RS 3:1317 Repealed by acts 2010, no. 579, §3. - Louisiana Statutes

§1317.  Disposition of funds

All fees, penalties, except for the deficiency assessments paid to a purchaser-user of fertilizer, as provided for in R.S. 3:1314, and other funds received under the provisions of this Part shall be disposed of in accordance with the following provisions:

(1)(a)  All fees and all other funds received by the commission under the provisions of this Chapter, subject to the exceptions contained in Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

(b)  Out of the funds remaining in the Bond Security and Redemption Fund after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer, prior to placing the remaining funds in the State General Fund, shall pay an amount equal to the total amount of funds paid into the state treasury by the commission under the provisions of this Chapter into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Fertilizer Fund.

(c)  All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund.  The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as monies in the State General Fund.  All interest earned on monies from the fund invested by the state treasurer shall be deposited in the fund.

(2)  Subject to appropriation, the monies in the fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(a)  To provide for the expenses of the programs established by this Part.

(b)  To renovate, maintain, and equip a building on the Baton Rouge campus of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to provide administrative offices and analytical laboratories to be used in connection with the programs established by this Part.

(c)  To build, equip, and maintain a building to house the offices of the Department of Agriculture.

(3)  The Department of Agriculture and Forestry, or the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority on behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, may fund the anticipated funds appropriated from the Fertilizer Fund into revenue bonds for the purpose of renovating a building on the Baton Rouge campus of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to provide administrative offices and analytical laboratories to be used in connection with the programs established by this Part and for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, renovating, and equipping buildings and related facilities for use by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry in connection with promoting and assisting agriculture and forestry in this state.  The Department of Agriculture and Forestry may pledge those funds to secure the repayment of revenue bonds or to secure a lease or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds for those purposes.

(4)  Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 118, §2, eff. Jan.1, 2004.

Amended by Acts 1984, No. 840, §1; Acts 1987, No. 856, §1, eff. July 20, 1987; Acts 2003, No. 118, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2003, No. 230, §1, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2008, No. 61, §1, eff. June 5, 2008.

NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 856, §2.