Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 15, § 848.4. Funding for operation and maintenance of Lincoln Parish Detention Center

A. The expenses or costs of the operation and maintenance of the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, including salaries, wages, facility operating costs, and the feeding and maintenance of prisoners incarcerated there, shall be paid monthly by the Lincoln Parish Police Jury treasurer, upon approval of such expenses and costs by the Lincoln Parish Detention Center Commission, out of the funds derived from special taxes voted, levied, and collected, and/or budgeted for that purpose. The commission may by resolution delegate to the chairman or one of its other members the duty of approving such monthly expenses and maintenance costs.

B. The Lincoln Parish Police Jury and the Ruston City Council shall appropriate, in the respective proportions of eighty-five per cent and fifteen per cent, an amount necessary to properly maintain, operate, and provide necessary operational equipment or replacement equipment for the Lincoln Parish Detention Center whenever revenues from special taxes, and/or other available funds dedicated for those purposes, are insufficient.