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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:283.1

  • Agriculture: means the commercial planting, growing, harvesting, production, storage, processing, marketing, distribution, or export of any agricultural product, including but not limited to farm products, livestock and livestock products, poultry and poultry products, milk and dairy products, fruit and other horticultural products, and seafood and aquacultural products. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:263
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
  • Authority: means the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority created by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:263
  • Department: means the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:263
  • 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.
  • State: means the state of Louisiana or any agency or instrumentality thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:263

A.  All employees of the office of marketing and agro-economic development are transferred to the office of management and finance.

B.  All funds appropriated to the State Market Commission shall be transferred to the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.

C.  Any appropriation for Fiscal Year 2009 – 2010 to the office of marketing and agro-economic development shall be deemed to be appropriated to the office of management and finance within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.

D.  All property and facilities owned and operated by, leased by or for the State Market Commission are transferred to the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.

E.  All unfinished business of the State Market Commission shall be completed by, all references in laws and refer to, and all obligations of that office shall be administered by the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority.  All legal proceedings of the State Market Commission shall be continued in the name of the State Market Commission and further proceedings shall be in the name of Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority without the necessity for amendment of any document.

Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009.