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HB 459 Original 2015 Regular Session Moreno
Abstract: Creates the New Orleans Public Safety Fund and deposits into the fund $2.5 million of
the remaining balance of unclaimed lottery prize money at the end of each fiscal year.
Money in the fund shall be used by the office of state police for patrol in and law
enforcement of the French Quarter area in New Orleans.
Present law provides for certain time periods for winning lottery prizes to be claimed. Lottery prizes
not claimed within these time periods are added to a pool from which future prizes are to be awarded
or used for special prize promotions.
Proposed law retains present law but dedicates $2.5 million of the remaining balance of unclaimed
lottery prize money at the end of each fiscal year into the New Orleans Public Safety Fund created
in proposed law.
Proposed law provides that monies in the New Orleans Public Safety Fund shall be used by the office
of state police for public safety services, including patrol and law enforcement, in the French Quarter
area of the city of New Orleans.
(Amends R.S. 47:9025(D); Adds R.S. 40:1402)