2019 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 15 - Criminal Procedure
§921. Youthful Offender Management Fund; creation

RS 921 - Youthful Offender Management Fund; creation

A. All probation and parole supervision fees received by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to Children's Code Articles 781.1 and 901.1 and any amounts appropriated by the legislature to the Youthful Offender Management Fund shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury.

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 prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited as required by Subsection A of this Section shall be credited to the special fund hereby created in the state treasury to be known as the "Youthful Offender Management Fund". The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided by Subsection C of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in such fund. All monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, with interest earned on the investment of these monies credited to this fund following compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B), relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

C. The monies in the Youthful Offender Management Fund shall be used solely by the department to supplement appropriated funds for salaries and other category expenditures within the office of juvenile justice deemed necessary by the secretary of the department, and to defray cost of collection and disbursement of monetary assessments imposed as a condition of probation and parole, including reasonable attorney fees.

D. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 640, §4, eff. June 27, 2006.

NOTE: Part Heading and §921 eff. July 1, 2020. See Acts 2018, No. 612.

PART V. YOUTHFUL OFFENDER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

RS 921 - Youthful Offender Management Account; creation

A. All probation and parole supervision fees received by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections pursuant to Children's Code Articles 781.1 and 901.1 and any amounts appropriated by the legislature to the Youthful Offender Management Account shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury.

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 prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited as required by Subsection A of this Section shall be credited to the special agency account hereby created in the state treasury to be known as the "Youthful Offender Management Account". The monies in this account shall be used solely as provided by Subsection C of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this account at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in such account. Funding deposited into the account shall be considered fees and self-generated revenues and shall be available for annual appropriations by the legislature.

C. The monies in the Youthful Offender Management Account shall be used solely by the department to supplement appropriated funds for salaries and other category expenditures within the office of juvenile justice deemed necessary by the secretary of the department, and to defray cost of collection and disbursement of monetary assessments imposed as a condition of probation and parole, including reasonable attorney fees.

Acts 1990, No. 324, §1; Acts 1992, No. 297, §1; Acts 2006, No. 640, §§1, 4, eff. June 27, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 565, §1; Acts 2018, No. 612, §4, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.

NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 612 and Acts 2019, No. 404 providing for the effects of the conversion of certain dedicated funds to special statutorily dedicated fund accounts.