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Dear Mayor Goldsby:

On behalf of the Town of Amite, you have requested the opinion of this Office as to whether, in the face of a local ordinance forbidding the town from collecting various types of private debris, the mayor can still authorize such collection. More specifically, you have informed us that Ordinance No. 14-2005 of the Town of Amite states that the Town cannot collect demolition, remodeling, restoration, lot-clearing, land-clearing, tree-trimming, and tree-removal debris from private property. You also note that the debris in question is not a result of any natural disaster, but…