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Louisiana Remove Constitutional References to Inactive State Funds Amendment

Louisiana Ballot Measure - Legislatively Referred Constitutional Amendment

Election: Nov. 18, 2023 (General)

Outcome: Passed

Categories:

Government Budget and Spending

Summary

The amendment would repeal constitutional provisions establishing the following state funds, which are inactive:

Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund;
Higher Education Louisiana Partnership Fund;
Millennium Leverage Fund;
Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund
First Use Tax Trust Fund, and
Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement.
The amendment would authorize the transfer of the remaining balance of the Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement ($604) to the state general fund. The other funds to be repealed have balances of $0.

Measure Text

Do you support an amendment to remove provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana which created the following inactive special funds within the state treasury: Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund, Higher Education Louisiana Partnership Fund, Millennium Leverage Fund, Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund, First Use Tax Trust Fund, Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement and to provide for the transfer of any remaining monies in such funds to the state general fund? (Repeals Article VII, Sections 4(D)(4)(b), 10.4, 10.10, and 10.12(B) and (C) and Article IX, Sections 9 and 10)

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