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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2138. Required ACT score for residents of other states

RS 17:2138 - Required ACT score for residents of other states
A. As a requirement for admission to any public college or university in the state, any person who is a resident of another state and who is seeking admission to any state public college or university shall have attained a score of at least seventeen on the American College Test or an equivalent score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
B. The requirement as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall be in addition to all other eligibility criteria as required for admission by the state public college or university to which the person is seeking admission.
C. Effective for the 2004-2005 academic year and thereafter, the provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person who is a resident of another state and who is seeking admission to any Louisiana public college or university supervised and managed by the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges.
D. Effective for the 2004-2005 academic year and thereafter, the provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person who is a resident of another state and who is seeking admission to any Louisiana public college or university who meets National Collegiate Athletic Association initial eligibility standards required for participation in intercollegiate athletics.
Acts 1997, No. 412, §1, eff. June 22, 1997; Acts 2004, No. 482, §1, eff. June 25, 2004.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2149. Use of sick leave; non-teaching personnel

RS 17:2149 - Use of sick leave; non-teaching personnel
A.(1) Sick leave with pay may be taken by an employee who has sufficient leave to his credit for the following:
(a) Illness or injury which prevents performance of his usual duties.
(b) Medical, dental, or optical consultation or treatment.
(c) Care for an immediate family member who is ill or injured.
(d) Accompanying an immediate family member to a medical, dental, or optical consultation or treatment.
(2) As used in this Subsection, "immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, or child of an employee.
B. The minimum charge for sick leave shall be four hours (½ day) and if more, shall be charged in hour increments to the nearest hour.
C. The employee may use sick leave for maternity purposes when postnatal or prenatal condition of the employee prevents the performance of usual duties provided the employee has sufficient sick leave credit. The limit to the use of sick leave for a postnatal condition is six weeks except if a physician certifies inability to return to work.
D.(1) An appointing authority may advance sick leave with pay in an amount not exceeding twenty-two working days to an unclassified employee who has exhausted all his sick leave.
(2) The value of any advanced sick leave which has not been repaid at the time of the employee separation from the unclassified service shall be deducted from his last paycheck or paid in cash to the appointing authority unless the separation is for the purpose of moving to another state agency, in which case the advanced sick leave shall be forwarded to the agency accepting him as an employee.
(3) Upon separation caused by disability, death, or retirement, all advanced sick leave shall be cancelled.
E. Upon death or retirement of an unclassified employee, sick leave accrued to his credit shall be computed and the value thereof shall be paid to him provided that the sick leave had been accrued under established leave regulations and a daily attendance record has been maintained for the employee by his supervisor, except that such payment shall not exceed the value of twenty-five working days computed on the basis of a five-day week and on a four-week per month basis for personnel employed on a less than twelve-month employment basis and on the basis of a five-day week and fifty-two week year for twelve-month employees. The rate of pay shall be computed utilizing the base rate the employee is receiving at the time of termination.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 339, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 723, §1; Acts 2020, No. 241, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2150. Applicability

RS 17:2150 - Applicability
A. Nothing in this Part shall be construed to affect academic teaching personnel.
B. Nothing in this Part shall authorize or require the reduction of any sick leave benefits presently available to any unclassified, non-teaching academic employee under any contract, law, agreement, custom or policy in effect at twelve o'clock noon on July 31, 1974.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 339, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 723, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2151. Board to improve institutional facilities; apportionment of funds

RS 17:2151 - Board to improve institutional facilities; apportionment of funds
The Louisiana State Board of Education shall construct, repair, equip and furnish necessary buildings and improve the facilities at the educational and charitable institutions of the state, whether such institutions are under its supervision or not. Funds received by the board in accordance with this Sub-part shall be apportioned to the several educational and charitable institutions of the state by the governor and expended by the state board of education; such apportionment may be enforced at the suit of the state board of education by mandamus or other appropriate remedy.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2151.1. Revolving funds; retention of surpluses

