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Dear Mr. Mosley:

This office is in receipt of your opinion request on behalf of the Grant Parish Police Jury wherein you ask whether the Police Jury may assess a franchise fee against the Rapides Parish Waterworks District #3. From the information provided by your office, we understand that the Waterworks District owns property adjacent to Big Creek in Grant Parish on which is located its pumping station. The pumping station is used to draw water from Big Creek which is sold by the Waterworks District to residential and industrial customers located in both Rapides Parish and Grant Parish.

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