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Dear Mayor Edwards,

This office in receipt of your opinion request dated October 31, 1995, in which you present issues relative to Catahoula Parish Hospital Service District No. 1. For convenience, I have discussed the issues in the following order:

1. Who owns the hospital and under what authority can the Hospital Service District lease the hospital to third parties?

2. Can a Hospital Board of Commissioners enter into a lease agreement without notice by publication to the public?

3. If the District has a lease on the property, what are the terms of the lease and is that lease valid?

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