RS 17:2151.1 - Revolving funds; retention of surpluses
A. The colleges under the control of the State Board of Education are authorized to retain any surpluses at the end of each fiscal year resulting from the operations of the various facilities operated within the revolving funds of said colleges and after servicing of bonds issued under authority of Act 619 of 1954; provided that such surpluses are to be expended within one year after the close of each fiscal year for the purchase of equipment, repairs, and improvements to existing revolving fund facilities, when approved by the commissioner of administration.
B. Provided further that this dedication of funds is applicable to any surplus balances in the revolving funds as of June 30, 1956.
Added by Acts 1956, No. 119, §§1, 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2152. Board's authority to borrow money and issue bonds for construction, etc., of educational facilities

RS 17:2152 - Board's authority to borrow money and issue bonds for construction, etc., of educational facilities
In order to obtain ready funds for the purposes authorized in R.S. 17:2151, the board of education may borrow money and, as evidence thereof, issue negotiable bonds or other obligations of the board, not to exceed six million dollars. These bonds may be issued at one time or from time to time, in the discretion of the board.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2153. Acceptance of federal grants

RS 17:2153 - Acceptance of federal grants
The board of education may accept grants from the president of the United States, pursuant to any act of the Congress of the United States, to be applied to the cost or a portion of the cost of construction of the facilities authorized in R.S. 17:2151, or to the repurchase of the bonds issued pursuant to R.S. 17:2152.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2155. Limitations on annual principal and interest requirements

RS 17:2155 - Limitations on annual principal and interest requirements
The annual principal and interest requirements of any loan authorized in this Sub-part shall not exceed the amount that the taxes dedicated to the payment thereof might reasonably be expected to yield, nor shall the total principal amount thereof exceed the total amount that might reasonably be expected from the said tax during the time the bonds are outstanding.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2156. Interest, etc., of bonds as part of cost for which bonds authorized; bonds not obligations of state

RS 17:2156 - Interest, etc., of bonds as part of cost for which bonds authorized; bonds not obligations of state
The interest on the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this Sub-part, as well as the cost of the issuance of the same including legal, financial, engineering, and other similar expenses, shall form part of the expenditures to be made for the construction, repairs and other expenses authorized by R.S. 17:2151 and for which the bonds are issued.
The bonds or other obligations issued by the board of education under the authority of this Sub-part shall be solely the obligations of the board and not the obligations of the State of Louisiana.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2157. Issuance, form and requisites of bonds or obligations

RS 17:2157 - Issuance, form and requisites of bonds or obligations
Said bonds or obligations shall be issued in such form and detail, and shall bear such date and maturity dates, beginning not later than four years from their date, and be of such denomination, and executed in such manner, as may be provided by the resolution or resolutions of the Louisiana State Board of Education authorizing the issuance of the bonds or obligations. Said bonds or obligations shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and shall be payable at such time or times, and in such amount or amounts as may be determined by the Louisiana State Board of Education, provided that all bonds or obligations authorized to be issued under this Act shall mature on or before thirty years from the date thereof, and provided further, that said Board may retain an option to redeem said bonds prior to maturity on such terms and conditions as it may direct. Interest on said bonds or obligations shall be payable semiannually, and said bonds or obligations shall be payable at such place or places and in such medium of payment as shall be determined by the board. Said bonds or obligations may be sold at public or private sale, from time to time, in whole or part, and at such price, or prices, as shall be determined by the Louisiana State Board of Education.
Said bonds or obligations may be issued in coupon or registered form, or may be issued in coupon form with such privileges of registration or conversion as may be determined by the board. The board, by resolution, may provide for the issuance of temporary bonds or interim certificates under such terms and conditions as it shall determine.
In case any of the officers whose signatures or countersignatures appear on said bonds or obligations or coupons shall cease to be such officers before the delivery of such bonds or obligations to the purchaser, such signatures or countersignatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds or obligations.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2159. Provision for payment of bonds to be adequate

