Tax collections from certain sales of services in Rapides Parish must be split among four funds, and the treasurer must invest the fund money and deposit any interest into the state general fund.
§322.32. Disposition of certain collections in Rapides Parish A. The avails of the tax imposed by this Chapter from the sale of services as defined in R.S. 47:301.3(1) in Rapides Parish under the provisions of R.S. 47:321(C) and 322 shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all the obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which became due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall pay twenty-five percent of the remainder of such funds into a special fund in the state treasury designated as the "Rapides Parish Economic Development Fund", twenty-five percent into a special fund in the state treasury designated as the "Alexandria/Pineville Area Tourism Fund", twenty-five percent to the Pineville Economic Development Fund created pursuant to R.S. 47:302.30 to be subject to the provisions of and used as provided in R.S. 47:302.30, and twenty-five percent into a special fund in the state treasury designated as the "Rapides Parish Coliseum Fund". B.(1) The monies in the Rapides Parish Economic Development Fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation of the legislature. The monies in the fund shall be used for economic development purposes in Rapides Parish by the city of Alexandria. All unexpended and unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as the monies in the state general fund, and all interest earned shall be deposited in the state general fund. (2) The monies in the Alexandria/Pineville Area Tourism Fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation of the legislature. The monies in the fund shall be used for tourism promotion in Rapides Parish by the Alexandria/Pineville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. All unexpended and unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as the monies in the state general fund, and all interest earned shall be deposited in the state general fund. (3) The monies in the Rapides Parish Coliseum Fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature. The monies in the fund shall be used by the governing authority of Rapides Parish solely and exclusively for expenses for and associated with the Rapides Parish Coliseum. All unexpended and unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as the monies in the state general fund, and all interest earned shall be deposited in the state general fund. Acts 1997, No. 370, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, No. 1289, §8, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2025, No. 384, §8(B), eff. June 20, 2025.