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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 47, § 727. Disposition of collections

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

A. The secretary shall forward the full amount of taxes collected by him pursuant to R.S. 47:711, including all collections of interest, penalties, and costs applicable to such taxes to the treasurer of the state immediately upon receipt to be credited by the treasurer monthly as provided by Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, except that this Section shall not be construed or applied in such a manner as to impair the obligation, validity, or security of any outstanding bonds or other debt obligations authorized in the Louisiana Constitution of 1921.

B. Until the outstanding bonds or other debt obligations heretofore issued and to be paid from the proceeds of the tax collected hereunder have been fully paid in principal and interest, the taxes collected hereunder shall be credited by the treasurer in the order and in the proportions as follows:

(1) Nine-twentieths of the amount received from one cent per gallon not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars annually shall be credited to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans until such time as the principal of, and the interest on, all of the outstanding bonds heretofore issued by said board of commissioners shall mature or until 2001, whichever is sooner.

(2) The full amount of taxes collected pursuant to R.S. 47:711 remaining after satisfying the requirements set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund and thereafter shall be credited by the treasury to the Transportation Trust Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 27 of the Constitution of Louisiana. The monies shall be used solely to fund Transportation Trust Fund programs in the amounts appropriated each year by the legislature. Such monies shall be expended solely from year to year as appropriated by the legislature.

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