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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 39, § 100.251. Criminal Justice and First Responder Fund

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. There is hereby established in the state treasury, as a special fund, the Criminal Justice and First Responder Fund, hereinafter referred to in this Section as the “fund”.

B. Any money transferred, donated, or appropriated to the fund by the legislature shall be deposited into the fund after compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.

C. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund.

D. The monies in the fund shall be utilized for the following:

(1) In the event that Senate Bill No. 431 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature is enacted into law, the state treasurer shall deposit the first one hundred million dollars of monies received into the fund into the Criminal Justice Priority Fund for the purposes provided in Act No. 587 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Legislature.

(2) The remaining monies in the fund shall be used solely for initiatives associated with criminal justice, first responders, and law enforcement.

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