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Dear Mayor Gill:

You requested the opinion of this office concerning whether the Town of Kentwood (the "Town") can legally rent the Community Center to a private individual or a group for a small fee to cover a portion of the daily upkeep. You advised that the Community Center is the one place that individuals, in a town the size of Kentwood, turn to when in need of a facility for occasions such as birthdays, class reunions, family reunions, weddings, receptions, and the like.

We direct you to Presley v. Vernon Parish School Board, 19 La.App. 217,139 So. 692 (1932) wherein the School Board…