Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:302.39

  • 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 and by La. Rev. Stat. 47:321 and 331, from the sale of services as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 47:301(14)(a) in DeSoto Parish under the provisions of this Chapter 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 “DeSoto Parish Visitor Enterprise Fund”.

B.  The monies in the DeSoto Parish Visitor Enterprise Fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the legislature, and then only to the DeSoto Parish Tourism Commission, the DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce, and the Logansport Chamber of Commerce.  All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as the monies in the state general fund, and all interest earned shall be deposited into the state general fund.  Of the total monies appropriated from the fund in any fiscal year, fifty percent shall be allocated to the DeSoto Parish Tourism Commission, thirty-five percent shall be allocated to the DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce, and fifteen percent shall be allocated to the Logansport Chamber of Commerce.  Such monies shall be used solely and exclusively for tourism purposes, including the promotion of fairs and festivals in DeSoto Parish, and for economic development purposes in DeSoto Parish.

Acts 1997, No. 1289, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2006, No. 161, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.

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