Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:3089

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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.

            A.(1) The board shall establish a reasonable fee schedule for applications, renewal, or reissuance of any license, certificate, or registration, or for any other administrative function provided for in this Chapter; and the receipts from the payment of the fees shall be used to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. The fee schedule may be modified from time to time as deemed necessary by the board. The fees shall be established and payable by rule adopted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, La. Rev. Stat. 49:950 et seq.

            (2) The board is authorized to increase the fees in the fee schedule to not more than the following amounts:

            (a) One hundred fifty dollars per application for licensure.

            (b) One hundred dollars per renewal of any license, certificate, or registration.

            (c) Fifty dollars per reissuance of any license, certificate, or registration.

            B. The fees established pursuant to this Section shall be paid to the secretary-treasurer of the board. The board shall retain all fees and other monies received by it. The funds may be expended by the board without appropriation for cost of administration and other expenses. Any funds remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of each fiscal year shall be retained by the board for expenditure in succeeding years and no part thereof shall revert to the state general fund.

            Acts 1987, No. 574, §1, eff. July 9, 1987; Acts 2016, No. 636, §1.