2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 56 - Wildlife and Fisheries
RS 56:434.1 - Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account
§434.1. Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account
A. There is hereby created in the Conservation Fund an account to be known as the Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account.
B. The secretary is authorized to accept and receive funds or materials as compensation for impacts associated with activities occurring on or over the public oyster seed grounds, seed reservations, and tonging areas. 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 Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account an amount equal to funds received by the secretary under the provisions of this Subsection. The monies in this 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 in this 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 Conservation Fund, and any interest earned shall be credited to the account.
C. Subject to appropriation by the legislature, the monies in the Public Oyster Seed Ground Development Account shall be used solely to enhance the state's public oyster seed grounds through siting, designing, permitting, constructing, monitoring, and cultch deposition.
D. The department shall maintain records of the sources of funds received and the activity which resulted in the payment of the funds to the secretary. In addition, the department shall maintain records of payments made from the account, the person to whom the funds were paid, and the purpose of each payment. The department shall annually report such information to the Louisiana Oyster Task Force.
Acts 2003, No. 920, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
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