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Dear Mr. Church:

This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion of the Attorney General. You indicate the DeSoto Parish Industrial District wishes to clarify the appointment process insofar as 1) defining what constitutes the municipal "governing authority", and 2) wherein the term of office of an appointee is the same as the governing authority, what happens if the governing authority requests the resignation of an appointee prior to the end of their term, and the appointee declines the request.

In regard to your first question you state, "The purpose of this request is to clarify…