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Dear Mr. Senette:

You have asked for clarification of Attorney General Opinion 02-206. At issue in Attorney General Opinion 02-206 was whether a police officer in a Lawrason Act municipality could also hold the local elective office of councilman in a neighboring municipality. We concluded that the Louisiana Dual Officeholding and Dual Employment Laws, R.S. 42:61, et seq., do not prohibit one from holding local elective office and employment in a separate political subdivision of the state. Rather, R.S. 42:63 (D) prohibits a person from holding elective office in a political subdivision of the…