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Dear Mr. Harris:

You have requested an opinion from our office on multiple issues relating to records of the Livingston Parish Council. Specifically, your questions are as follows:

1. Does the maintenance of public documents, a function conferred upon the appointed Council Clerk under Livingston Parish Ordinance No. 96-30, extend to maintenance of documentary materials concerning the receipt or payment of any money received or paid by or under the authority of the constitution or the laws of this state?

2. Does the custody of all monies of the parish government, a function conferred upon the…