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Dear Mr. Moresi:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion submitted on behalf of the Vermillion Parish Police Jury regarding its rights and obligations with respect to water pumps that are being utilized to assist in drainage of low lying areas. Your inquiries, as listed in your request, shall serve as the organizational scheme for this response.

First, you asked whether the Police Jury may remove the water pumps without incurring liability for damages in the event that there are any resulting losses from flooding of the areas serviced by the pumps. This office can find no…