Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1099.7

  • Governing authority: means the governing authority of a parish or parishes having a youth center or a juvenile detention center authority. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1099.2
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Parish: means a parish in which a youth center is sited. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1099.2
  • Participating parish: means any parish which has entered into a participation agreement with a parish having a youth center by which certain space within the center is subleased to house juveniles from the participating parish. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1099.2

A.  The governing authority of any parish may enter into a participation agreement with any parish having a youth center to sublease a portion of the center and provide for the care and maintenance of juveniles from that participating parish at the center pursuant to this Subpart.

B.  The governing authority of each participating parish shall annually appropriate an amount which will be sufficient to fund the parish’s obligation pursuant to the participation agreement entered into with a parish having a youth center pursuant to this Subpart.  

C.  For the purpose of obtaining necessary funds pursuant to Subsection B, each participating parish may levy a special annual tax not to exceed one mill for a period of not more than twenty years by a two-thirds vote of total membership of the parish governing authority, without voter approval, but only after a public hearing is held.  In addition and if deemed necessary by the governing authority, a participating parish may levy a supplemental annual tax not to exceed two mills for a period of not more than twenty years for such purposes by a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing authority, but only after a public hearing is held and when authorized by a majority of the electors who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose.  

Acts 1991, No. 147, §2, eff. July 2, 1991.