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Dear Mrs. Juana Woodard,

You requested an Attorney General's opinion to determine whether the Houma Downtown Development Corporation is subject to open meetings laws. According to information received by this office the Houma Downtown Development Corporation is a nonprofit corporation established for the sole purpose of enhancing downtown Houma.

To answer your request we will have to look at the statutory basis for the public meetings laws and the juridical interpretation of those statutes. The statutory authorization for the "Sunshine Laws" comes from the Louisiana Constitution itself. Article…