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Dear Senator Hollis:

This is in response to your recent request for an opinion of this office concerning the State Mineral Board and whether, as a state agency, it is required to follow the provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act, La. R.S. 49:950 etseq., (hereinafter LAPA) and regulations thereunder.

Particularly, you ask whether the notice provisions of the LAPA are required to be followed when the State Mineral Board is engaged in decision making regarding oil and gas leasing.

The LAPA first became effective in July, 1967 and the State Mineral Board, as well as certain other…