§5.10.1. Imported Seafood Safety Fund
A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund designated as the
Imported Seafood Safety Fund, referred to hereafter in this Section as the "fund". After
allocation of money to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII,
Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the treasurer shall deposit in and credit to the
fund monies collected pursuant to R.S. 40:31.35(C). Monies in the fund shall be invested in
the same manner as monies in the state general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies
shall be deposited in and credited to the fund. Unexpended and unencumbered monies in the
fund shall remain in the fund.
B. The monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Agriculture and
Forestry and expended solely for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of R.S. 3:4749 et
seq.
Acts 2021, No. 306, §1; Acts 2024, No. 667, §1, eff. June 18, 2024; Acts 2024, No.
719, §2; Acts 2025, No. 300, §§1, 4, eff. June 11, 2025.