Legal Opinion
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Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided March 22, 2007Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Mayor Goldsby:
You ask this office whether the Mayor of Amite, Louisiana may break a "tie vote" on a resolution by submitting his vote in writing after the meeting has adjourned.
The City of Amite is a Lawrason Act municipality governed by the provisions of R.S. 33:321, et. seq. The board of aldermen consists of a five-member board.
At the regular monthly meeting held January 9, 2007, four of the five aldermen were present. Two aldermen voted in the affirmative for Resolution No. 1-2007, one alderman voted against the resolution, and one alderman abstained from voting.
R.S. 33:406(A)(2)…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cat's Meow, Inc. v. City of New Orleans Through Department of FinanceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- Stogner v. StognerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Rodriguez v. Louisiana Medical Mut. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- City of Pineville v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATESupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
- City of Pineville v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 3352Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2000