Judges: RICHARD P. IEYOUB
Filed Date: 4/8/1996
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
Dear Representative McCain:
Reference is made to your recent request for the opinion of this office regarding Act
R.S.
" . . [T]o provide for other communication enhancements which will enable law enforcement and public safety agencies to decrease response time and improve effectiveness." (Emphasis added).
Although the Act never mentions the OEP, it is the opinion of this office that the OEP is a public safety agency, and that a portion of the service charge referred to in the Act could be designated for the OEP. However, the funds so designated cannot, in our opinion, be designated for general use by OEP.
R.S.
"pay the expenses necessary to carry out all purposes of the district . . . and to provide for other communication enhancements for law enforcement and public safety agencies to decrease response time and improve effectiveness . . . ".
Additionally, R.S.
"If the proceeds generated by an emergency telephone service charge exceed the amount of monies necessary to fund the district, the district governing authority shall, by ordinance, reduce the service charge to an amount adequate to fund the district." (Emphasis added).
In our opinion, R.S.
We trust the foregoing to be of assistance. Please do not hesitate to contact this office if we can be of assistance in other areas of the law.
Yours very truly,
RICHARD P. IEYOUB Attorney General
BY: _______________________________ JEANNE-MARIE ZERINGUE BARHAM Assistant Attorney General
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Date Received: 3/21/96
Date Released:
JEANNE-MARIE ZERINGUE BARHAM, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL