§412.3. Office of Motor Vehicles Driver's License Escrow Fund; Office of Motor Vehicles Handling Fee Escrow Fund
A. There is hereby created, as special funds in the state treasury, the Office of Motor Vehicles Driver's License Escrow Fund, and the Office of Motor Vehicles Handling Fee Escrow Fund.
B.(1) 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 after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all of 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 an amount equal to one third of the monies received by the state treasury pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 32:412 into the Office of Motor Vehicles Driver's License Escrow Fund. The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided in Subsection D of this Section. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund to cover under collections in any subsequent fiscal year. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund and shall be deposited into the state general fund.
(2) The calculation required under the provisions of Subsection D of this Section shall be made prior to the distribution to the board of trustees of the police pension funds of the city of New Orleans, the Louisiana State Police Retirement System Fund, and the Conservation Fund under the provisions of R.S. 56:10(B)(15).
C. 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 after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all of 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 an amount equal to one third of the monies received by the state treasury pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 32:412.1 into the Office of Motor Vehicles Handling Fee Escrow Fund. The monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided in Subsection E of this Section. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund to cover under collections in any subsequent fiscal year. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund and shall be deposited into the state general fund.
D. Of the monies placed in escrow in the Office of Motor Vehicles Driver's License Escrow Fund, one-half shall be appropriated in Fiscal Years 2020, 2026, and 2032 and one-half shall be appropriated in Fiscal Years 2021, 2027, and 2033.
E.(1) Of the monies placed in escrow in the Office of Motor Vehicles Handling Fee Escrow Fund, one-half shall be appropriated in Fiscal Years 2020, 2026, and 2032 and one-half shall be appropriated in Fiscal Years 2021, 2027, and 2033.
(2) Of the monies appropriated under the provisions of this Subsection, sixty-eight and seventy-five one-hundredths percent of the funds shall be allocated to self-generated revenue and thirty-one and twenty-five one-hundredths percent of the funds shall be allocated to the Office of Motor Vehicles Customer Service and Technology Fund.
Acts 2014, No. 765, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2014, No. 807, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
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