§3210. Pesticide Fund

A. Funds received under Parts I through VI and VIII of this Chapter shall be deposited immediately upon receipt in the state treasury.

B. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited as required by Subsection A hereof shall be credited to a special fund hereby created in the state treasury to be known as the "Pesticide Fund". The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided in Subsection C hereof and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be returned to the state general fund. The monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the state general fund.

C. The monies in the Pesticide Fund shall be used solely for the following purposes:

(1) To provide for the programs and activities provided for in Parts I through VI and VIII of this Chapter and the expenses of the office of agricultural and environmental sciences, as determined by the commissioner.

(2) To construct, renovate, maintain, and equip a building on the Baton Rouge campus of Louisiana State University to provide administrative offices and analytical laboratories to be used in connection with the programs provided for in Parts I through VI and VIII of this Chapter.

(3) To build, equip, and maintain a building to house the offices of the department.

(4) The department, or the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority on behalf of the department, may fund the anticipated funds appropriated from the Pesticide Fund into revenue bonds for the purpose of renovating or constructing a building on the Baton Rouge campus of Louisiana State University to provide administrative offices and analytical laboratories to be used in connection with the programs established in Parts I through VI of this Chapter and for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, renovating, and equipping buildings and related facilities for use by the department in connection with promoting and assisting agriculture and forestry in this state. The department may pledge those funds to secure the repayment of revenue bonds or to secure a lease or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds for those purposes.

(5) If the revenues in the Pesticide Fund are pledged to secure the repayment of revenue bonds, or are pledged to secure a lease or purchase agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds, the fees which provide the funds shall not be reduced below those levels existent at the time of the pledge until the bonds have been repaid.

(6) Monies received from the registration of pharmaceuticals administered to livestock may be used to provide for the expenses of the office of animal health and food safety.

Acts 1986, No. 510, §1, eff. July 1, 1986; Acts 1990, No. 127, §1; Acts 1992, No. 15, §1; Acts 1995, No. 237, §1; Acts 2003, No. 120, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2003, No. 230, §1, eff. June 5, 2003; Acts 2011, No. 31, §1; Acts 2012, No. 147, §1, eff. May 14, 2012.