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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Nov 29, 1999

If the purchase approved by the Board of Aldermen is deemed illegal is the Chief of Police liable as well? 3. What is your position since you refused to approve the invoice while the Board of Aldermen approved it? … Of course, line item adjustments cannot be made to the exclusion of the mayor and board of aldermen, but the expense may be within the budget. We find support for this conclusion in Wilkinson v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 28, 1997

You have also advised that the CEO has no expectation of receiving the payment if she does not exceed the Board's goals and perform beyond the scope of her duties. … We find support for this position in State v. Davis, 539 So.2d 803 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1989), Writ Denied.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 31, 1992

of commissioners of the District, may be paid a per diem for their service as a board member. … In the opinion rendered by the Louisiana Supreme Court in Francis v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 2, 2008

As stated by the Louisiana Supreme Court in City of Port Allen v. … See also, McElveen v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 29, 2008

Council of City of New Orleans v. All Taxpayers, Property Owners. 841 So.2d 72 , (La.App. 4 Cir.,2003); Board of Directors of the Louisiana Recovery District v. All Taxpayers, 529 So.2d 384 , 387 (La. 1988); State v. … Council of City of New Orleans v. All Taxpayers, Property Owners, 841 So.2d 72 , (La.App. 4 Cir.,2003); Board of Directors of the Louisiana Recovery District v. All Taxpayers, 529 So.2d 384 , 387 (La. 1988); State v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 26, 2006

Murray v. Board of Trustees of Police Pension Fund for City of New Orleans, 259 So.2d 613 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1972); Adolph v. Sewerage Water Board Pension Committee, 202 So.2d 664 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1967); Young v. … Department of Highways, 160 So.2d 391 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1964); Bowen v. Board of Trustees of Police Pension Fund, 76 So.2d 430 (La.App.Orl. 1954).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 9, 1994

, et al v. … See Foundation Finance Co. v. Robbins 179 La. 259 (1934); Jefferson Bank and Trust Company v. Post , 312 So.2d 158 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1975); Roberts v. Hanover Ins.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 26, 1996

Board of Trustees of the East Baton Rouge Mortgage Authority v. All Taxpayers, et al ., 336 So.2d 306 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1976) Rehearing Denied and B. W. S. Corp v. … Curtis v. Breaux, et al., 458 So.2d 582 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1984) Rehearing Denied. In Maginnis v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 22, 2007

Any election authorized under this Section shall be called by the board of commissioners of the district, and in the same election to issue bonds the board may also submit to the qualified electors of the district a proposition … Hemler v. Richland Parish School Board , 76 So. 585 (La. 1917); Watkins v. Ouachita Parish School Board , 136 So. 591 (La. 1931); Hodnett v. Monroe City School Board , 277 So.2d 598 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 1972) and Brock v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 22, 1998

See , Lindsey v. Holland , 105 So.2d 332 , 336-337 , and the cases cited therein. … In the case of Charter Commission of the City of Alexandria v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 18, 2005

National Bank of Commerce in New Orleans v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural Mechanical College, 206 La. 913 , 20 So.2d 264 (1944). … Coco v. Riverside Irrigation, Co., Ltd., 142 La. 10, 76 So. 216 (1917). Quasi-public bodies are those bodies which are not strictly private bodies. Attorney General Opinion No. 78-1183.]

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 28, 1997

In Public Housing Administration v. … We also draw attention to Louisiana State Employee's Retirement System, et al. v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 19, 2002

Accordingly, this Board member was no longer eligible to be a member of the Board. … Under the de facto officer doctrine, the acts of the board member would be valid unless and until he is ousted in a direct proceeding. Michell v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 22, 2010

VII, Sec. 14(A), as set forth in Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Board of the City of Gonzales, Louisiana, Inc. v. … This provision relates primarily to the compliance with public bid laws in the leasing and sale of levee board property.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 23, 1996

Hospital service districts are governed by a board of commissioners as provided in LSA-R.S. 46:1053 . … Giamanco v. Pizzolato , 275 So.2d 880 (La.App. 4 Cir. 1973).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 26, 2005

Hemler v. Richland Parish School Board, 76 So. 585 (La. 1917); Watkins v. Ouachita Parish School Board, 136 So. 591 (La. 1931); Hodnett v. Monroe City School Board, 277 So.2d 598 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 1972) and Brock V. St.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 28, 2003

V, § 26(1974), R.S. 16:1 . Investigators may be appointed as follows: A. … of aldermen for that purpose, authorize the mayor to thereafter appoint a marshal with the approval of the board of aldermen LSA-R.S. 33:381.1 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Oct 15, 2008

In Silver Express Company v. … Id. at 1100 . 1 Similarly, in Leach-Wells v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 21, 1998

If so, can the board restrict what a Levee District Police Officer can enforce? In response to your first question, La. … State v. Perez, 464 So.2d 737 (La. 1985). In response to your third question, a levee district board of commissioners has sole discretion as to whether or not to employ levee police for its district, as provided by La.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 22, 2002

Police Jury of the Parish of Acadia v. All Taxpayers , et al. (La.App. 3rd Cir. 3/29/95), 653 So.2d 94 , rehearing denied; Hemler v. Richland Parish School Board , 76 So. 585 (La. 1917); Watkins v. … Ouachita Parish School Board , 136 So. 591 (La. 1931); Hodnett v. Monroe City School Board , 277 So.2d 598 (La.App. 2nd Cir. 1972) and Brock v. St.