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Dear Mr. Theriot:

Our office is in receipt of a request from you arising from a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens). More specifically, your request asks for an opinion as to:

1) Whether a public body may hold an executive session pursuant to La.R.S. 42:6 for the discussion of a professional services contract, and

2) Whether a former board member may continue to serve when the issue is not that his term has expired, but rather that he is no longer part of the group qualified by statute to serve on the Board.

Before…