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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:23:62",
  "title_number": "23",
  "section_number": "62",
  "citation": "R.S. 23:62",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "As used in this Part:\n\n(1) \"Community action agency\" means a public agency or private nonprofit corporation having authority under its charter or bylaws, or both, to administer community action programs, which has been designated as a community action agency by the parish governing authority.\n\n(2) \"Community action program\" means a community based and operated program which provides services, assistance, and other activities of sufficient scope and size to give promise of progress toward the elimination of poverty in a community.\n\n(3) \"Low income\" means a household income level established by Louisiana Works, after public hearings, below which an individual will be qualified for services delivered through a community action program.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "23",
      "name": "LABOR AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "1",
      "name": "LOUISIANA WORKS"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "III",
      "name": "ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCIES"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 23 › Chapter 1 › Part III",
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      "act_year": 1982,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1982, No. 818, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982. Amended by Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.",
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