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Dear Mr. Morvant:

Upon your request, we have reviewed our opinions, numbers 03-110 and 81-270, to determine if there is an actual conflict in our legal opinions on the subject of whether a charter commission is necessary to amend a home rule charter.

Attorney General Opinion 81-270 was written to the City of Shreveport, whose charter pre-dates the 1974 Louisiana Constitution. The opinion is misleading in that it states that the city operates under a home rule charter adopted in 1978. The City of Shreveport adopted amendments to its charter in 1978, but its initial charter was adopted in 1950.…