RS 17:2159 - Provision for payment of bonds to be adequate
The income or revenues pledged to the payment of bonds or other obligations issued under this Sub-part, shall be so budgeted and pledged as to adequately provide for the payment of the principal of, and interest on, such bonds or other obligations, as the same respectively become due, or prior thereto, in accordance with the terms and provisions of any contract or agreement made by the Louisiana State Board of Education and the purchasers of the bonds.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2160. Portion of corporation franchise tax dedicated to payment of bonds

RS 17:2160 - Portion of corporation franchise tax dedicated to payment of bonds
So long as there are outstanding and unpaid any bonds or other obligations issued under this Sub-part, or the interest thereon, the annual franchise tax on corporations shall continue to be levied and collected, and there shall be dedicated to the Louisiana State Board of Education from the proceeds of this tax an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest requirements of the same.
This amount shall be remitted directly by the Secretary of State to the Louisiana State Board of Education for the purpose of paying the bonds or other obligations and the interest thereon, as the same become due and to provide for any required reserve fund therefor.
The amounts dedicated to the board of education as provided in this Section are charged with a first privilege to secure the payment of the bonds or other obligations and the interest thereon and to provide any required reserve fund therefor, until the obligations and the interest thereon are paid.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2161. Loan or grant from federal agencies

RS 17:2161 - Loan or grant from federal agencies
The board of education may negotiate a loan or grant from any agency of the United States for the purposes authorized in R.S. 17:2151, under the provisions of any federal statute. In order to secure such a loan or grant, the board may enter into any agreements or obligations as are required by the lender, except that no agreement shall be made creating a debt or liability of the State of Louisiana.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2163. Contractual nature of agreement

RS 17:2163 - Contractual nature of agreement
The Louisiana State Board of Education may in the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or other obligations under the provisions of this Sub-part, provide for the pledge of any or all revenues, which may be pledged under the provisions of this Sub-part for the payment of such bonds or other obligations. It may also include in the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds or other obligations any agreements which may be desired by Federal Agencies or other purchasers of the bonds or obligations to be issued under the provisions of this Sub-part, such agreements or covenants relating to the security for, or the method of payment of, or other matters relating to the issuance of said bonds or other obligations. Any such provisions, together with the provisions of this Sub-part, shall be deemed to be contracts with the holders of said bonds or other obligations and shall be irrepealable until said bonds or obligations are retired, or the retirement thereof provided for.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2181. Board of supervisors authorized to borrow money

RS 17:2181 - Board of supervisors authorized to borrow money
The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (hereinafter referred to as the "Board of Supervisors"), or any legal successor thereto, shall have full authority to borrow money from any agency of the United States, or any other person, firm or corporation, or any governmental agency, now in existence or hereafter created, in sums sufficient to provide funds necessary to accomplish or execute any purpose, power, or authority, now or hereafter vested in the board of supervisors by the constitution and laws of Louisiana.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2182. Authority to issue bonds, etc.

RS 17:2182 - Authority to issue bonds, etc.
For any such purpose, the board of supervisors may incur debt and as evidence of any such indebtedness, issue bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness as hereinafter provided. The power to issue bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness conferred by this Sub-Part shall be in addition to any other such powers now possessed by or hereafter granted to the board of supervisors by virtue of the constitution and laws of Louisiana.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2184. Sale of bonds, etc.

RS 17:2184 - Sale of bonds, etc.
The board of supervisors may sell in such manner and at such time as it determines to be in the best interests of the Board, the bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness authorized to be issued by this Sub-Part.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2185. Use of loan or bond proceeds

RS 17:2185 - Use of loan or bond proceeds
The proceeds derived from any such loan or from the sale of said bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness shall be applied to the purpose for which the debt is incurred by the board of supervisors.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2186. Pledge of revenues; use of other funds to pay principal and interest

