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Dear Mr. Grimmer:

Our office received an opinion request from you concerning the veto of Ordinance 09-06, which affects the Livingston Parish Council 2009 Operating and Capital Budget.

The pertinent facts are summarized as follows. On November 24, 2008, the parish president introduced Ordinance 08-59 to adopt the 2009 Operating and Capital Budget. This ordinance was adopted by the Council on December 29, 2008 and approved by the president on the same day. As no facts to the contrary have been presented, we assume that the ordinance approving the budget met all of the procedural requirements of…