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Dear Mr. Brown:

This is in response to your request for an opinion of this office as to whether the City of Alexandria may legally call an election for the voters to consider a non-binding proposition relative to the sale of the municipally-owned utility system.

R.S. 18:1299 authorizes proposition elections which are permitted by the state constitution, legislative enactments of the state, or by a home rule charter.

As we can find no legal authority from any of the above-mentioned sources which would serve as a basis for calling a non-binding election, it is the opinion of this office that the…