§302.51. Disposition of certain collections in Bienville Parish
A. The avails of the tax imposed by this Chapter from the sale of services as defined
in R.S. 47:301.3(1)in Bienville Parish under the provisions of R.S. 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 "Bienville Parish Tourism and Economic Development Fund".
B. The monies in the Bienville Parish Tourism and Economic Development Fund
shall be subject to annual appropriation by the legislature. All unexpended and
unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the
fund. The 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.
C. Monies appropriated from the fund shall be allocated by the Bienville Parish
Police Jury exclusively for funding of tourism promotion activities or economic development
projects which are proposed by a chamber of commerce in the parish and approved by the
police jury.
Acts 2001, No. 224, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2025, No. 384, §8(B), eff. June 20,
2025.