RS 18:1465 Prohibited use of public funds - Louisiana Statutes

§1465.  Prohibited use of public funds

A.  No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated to a candidate or political organization.  This provision shall not prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual information relative to a proposition appearing on an election ballot.

B.  Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  On a second offense or any succeeding offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.