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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 285
BY SENATOR ADLEY
FUNDS/FUNDING. Dedicates a portion of certain tax receipts for fire protection at Camp
Minden. (6/30/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 22:835(F) and 835.1, relative to the dedication of a portion of the fire marshal2
tax receipts; to provide for the dedication of a portion of such receipts for fire3
protection at Camp Minden; to create the Camp Minden Fire Protection Fund as a4
special fund in the state treasury; to provide for the use of monies in the fund; to5
provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 22:835(F) and 835.1 are hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
§835. Fire marshal tax; Louisiana Fire Marshal Fund9
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F. Each year, after satisfaction of the provisions of Subsections C and11
D of this Section, and before any unexpended or unencumbered monies in the12
Louisiana Fire Marshal Fund shall revert to the state general fund, the state13
treasurer shall transfer the amount of fifty thousand dollars to the Camp14
Minden Fire Protection Fund as provided by R.S. 22:835.1.15
§835.1. Camp Minden Fire Protection Fund16
A. There is hereby created in the state treasury, as a special fund, the17 SB NO. 285
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Camp Minden Fire Protection Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund".1
Annually, the state treasurer shall transfer monies into the fund in accordance2
with the provisions of R.S. 22:835(F). Subject to appropriation by the3
legislature, monies in the fund shall be used solely to provide fire protection at4
the National Guard Installation at Camp Minden to be used to contract with an5
independent fire district to provide for fire protection for Camp Minden. Such6
contract shall be between the independent fire district and the Louisiana7
National Guard.8
B. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of9
each fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be10
invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state11
general fund, and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be12
credited to the state general fund.13
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on June 30, 2012; if vetoed by the14
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on15
June 30, 2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.16
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jay R. Lueckel.
DIGEST
Adley (SB 285)
Present law provides for levy of a tax of one and one-fourth percent of the gross annual
premium receipts from any business which insures property of any nature against loss by
fire. Provides for the deposit of such proceeds into the La. Fire Marshal Fund to be used for
the support of the office of the state fire marshal. Unexpended and unencumbered monies
in the fund at the end of the year revert to the state general fund. Investment earnings on
monies in the fund are credited to the state general fund.
Proposed law retains present law relative to the support of the office of state fire marshal but
provides for the transfer of $50,000 to the Camp Minden Fire Protection Fund before any
unexpended or unencumbered monies revert to the state general fund.
Proposed law creates the Camp Minden Fire Protection Fund as a special fund in the state
treasury and provides that monies in the fund, subject to an annual appropriation, be used
solely for fire protection purposes at the National Guard Installation at Camp Minden.
Specifically, the National Guard shall contract for fire protection services with an
independent fire district. SB NO. 285
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Effective June 30, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 22:835(F) and 835.1)