§10.1. Aquatic Plant Control Dedicated Fund Account; creation; uses
A. There is hereby created in the state treasury the Aquatic Plant Control Dedicated
Fund Account, hereafter referred to in this Section as the "account".
B. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the
Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a
sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all of the obligations secured by the full
faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the
treasurer shall pay into the account an amount equal to the monies received by the state
treasury pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 34:851.20(A)(1) and 851.23, R.S.
47:462(B)(2)(c), and R.S. 30:961(K). If revenue credited to the account exceeds five million
dollars annually, the state treasurer is authorized and directed to transfer any funds in excess
of five million dollars to the Conservation Fund. The monies in the account shall be used
solely as provided in Subsection C of this Section and only in the amount appropriated by
the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies remaining in the account at the
end of the fiscal year shall remain in the account. The monies in the account shall be invested
by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund and all returns
of such investment shall be deposited to the account. Monies deposited into the account
shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting
related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriation bills and
shall be available for annual appropriation by the legislature.
C. Subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, the monies in the account
shall be used solely by the office of fisheries, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, to fund
the aquatic plant control program and to fund cooperative research and public education
efforts by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The funds appropriated pursuant to the
provisions of this Section shall be in addition to any other amounts appropriated by the
legislature.
Acts 2002, No. 77, §2, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2008, No. 235, §1; Acts 2014, No. 556,
§2; Acts 2018, No. 698, §2; Acts 2021, No. 114, §16, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2021, No. 356,
§2, eff. Nov. 15, 2021.