§2054.  Funding

A.  Federal funding for the operation of the federal advisory councils shall be allocated to the council according to federal requirements.

B.  The council shall develop a budget to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this Chapter.  The council shall submit its budget to the House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations, the Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations, and the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.

C.  The council shall follow the provisions of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 in preparing its budget.

D.  The budget shall identify funds appropriated for planning, evaluation, and implementation of a workforce development program under the jurisdiction of the council and may recommend the transfer of those funds to the functions being assumed by the council.

E.  The council may apply for, contract for, receive, and expend for its purposes any appropriation or grant from the state, its political subdivisions, the federal government, or any other public or private source.

Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. July 1, 2008.