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Louisiana Attorney General Reports

Decided September 4, 1992Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Mr. Molaison:

Your request for an opinion concerning a proposed Westwego city ordinance requiring owners and landlords of dilapidated property to remain on the property which has been cited for health and safety violations has been forwarded to me for research and reply.

You asked the following questions:

1. Can a municipality enact an ordinance providing for home incarceration on property cited for health and safety violations or is a state legislative act required?

2. If optional home incarceration may be provided, does a Mayor's Court have the power to suspend a sentence conditioned on…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. FoySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
  2. People v. AvolCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
  3. People v. AvolAppellate Division of the Superior Court of California · 1987

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