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Advisory opinion regarding whether members of the Natchitoches Waterworks District 1 Board of Commissioners are required to file annual personal financial disclosure statements. |
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The Natchitoches Waterworks District 1 was created pursuant to R.S. 38:3811. According to the the Natchitoches Waterworks District 1, it has the authority to expend, disburse or invest $10,000 or more in funds in a fiscal year.
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La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1 requires financial disclosure for each member and designee of a board or commission which has the authority to expend, disburse or invest $10,000 or more of funds in a fiscal year on or before May 15th of each year during which the person holds office and the year following termination of the holding of such office.
La. R.S. 42:1124.2.1(D)(1)(a) defines a board or commission as (i) each board, commission, and like entity created by law or executive order that is made a part of the executive branch of state government by the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, or that is placed in an executive branch department or in the office of the governor or lieutenant governor by law or executive order, or that exercises any authority or performs any function of the executive branch of state government; (ii) each board, commission, and like entity created by the constitution, by law, by a political subdivision, except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, or jointly by two or more political subdivisions as a governing authority of a political subdivision of the state or of a local government.
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Adopt proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Tracy Barker |
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