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Dear Ms. Magri:

You advise this office in correspondence of recent date that you were appointed to the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners (hereafter the Board) by Governor Mike Foster on August 9, 1996. Shortly thereafter you were elected unanimously and seated as chairman by the Board. Since that time, you have taken a leave of absence from your duties, but state that you intend to resume your duties as chairman during the meeting scheduled for January 21, 1998.

You are concerned that the Board may attempt to elect a new chairman. Note that the Board may not elect a new…