Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1517

  • Board: means the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1513
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

In accordance with La. Const. Art. VII, § 9 , all revenues received by the board shall be accepted by the executive director and deposited into an account maintained by the board at a financial institution of its choosing for the purposes of administering this Chapter.  All expenses of the board shall be paid from this account by legal instrument signed by the president, secretary-treasurer, or executive director of the board, and no part of the state’s general fund shall be expended for this purpose.  This account shall be a continuing account and shall not be subject to reversion to the state general fund, except to the extent that the balance in the account at the close of any fiscal year exceeds the current budget of the board by two hundred percent, in which case the excess shall be transferred to and become a part of the state general fund.

Acts 1966, No. 35, §1, eff. July 1, 1967; Acts 1995, No. 73, §1.