§ 2-47. Office of parish attorney.

(a)

There is hereby created and established, pursuant to section 5-07 of the Charter, the office of parish attorney, which shall have the following functions and responsibilities:

(1)

Unless and until otherwise provided by ordinance, the parish attorney shall serve as the chief legal advisor to the parish administrator, the commission and all offices, departments, boards and agencies of parish government and shall furnish the parish administrator, or commission or any member thereof, or any office, department, board or agency established by the Charter, or by ordinance, a written opinion on any question of law involving their official powers and duties. At the request of the parish administrator or any member of the commission, the parish attorney shall prepare ordinances or resolutions for the consideration of the commission. The parish attorney shall approve all bonds, deeds, leases, contracts or other instruments to which the parish is a party or in which it has an interest. The parish attorney shall represent the parish in person or by an assistant in all litigation. The parish attorney shall have such assistants and there shall be in the office such other employees as the commission may provide by ordinance.

(2)

All attorneys, other than the parish attorney, assisting, advising or representing the commission, the parish administrator, or any board, department, official or agency of the parish, shall be supervised by the parish attorney and employed only with the consent of the parish attorney.

(b)

The parish attorney shall be an attorney-at-law and shall have actively practiced the profession of law in the state for not less than five years immediately preceding the appointment of the parish attorney.

(Code 1985, § 2-36; Ord. No. 2954, 4-28-1993)