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Dear Mr. Manuel:

You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General on behalf of the Calcasieu Parish Public Trust Authority (Authority). You specifically ask whether the Authority can legally award a $75,000.00 grant to Habitat for Humanity: Calcasieu Area, Inc. (Humanity), for the purpose of partially funding the construction of five houses for low income families in Calcasieu Parish. In this connection, you further ask whether the Authority constitutes a "political subdivision" as that term is used in Article VII, Section 44 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. If so, you ask what…