Legal Opinion
Opinion Number
Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided May 31, 2000Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Ms. McNabb:
You requested the opinion of this office concerning the Terrebonne Parish Council's authority to retain a "council attorney". Your specific question is whether the Council can amend the Charter and the Code of Ordinances to provide for the Council's hiring of an attorney outside of the Legal Department, on a full-time basis, to handle all matters involving the Council. Would such amendments constitute a violation of the provisions of R.S. 16:2(D) which refer to a "regular attorney" for the "governing authority"?
La. R.S. 16:2(A) designates district attorneys as the regular…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- King v. Caddo Parish Com'nSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- Lafourche Parish Council v. AutinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- Roy v. HumphriesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984