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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:1414

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

            A. In addition to all other fees and costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk of court for the judicial district court, except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq., shall collect from every person filing any suit or proceeding in the Family Court of East Baton Rouge Parish a nonrefundable fee of ten dollars per such suit.

            B. The clerk of the 19th Judicial District Court, within thirty days of the close of each fiscal year, shall remit all costs collected pursuant to this Section to be deposited in the state treasurer’s account for credit to a special statutorily dedicated fund account after meeting the requirements of La. Const. Art. VII, § 9 . The monies in this account 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 account following compliance with the requirement of La. Const. Art. VII, § 9(B) relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. Disbursement of funds shall be made by the office of children and family services in the Department of Children and Family Services, or its successor, in accordance with Paragraph (E)(2) of this Section and only in amounts appropriated by the legislature. Monies deposited into this account shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriations bills and shall be available for annual appropriations by the legislature.

            C. The monies appropriated by the legislature and disbursed from the special account shall not displace, replace, or supplant appropriations from the general fund. This Subsection shall mean that no appropriation for any fiscal year from the special account shall be made for any purpose for which a general fund appropriation was made in the previous year unless the total appropriations for the fiscal year from the state general fund for such purpose exceed general fund appropriations for the previous year.

            D. All monies in this account shall be used solely for the purpose of providing fiscal support to those non-profit organizations located and operating in the parish of East Baton Rouge and providing shelter for battered women and their children. A shelter is defined for purposes of this Section as a temporary residence providing assistance to battered women and their children in the reestablishment of independent living from a financial, emotional, and psychological perspective.

            E.(1) Within thirty days of the receipt of such funds, the office of children and family services shall distribute the funds among those qualifying organizations.  A qualifying organization must be recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and be located within the parish of East Baton Rouge, and shall provide:

            (a) A shelter with a minimum of thirty-six beds for battered women and their dependent children.

            (b) Two in-house meals per day.

            (c) Residencies for no less than fifteen days nor more than six weeks.

            (d) A meaningful program to assist in the reestablishment of independent living from a financial, emotional, and psychological perspective.

            (2) Funds shall be apportioned among the qualifying organizations on the same percentage basis that the qualifying organizations’ points bear to the total number of points of all qualifying organizations. Each qualifying organization shall receive five points per available bed, one point for each percentage of bed occupancy during the year, and two points for each person sheltered for at least fifteen days. All figures shall be based on the qualifying organizations’ performance during the preceding calendar year.

            (3) Organizations seeking to be qualified shall apply on an annual basis to the office of children and family services within the time and in the manner designated by the office of children and family services and afford such reasonable proof as is required to establish its entitlement to funds.

            Acts 1995, No. 963, §1; Acts 2009, No. 409, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2019, No. 404, §3, eff. July 1, 2020.