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Dear Mr. Cusimano:

You advise this office that you serve as the Justice of the Peace for the 5th District, Jefferson Parish. You also state that the Jefferson Parish Council wishes to appoint you to the position of parish hearing officer. A hearing officer presides over the adjudication of violations of the parish fire code and parish ordinances regulating public health, housing, environmental safety and historic district preservation. You ask if state law permits or prohibits you, as an elected justice of the peace, from accepting this appointment.

The position of hearing office is established…