Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:302.25

  • 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.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Sale: means any transfer of title or possession, or both, exchange, barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, of tangible personal property, for a consideration, and includes the fabrication of tangible personal property for consumers who furnish, either directly or indirectly, the materials used in fabrication work, and the furnishing, preparing or serving, for a consideration, of any tangible personal property, consumed on the premises of the person furnishing, preparing or serving such tangible personal property. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:301

A.  The avails of the tax imposed by this Chapter from the sale of services as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 47:301(14)(a) in Cameron Parish under the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 47:302(C) shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all the obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay the remainder of such funds into a special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the “Cameron Parish Tourism Development Fund”.

B.  The monies in the Cameron Parish Tourism Development Fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation of the legislature.  The monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the Cameron Parish Police Jury and used exclusively for tourism development in Cameron Parish.  All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund shall remain in the fund.  The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and all interest earned shall be deposited into the state general fund.  The Cameron Parish Tourism Development Fund shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor for determination that these monies have been used as provided herein.

C.  For purposes of this Section, “tourism development” shall mean the construction, maintenance, or improvement of facilities on or immediately adjacent to the Creole Nature Trail, marinas, visitor centers, parking areas, parks, overnight camping facilities, wharves, and fishing piers, the improvement and maintenance of public beaches by the police jury or a beach development district, and advertising designed to promote all or any of these facilities.

Acts 1995, No. 840, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.