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Dear Mr. Sanner:

Your request for an Attorney General's Opinion has been assigned to me for research and reply. According to your request, the Cameron Parish Police Jury is planning to construct a group of buildings called "Cameron Square" to house the District Attorney, Registrar of Voters, Tax Assessor, and Police Jury. In order to complete the project, the police jury must purchase the necessary parcels of land for the "Square." The police jury has obtained one appraisal of the land it is seeking to purchase and expects to receive a second appraisal from the owner of the land. Assuming the…