§214.40. Coastal Resources Trust Dedicated Fund Account

            A.(1) Subject to the exceptions contained in Article VII, Section 9(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, all funds collected by the Louisiana coastal resources program from processing and evaluation of coastal use permit applications and consistency determinations, from any federal outercontinental shelf revenue sharing program, and from any other sources, shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

            (2) 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 shall, prior to placing such remaining funds in the state general fund, pay into a special statutorily dedicated fund account, which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Coastal Resources Trust Dedicated Fund Account, hereafter referred to in this Section as the "trust account", an amount equal to the total amount of funds paid into the treasury by the Louisiana coastal resources program.

            (3) The monies in the trust account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. The monies in the trust account shall be used solely for the programs and purposes and in the amounts appropriated each year to the Louisiana coastal resources program by the legislature. Monies deposited into the trust 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.

            B. The Louisiana coastal resources program shall keep a set of books showing from whom every dollar is received and for what purpose and to whom every dollar is paid and for what purpose. It also shall keep in its file vouchers or receipts for all moneys paid out.

            C. Any surplus funds remaining to the credit of the trust account on July 1 of each year commencing with the Fiscal Year 1983-1984, after all appropriations of the preceding fiscal year have been paid, and all interest earned on money from the trust account shall remain to the credit of the trust account for expenditure from year to year solely by the Louisiana coastal resources program or any uses as provided for in the federal outercontinental shelf revenue sharing legislation in accordance with appropriation made by the legislature for the purposes and functions of said program, and no part thereof shall revert to the state general fund. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit the appropriation of funds out of the state general fund to the commission.

            Added by Acts 1983, No. 512, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1075, §1; Acts 2021, No. 114, §15, eff. July 1, 2022.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1989, 2D EX. SESS., NO. 6, §7.}}

{{NOTE: PRIOR R.S. 49:213.21 WAS REPEALED BY ACTS 1989, NO. 662, §8, EFF. JULY 7, 1989. THIS REPEALED SECTION WAS ERRONEOUSLY REDESIGNATED BY ACTS 1989, 2D EX. SESS., NO. 6, §7 AS R.S. 49:214.40. THE SOURCE OF THIS SECTION IS PRIOR R.S. 49:213.22.}}