Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.68

  • Account: means the Industrialized Building Program Dedicated Fund Account. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
  • 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.
  • Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53

            A. All proceeds derived from the fees and all amounts received by the secretary from interest, fines, or penalties or any other source pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall be deposited with the state treasurer. After compliance with the requirements of La. Const. Art. VII, § 9(B) , the state treasurer shall, each fiscal year and subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, credit to the “Industrialized Building Program Dedicated Fund Account”, hereafter referred to in this Section as the “account”, which is hereby created in the treasury as a special designated fund account, an amount equal to the amount of money paid into the treasury by the secretary pursuant to the provisions of this Section. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the account at the end of each fiscal year shall remain in the account. The monies in the account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund. All interest earned on monies in the account invested by the state treasurer shall be deposited in the account. Monies deposited into the account shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriation bills and shall be available for annual appropriation by the legislature.

            B. Monies from the account shall be appropriated and paid to the secretary at the beginning of each fiscal year to be distributed to the office of state fire marshal, code enforcement and building safety, and shall be used for the implementation of this Part.

            Acts 2009, No. 514, §1; Acts 2021, No. 114, §10, eff. July 1, 2022.