.2d 503 (La. 1947). The mayor is not entitled to cast a vote as an alderman concerning the passage of an ordinance. … No ordinance can therefore be legally enacted with less than a majority of board members.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 10, 2001

We find support for this position in State v. Davis , 539 So.2d 803 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1989) writ denied. … We are mindful of the case of Varnado v. Hospital Service District No. 1 , 730 So.2d 1066 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1999).