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Dear Mr. Speed:

You have requested this office to answer five questions regarding the power of Tangipahoa Parish Council to investigate the Tangipahoa Parish Hospital Service District No. 1. You have asked our office to address the following questions:

1) Is the above said hospital service district a department, office or agency under the parish's jurisdiction?

The power to create a hospital service district is specifically given to the police jury of the parish. LA. R.S. 46:1051 states: "the police juries of parishes are authorized and empowered, upon their own initiative, to form and create…