RS 17:2186 - Pledge of revenues; use of other funds to pay principal and interest
The board of supervisors is authorized to pledge to the payment of bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder, a sufficient amount of its revenues (or those of any university or college under its jurisdiction) of any character, not otherwise pledged, set aside or dedicated by law, including, but subject to the requirements of the Louisiana Constitution with respect to the securing of legislative authority therefor, any special or general tax that may be specifically appropriated or dedicated to the maintenance, improvement, endowment or support of said board of supervisors, or any university or college under its jurisdiction, including any unpledged taxes referred to by Section 17 of Article XII of the constitution of the state of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended; and in such event any tax which has been thus pledged, or a sufficient amount thereof, shall be levied and collected, appropriated, or dedicated, as long as any obligation issued under this Sub-Part and secured in whole or in part by any pledge of such tax is outstanding and unpaid; the board of supervisors is authorized to set aside into a special fund or funds the first moneys received from these sources, until the amount set aside each year shall be sufficient to pay the principal and interest on bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness issued and due in said year, together with such additional sums as said board of supervisors may deem advisable in order to cover contingencies and to assure marketability of such obligations.
In addition the said board of supervisors is authorized to pledge its full faith and credit to the payment of all bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder, and in the event the aforesaid revenues shall be insufficient to meet promptly principal of and interest on the bonds or other obligations, as the same fall due, the board of supervisors shall appropriate from any of its funds, not otherwise specifically pledged, any amount that may be necessary to pay the principal and interest as the same become due. Provided that no bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidence of indebtedness issued hereunder shall constitute an indebtedness of the state of Louisiana, nor shall the faith and credit of the state be pledged for the payment of any such bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidence of indebtedness, unless such pledge shall be specifically authorized by the Legislature of Louisiana in the manner prescribed by the constitution of the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2187. Funds to be used exclusively for principal and interest

RS 17:2187 - Funds to be used exclusively for principal and interest
Any moneys set aside into funds created pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 17:2186 to provide for the payment of the principal and interest on bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder, shall be used solely for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on bonds, notes, certificates, or other obligations issued hereunder.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2188. Incontestability; contract

RS 17:2188 - Incontestability; contract
Bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness issued hereunder shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for the issuance and sale thereof, and shall be incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders for value. The provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of said bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness shall create a valid contract between the board of supervisors and each and every holder of said bonds, and the provisions of such contract shall be enforceable by appropriate proceedings to be taken by such holder or holders either at law or in equity. The said bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness shall be a valid obligation of the board of supervisors in favor of any holder for value, and no court shall enjoin the payment of the principal or interest thereof, or the setting aside of the revenues pledged to the payment thereof.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2189. Privilege on funds and revenues dedicated for payment of obligation

RS 17:2189 - Privilege on funds and revenues dedicated for payment of obligation
Any person, firm, corporation or association of persons holding any of said bonds, notes or certificates shall have a first lien and privilege on such funds and revenues as shall be dedicated by the board of supervisors for the payment of the interest and principal thereof, and the interest and principal shall be paid out of the revenues and funds by preference over all other claims against or obligations of the board of supervisors.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2190. Agreement to maintain maximum use of revenue producing facilities

RS 17:2190 - Agreement to maintain maximum use of revenue producing facilities
In any case where fees, rents or revenues of any building or facility of the board of supervisors or any university or college under its jurisdiction, are pledged to the payment of any bonds, notes, certificates or other evidence of indebtedness issued under this Sub-Part, the board of supervisors shall have authority to fix such fees or rentals and to contract or covenant with the purchasers or holders of such bonds, notes, certificates, or other evidence of indebtedness that a maximum occupancy and use of such building or facility from which such fees, rents or revenues are to be derived will be maintained.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2191. Continuance of corporate existence of board of supervisors; agreement not to dispose of income producing facilities

RS 17:2191 - Continuance of corporate existence of board of supervisors; agreement not to dispose of income producing facilities
The corporate existence of the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall not be discontinued as long as any bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness issued in accordance with the provisions of this Sub-Part remain outstanding and unpaid. The board of supervisors may covenant with the purchasers or holders of these bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness, that so long as the said bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness are outstanding and unpaid, it will not dispose of any of its income producing facilities, the income from which may have been dedicated to the liquidation of the indebtedness, but will continue to own and operate such facilities and continue to charge such rates, rentals and charges for the use and enjoyment of the same as will provide funds sufficient to pay and discharge any indebtedness incurred as herein authorized and the interest thereon as they respectively mature, which agreement shall be binding upon the board of supervisors.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2192. Tax exemption and eligibility for investment and use as security

