Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:134

  • Federal funds: means any financial assistance made to a state agency by the United States government, whether a loan, grant, subsidy, augmentation, reimbursement, or in any other form except for federal pass through funds to local governments and organizations which do not require additional state matching funds and except for grants for research, instruction, training programs, or other scholarly activities to colleges and universities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:132
  • State agency: means all state offices, departments, divisions, boards, commissions, councils, committees, state colleges or universities, or other entities of the executive branch, offices and entities of the judicial branch, and offices and entities of the legislative branch of state government. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 39:132

            A. No state agency shall make expenditures of any federal funds, whether such funds are advanced prior to expenditure or as reimbursement, unless such expenditures are made pursuant to specific appropriations by the legislature.

            B. If the federal funds received are less than the amount of such funds appropriated by the legislature in accordance with this Part and for a specific purpose, the total appropriations of federal and state funds respectively allocated for such purpose shall be reduced in proportion to the amount of reduction in federal funds.

            C. When the legislature is not in session, the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget may approve the expenditure of available federal funds and appropriate necessary state matching funds. However, the delegated authority shall apply only when new or additional federal funds are available at a time which precludes their appropriation by the legislature in session.

            Acts 1989, No. 836, §1, eff. July 1, 1989; Acts 1999, No. 1164, §2.

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