Judges: RICHARD P. IEYOUB
Filed Date: 3/26/2003
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
Dear Mr. Jenkins:
You ask this office to determine whether R.S.
R.S.
Act
Laws in pari materia must be construed with a reference to each other. LA Civil Code Art 17. Statutory provisions referring to a common subject are to be construed in such a fashion as to infuse them all with efficacy and meaning and in such a manner as will produce a unified and coherent import. Johnston v. Morehouse Parish Police Jury,
In order to give effect to both provisions of the statute, which we are directed to do by rules of statutory construction, we conclude that the fee to be charged is an annual fee. To construe it otherwise would render R.S.
Very truly yours,
RICHARD P. IEYOUB ATTORNEY GENERAL
BY: _____________________________________ KERRY L. KILPATRICK ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Date Released: March 26, 2003