RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 127 (SB 174) 2019 Regular Session Johns
Prior law provided for an annual appropriation for the councils on aging. Present law
provides for an allocation of $2.50 per person age 60 or older in the parish based on the latest
official census estimate. New law retains prior law.
Prior law provided for a minimum allocation per parish in the amount of $37,500. New law
increases the per parish minimum from $37,500 to $100,000.
Prior law provided for a total minimum annual appropriation for the councils on aging in the
amount of $2,776,800. New law increases the total minimum annual appropriation from
$2,776,800 to $6,900,000.
New law removes provision providing a maximum allocation for any one parish council on
aging of $100,000 unless additional funds are appropriated.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 46:1606(A) and (B)(1))