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Dear Mr. Shoemake:

On behalf of the West Feliciana Parish Police Jury, you had asked this office to advise whether any provision of state law prohibited Mr. Lloyd Lindsey, the West Feliciana Parish Superintendent for public schools, from also holding the position of single sales tax collector for West Feliciana Parish.

Subsequent to our receipt of your letter, and prior to the release of this opinion, we are advised that Mr. Lloyd Lindsey passed away; this office expresses our condolences at his passing. Such an occurrence makes unnecessary an analysis of the dual officeholding provisions as…