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Dear Mr. Borne:

Your request for an Attorney General's Opinion has been assigned to me for research and reply. On behalf of the St. Mary Parish Council, you have asked for our opinion on several matters related to the use of publicly owned water towers.

According to your request, St. Mary Parish has multiple rural areas which are currently not being served by the existing broadband internet service providers in the parish. A local privately-owned company that provides wireless broadband service in the parish desires to provide this service by using existing water towers owned by various local…