2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 - Louisiana Election Code
RS 18:1400.6 - Costs and expenses of primary and general elections
§1400.6. Costs and expenses of primary and general elections
A. Any local governing authority or school board which receives a request for reimbursement of election costs pursuant to this Title shall pay such reimbursement promptly.
B. Interest on any unpaid balance shall be added to the amount of any such reimbursement for which payment has not been received by the sixtieth day after the date of billing by the secretary of state. Such interest shall be at an annual percentage rate of fifteen percent and shall be received by the secretary of state to be remitted to the state treasurer.
C. If payment for any such reimbursement is not received by the secretary of state on the one hundred twentieth day following the first billing by the secretary of state, the account shall be forwarded to the attorney general for collection. The attorney general is additionally authorized to collect the actual expenses his office incurs in the collection of such account.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 682, §1; Acts 1986, No. 669, §1; Acts 1988, No. 909, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 451, §1, eff. Jan. 12, 2004; Acts 2001, No. 1181, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 451, §8(A), relative to effective date.
