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Dear Ms. Edwards:

You have asked this office to advise whether the Livingston Parish Council may legally and properly call an election to provide for the sale of alcoholic beverages in the absence of a petition submitted by the electorate pursuant to R.S. 26:582. We respond in the negative.

R.S. 26:582 states is entitled "petition for election" and states:(1) Upon petition of not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified electors residing in any ward, election district, or any incorporated municipality, the governing authority shall order a referendum election to be held to determine…