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Dear Senator Jordan:

Your request for an opinion concerning the adoption of specific ordinances has been forwarded to me for research and reply. You asked:

May the City of Lafayette adopt specific ordinances substantially identical with state statutes (cited in your request), and prosecute the violation of such ordinances by a city attorney in its municipal court?

In response to your request, we answer in the affirmative. InBush ex rel. v. Williams, 504 So.2d 1060 (La.App. Cir. 1987), writ denied, 505 So.2d 1131 (La. 1987), the First Circuit addressed this issue by stating in pertinent part:

In…