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Dear Mr. Flores:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General in regard to the amendment to R.S.33:1967 by Act 521 of 1993 providing as follows:

R.S. 33:1967. Captain of force

A. A member of the department holding the rank of captain shall be in charge of each force in each fire company. "Force" as used herein means any single piece of fire fighting apparatus. In any paid fire department operated by a municipality having a population of thirteen thousand or more and in any parish or fire protection district every fire fighting apparatus shall be operated by a…