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Dear Mr. Brock:

You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General regarding your membership in the Parochial Employees' Retirement System of Louisiana (PERS). You state that you are employed by the Causeway Police Department (Department) and also serve as an elected member of the Washington Parish Council (Council). The Council was created in November, 1998, as a result of the adoption of a Home Rule Charter (Charter). Prior to that date, the governing authority of the parish was the Washington Parish Police Jury (Police Jury), of which you were also a member.

You further state that you…