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Dear Mr. Morvant:

We issued Attorney General Opinion No. 02-0258 to the Honorable Gerald "Buzz" Breaux, President of the Lafourche Parish Council, concerning what the effect of lack of publication had on ordinances adopted under the Lafourche Parish Home Rule Charter, which has very specific publication and notice requirements in the procedures for adopting an ordinance. In that opinion, we suggested that the ordinances which had deficient publication be re-introduced and ratified in accordance with the Home Rule Charter procedures.

After we released the Opinion No. 02-0258, you began an…