RS 17:2192 - Tax exemption and eligibility for investment and use as security
As provided in Section 4 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana for the year 1921, as amended, any obligations issued under this Sub-Part shall be exempt from taxation. Obligations issued hereunder shall be legal investments for the funds in the hands of savings banks, tutors of minors, curators of interdicts, trustees and other fiduciaries, and said bonds may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality or any political subdivision in the State of Louisiana, in any case where, by present or future laws, deposit or security is required.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2193. Mandamus to compel performance of obligation

RS 17:2193 - Mandamus to compel performance of obligation
The holder or holders of any bond, note, certificate, or other evidence of indebtedness issued under this Sub-Part shall have the right to writs of mandamus against the board of supervisors, or any agent, officer or employee thereof, or against any other person, official or employee charged with any duty in connection with this Sub-Part, to enforce compliance with any provision of this Sub-Part, or of any contract, covenant or obligation entered into by virtue of this Sub-Part, in any court of competent jurisdiction. But this section shall not be construed as authorizing any suit against the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1968, No. 331, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2196.1. Findings and declaration of policy

RS 17:2196.1 - Findings and declaration of policy
The Legislature of Louisiana hereby finds that the security and welfare of the State of Louisiana require that this and future generations of Louisiana be assured ample opportunity for the fullest development of their intellectual capabilities and that this opportunity will be jeopardized unless Louisiana's colleges and universities are encouraged and assisted in their efforts to accommodate rapidly growing numbers of youth who aspire to a higher education. The Louisiana Legislature further finds and declares that these needs are so great and these steps so urgent that it is incumbent on Louisiana to take positive and immediate action to meet these needs through assistance to institutions of higher education, including graduate and undergraduate institutions, junior and community colleges and technical institutes in providing certain academic facilities.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 376, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2196.2. Definitions

RS 17:2196.2 - Definitions
In order to take full advantage of the Higher Educational Facilities Act of 19631 (Public Law 88-204, 77 Statutes 363) (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "1963 Act") the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (hereinafter sometimes called "LSU board") and the Louisiana State Board of Education (hereinafter sometimes called "state board") are hereby authorized to borrow money and issue bonds for construction cost of academic facilities for institutions of higher learning under their administration. No bonds shall be issued pursuant to the authority of this SubPart for any proposed facility unless the issuing board shall have entered into a loan agreement with the U.S. Commissioner of Education under Title III of the 1963 Act, as amended, for financing a portion of the cost of the proposed facility. The term "issuing board" shall refer to either or both LSU board or state board which issues bonds hereunder. "Board" shall refer to LSU board and/or state board.
"Academic facilities" means structures suitable for use as classrooms, laboratories, libraries and related facilities necessary or appropriate for instruction of students, or for research or for administration of the educational or research programs of an institution of higher learning; and maintenance, storage or utility facilities essential to the operation of the foregoing facilities as is provided for in 1963 Act.
"Construction" means (a) erection of new or expansion of existing structures and the acquisition and installation of equipment therefor; or (b) acquisition of existing structures not owned by institution involved; or (c) rehabilitation, alteration, conversion or improvement (including the acquisition and installation of equipment or modernization or replacement of built-in equipment) of existing structures; or (d) a combination of any two or more of the foregoing.
"Facility" shall herein mean academic facilities authorized to be constructed under the provisions of this SubPart.
"Construction cost" includes cost of the construction involved and the cost of necessary acquisition of land on which facility is located, and necessary site improvements to permit its use as intended, and interest on bonds authorized by this SubPart during the period of construction, and shall also include the cost of the issuance of the bonds, including legal, financial, architectural, engineering and other incidental expenses.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 376, §1.
120 U.S.C.A. §701 et seq., which has been affected by later legislation (see Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C.A. §1132a et seq.).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2196.4. Pledge

