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Dear Mr. Morrow:

You have submitted two questions to this office for our review and resolution. You first ask whether the Fire Chief may also be a member of the St. Landry Fire Protection District Number One governing board.

The Fire Chief is a volunteer chief; he receives no salary and is reimbursed for expenses such as meals and mileage when conducting fire department business.

The Louisiana Dual Officeholding and Dual Employment Law, R.S.42:61, et seq., is invoked when a public official or employee holds two or more public offices or public employments. Applying those provisions in previous…