Legal Opinion
Opinion Number
Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided June 1, 2004Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Mr. Lampert:
This office is in receipt of your request for an opinion wherein you inquire as to whether the Board of Directors for Rapides Parish's Drug Abuse Resistance Education, Inc. (referred to hereinafter as D.A.R.E.) organization is a public body pursuant to La.R.S. 42:4.2 that is subsequently subject to Louisiana's Open Meetings Laws.
La.R.S. 42:4.2 offers the following definition for a public body:
"Public body" means village, town, and city governing authorities; parish governing authorities; school boards and boards of levee and port commissioners; boards of publicly operated…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Guste v. Nicholls College FoundationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
- Seghers v. Community Advancement, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- Succession of LichtentagLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980