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  "section_number": "1495",
  "citation": "R.S. 40:1495",
  "heading": "Governing body of district",
  "text": "A. If no municipal corporation is included within the boundaries of a district comprising all or part of a single parish, the parish governing authority may be the governing body of the district or may appoint a board of commissioners to serve as the governing body for the district.\n\nB.(1) If a municipal corporation is included within the boundaries of a district, or if the boundaries of a district comprise all or part of two or more parishes, the governing body of the district shall consist of a board of commissioners of the district.\n\n(2) However, the parish governing authority may in its discretion continue to be the governing body of the district in those instances where a municipal corporation lying within the boundaries of the district is created after the creation of the district and after 1970.",
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      "name": "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"
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      "number": "7",
      "name": "FIRE PREVENTION OR PROTECTION"
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      "number": "I",
      "name": "FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 40 › Chapter 7 › Part I",
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      "act_year": 1984,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1983, No. 145, §1. Acts 1984, No. 72, §2.",
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