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Dear Ms. Dunn:

You have asked this office to advise whether the law permits or prohibits a state legislator from also holding the part-time appointive office of deputy sheriff.

Our analysis of the Dual Officeholding and Dual Employment Law, R.S.42:61 et seq., reflects that the prohibitions of R.S. 42:63 do not prevent a state legislator from holding the appointive office of deputy sheriff, where the latter position is held on a part-time basis. For purposes of the dual officeholding provisions, a state legislator holds elected office in the legislative branch of state government. See…