2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 3:3423 — Deposit of the revenues of the commission; agricultural commodity dealers and warehouse fund

§3423.  Deposit of the revenues of the commission; Agricultural Commodity Dealers and Warehouse Fund

A.  All assessments, fees, penalties, and all other funds received 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 state 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 under the provisions of this Chapter into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the Agricultural Commodity Dealers and Warehouse Fund, hereafter in this Section referred to as the "fund".

C.  All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.  The state treasurer shall invest monies in the fund 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.

D.  Subject to appropriation, the monies in the fund shall be used for the following purposes:

(1)  To provide for the expenses of the program established by this Chapter, as determined by the commission.

(2)  To fund any and all costs related to the carrying out of purposes of this Chapter and the powers and duties granted to the commission and the commissioner under this Chapter.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 563, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.  Acts 1992, No. 984, §2; Acts 2003, No. 172, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1985, No. 793, §2.}}