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Dear Mayor Beckwith:

You ask this office to advise whether or not the law prohibits the governing authority for the City of Tallulah from hiring in an unclassified position, or contracting with as a consultant, an individual previously convicted of "attempt to evade or defeat tax", a federal felony offense under 26 U.S.C.A. § 7201, 1 commonly known as "income tax evasion," where this person has completed his period of incarceration and is currently on supervised probation.2

We first point out that there are certain collateral consequences imposed by legislative acts which place civil…