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Dear Senator Heitmeier:

You have requested that this Office opine on the legality of whether Plaquemines Parish may hold a parish-wide election under the direction of state law to determine whether the Port of Orleans may increase its territorial jurisdiction to incorporate Plaquemines Port, Harbor, and Terminal District.

You have informed this Office that there have been two bills filed over the past two sessions (2008 and 2009) of the Louisiana legislature that would amend the law to allow for the Port of New Orleans to increase its territorial jurisdiction to incorporate Plaquemines Port,…