Legal Opinion
Opinion Number
Louisiana Attorney General Reports
Decided October 20, 2003Published
1Opinion of the Court
Dear Superintendent Picard:
You requested the opinion of this office concerning the Education Excellence Fund (the "Fund"), specifically the property disposition of funds appropriated from the Fund to an entity that dissolves prior to distribution or otherwise becomes ineligible to receive the funding.
La. Const. Art. VII, Sec. 10.8(C)(3)(i) provides as follows1:
"The treasurer shall maintain within the state treasury a record of the amounts appropriated and credited for each entity through appropriations authorized in this Subparagraph and which remain in the state treasury. Notwithstanding any…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Polk v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Bd. of Dir. of La. Recovery Dist. v. All Taxpayers, Property Owners, and Citizens of StateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
- Jacobs v. City of BunkieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Strata v. WilliamsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994