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Dear Mr. Butler:

Reference is made to the request of Mr. D. Digges Morgan III for an opinion of this office regarding the eligibility of certain retirees of the New Orleans City Park Improvement Association (the "Association") to maintain health insurance coverage with the State of Louisiana's Office of Group Benefits after retirement. Specifically, you seek our opinion as to whether social security benefits constitute "retirement benefits from an approved state or governmental agency defined benefit plan" such that Association employees who are currently covered by the Office of Group…