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Dear Representative Hopkins:

You have requested an opinion from this office regarding the validity of a local ordinance which may effectively prohibit the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages where business is conducted in a dry ward. Specifically, you inquired as to whether individuals may possess alcohol at a private country club wherein no alcoholic beverages are being sold.

The ordinance in question; Section 3-3 of the Caddo Parish ordinances provides in pertinent part, the following:(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or deal in alcoholic beverages, or for any…