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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:40:1497",
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  "citation": "R.S. 40:1497",
  "heading": "First meeting; organization; election of secretary and treasurer",
  "text": "The parish governing authority shall fix the time and place for the first meeting of the board. At this meeting the board shall organize and shall elect a secretary and a treasurer or a combined secretary-treasurer. The persons filling these offices may, but need not, be members of the board.",
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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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  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 1975, No. 17, §1.",
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