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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 22, 2009

Pursuant to La.R.S. 15:162 (H), the Louisiana Public Defender Board has assigned Mr. Thomas to manage and supervise public defender services in both districts. … In Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Board of the City of Gonzales, Louisiana, Inc. v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 14, 2007

No. 05-0037 (citing City of Port Allen v. Louisiana Municipal Risk Agency , 439 So.2d 399 (La. 1983)). … See, Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Board of the City of Gonzales, Louisiana, Inc. v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Sep 29, 1993

Smith v. Town of Cotton Valley, 584 So.2d 1199 (La.App. 1991), cert denied, 589 So. d 1055, involved interpretation of R.S. 33:404.1 under a factual situation similar to the question presented. … The court observed that the provision in the statute that "compensation of a local official shall not be reduced during the term for which he is elected" did not prohibit the board of aldermen from reducing the police chief's

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · May 12, 1992

Murray v. Board of Trustees of Police Pension Fund for the City of New Orleans, 259 So.2d 613 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1972). Thus, Mr. … Citing Bowen v. Board of Trustees for the Police Pension Fund, 76 So.2d 430 (La.App.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 6, 2003

office of any agency, board, commission, or department". … Lentini v. City of Kenner , 211 So.2d 311 , (La, 1968); Cogswell v. Town of Logansport , 321 So.2d 769 (La.App 1975); Atty. Gen. Op. Nos. 94-536, 88-115, 87-682.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 18, 2005

Nos. 02-060, 99-080, 96-246, 94-346, 92-050 3 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. James Parish Council , 407 S0.2d 1265 (La.App. 4th Cir. 1981), writ denied. 4 Town of Brusly v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jun 7, 1993

In State v. Coulon, 3 So.2d 241 , 197 La. 1058 (1941), the court held that school boards and other local boards and commissions, while created by the Legislature, were not local subdivisions of the state. … See State v. Housing Authority of New Orleans, 182 So. 725 , 190 La. 710 (1938).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 1, 1992

Corp. v. Wenger, 366 So.2d 1059 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1979). … Rue Lafayette, supra, holds such ordinances valid; but see Merchant v. Fuselier, 365 So.2d 854 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1978) to the contrary.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 19, 2004

We find in Foster v. Blackwel l, 747 So.2d 1203 (La.App. 1999) the court stated in regard to R.S. 12:52 , "The aim of this statute, as expressed by our brethren in Hibernia Nat. Bank v. … This Article was relied upon in State v.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 9, 1996

See also 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). … In accordance with Section 9101, the Rapides Parish Police Jury, by Ordinance passed on February 18, 1986, created the District and facilitated the appointment of its Board of Commissioners ("Board").

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 9, 2004

As stated in Kramer v. State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners , 55 So.2d 93 , 95 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1951), an administrative body is "without authority to enlarge the powers delegated to it by the Legislature." … In Pearce v. Kramer , 128 So.2d 304 (La.App. 3d Cir. 1961), the Commissioner of Agriculture sought to enforce a regulation adopted with regard to milk pricing.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Aug 25, 2011

Dear Mayor McCoy: As Mayor of the Town of Roseland, you ask this office to advise what actions you and the Board of Aldermen may take to compel the Town's elected chief of police to perform the duties of his office. … KILPATRICK ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERLAL KLK:arg 1 See Lentini v. City of New Orleans , 252 La. 413 , 417 (La. 1968); Cogswell v. Town of Logansport , 321 So.2d 774 (La. App. 2 nd Cir. 1975); and La. Atty. Gen. Op.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 8, 1999

Chauvin will render professional services to the Board in the capacity of Environmental Consultant for a term not to exceed 90 days commencing February 17, 1994. … (e) Present the new code of ordinances to the Administrator in a format which can be immediately acted upon by the Board of the BLFWD, if it so chooses.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Apr 26, 1993

However, relying on Smith v. … If the contract requires the expenditure of municipal funds, it would require the concurrence of the mayor and the board of aldermen, and the mayor would have to sign the contract for the municipality.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Dec 13, 2007

In addition no sheriff, assessor, or clerk of court shall hold any office or employment under a parish governing authority or school board, nor shall any member of any parish governing authority or school board hold any office … The issue in Reed v. Washington Parish Police Jury , 518 So.2d 1044 (La. 1988) was whether R.S. 16:6 imposes a mandatory duty on a police jury to fund the itemized expenses set forth in the statute.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 5, 2009

See Board of Directors of the Industrial Development Board of the City of Gonzales, Louisiana, Inc. v. … Industrial Development Board of Gonzales , 938 So. 2d at 24 .

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Feb 17, 1997

Mullins v. State , 387 So.2d 1151 (La. 1980). La. Const. Art. 10 , § 1 (1974) establishes and implements the civil service system. This section states: Section 1. … Department of State Civil Service v. Housing Authority of East Baton Rouge , 673 So.2d 726 (La.App. 1st Cir. 1996).

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Mar 19, 2010

Article V, § 27. … In addition no sheriff, assessor, or clerk of court shall hold any office or employment under a parish governing authority or school board, nor shall any member of any parish governing authority or school board hold any office

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jul 21, 1998

of alderman for that purpose, authorize the mayor to thereafter appoint a marshal with the approval of the board of aldermen. … See, Fuller v. Police Jury of Grant Parish , 144 So.2d 766 ; McGee v. Police Jury of Caddo Parish , 66 So.2d 408 . We hope that this opinion addresses all of your concerns.

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Louisiana Attorney General Reports · Jan 13, 2005

In Bethley v. … In Green v.