Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:11

  • 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
  • State health officer: means the legally appointed or acting state health officer as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:5.8

The ratio, formula, or other manner of distribution presently used, and to be used, by the state health officer applying to funds derived from federal or state sources and appropriated, apportioned, assigned, or otherwise made available to support parish health units in Louisiana, shall not be altered to provide a lesser appropriation from such federal or state funds to any parish health unit if such parish by a vote of a millage by the qualified voters of such parish provides or has provided a larger financial support from local tax sources.  If the total appropriation of federal funds available to the state health officer is reduced or abolished, this provision shall not apply to said federal funds.  

Acts 1976, No. 346, §1.