RS 17:2196.4 - Pledge
The income and revenues pledged to the payment of bonds or other obligations issued under this Subpart as herein provided, shall be so budgeted and pledged as to adequately provide for the payment of the principal and the interest on such bonds or other obligations as the same respectively become due and payable. Board is authorized in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds or other obligations under the provisions of this Subpart to provide for the pledge of corporation franchise tax avails authorized to be pledged to the payment of such bonds or other obligations. All moneys remaining from the corporation franchise tax in each fiscal year after the treasurer of Louisiana shall have first set aside and paid over to issuing board the amounts required for the payment of principal of and interest on outstanding bonds issued by issuing board under the provisions of this Subpart, shall be transferred and paid to the special funds and General Fund of the State of Louisiana as required by law, but the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued hereunder by issuing board shall constitute a primary charge on said corporation franchise tax avails subject only to prior bonds and pledges as herein defined, and shall have priority over all other claims of whatever nature, upon the avails of corporation franchise tax. Bonds herein authorized may be issued from time to time as funds are necessary to construct facilities under 1963 Act. All bonds issued hereunder shall rank on a parity, and shall be payable from the same corporation franchise tax avails pledged and dedicated to the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds issued hereunder, provided, however, that the maximum amount to be pledged on account of the principal, interest, and reserve requirements with respect to all bonds issued hereunder, shall, in the aggregate, not exceed the sum of $650,000 in any fiscal year. The legislature may from time to time increase the limitation above the sum of $650,000 in any fiscal year provided in the preceding sentence without violating contractual agreements with bondholders.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 376, §1. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 103, §1; Acts 1970, No. 577, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2196.6. Limitation on bond issues

RS 17:2196.6 - Limitation on bond issues
No bonds shall be issued under the authority of this Sub-Part unless the avails of corporation franchise tax collected during the preceding fiscal year shall have been not less than two times the maximum payment required to be made in any subsequent year on account of the principal and interest requirements with respect to prior bonds and pledges and bonds issued and outstanding under authority of this Sub-Part and the bonds then proposed to be issued under this Sub-Part, which fact shall be certified to the issuing board by the Treasurer of Louisiana and the determination of such facts so made by the Treasurer of Louisiana shall be conclusive.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 376, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2196.7. Refunding bonds, state treasurer approval; prescription

RS 17:2196.7 - Refunding bonds, state treasurer approval; prescription
The issuing board is hereby authorized to issue bonds under the provisions of this Sub-Part for the purpose of refunding any bonds issued hereunder at or prior to maturity thereof or any date upon which such bonds shall be redeemable according to their terms, which bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the avails of corporation franchise tax, which refunding bonds shall rank on a parity with all other bonds issued under the authority of this Sub-Part; provided, however, that the principal amount of such refunding bonds maturing in any year shall not exceed the principal amount of the bonds to be refunded which would have matured in such year, and provided further, that such refunding bonds shall mature on or prior to the final maturity date of any of the bonds issued hereunder. Such refunding bonds may be exchanged par for par for the bonds so refunded or may be sold in the manner herein provided for the sale of bonds issued under the authority of this Sub-Part. Issuing board shall file with the state treasurer a certified copy of the resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance and fixing the form and details of the bonds or other obligations issued under the authority of this Sub-Part. State Treasurer shall review such resolution or resolutions to determine if requirements of the next to the last sentence of R.S. 17:2196.4 and the requirements of R.S. 17:2196.6 have been complied with. State treasurer may hold in abeyance approving or disapproving proposed resolution or resolutions pending receipt of sealed bids for the sale of bonds. No bid for purchase of bonds shall be accepted by board until State Treasurer shall have approved such resolution or resolutions. State Treasurer shall endorse on any resolution or resolutions approved by him under this Section, date said resolution or resolutions are approved by him, and for a period of thirty days after such date of approval any person in interest shall have the right to institute an appropriate action or proceeding to contest the validity of the bonds therein authorized, or the dedication of avails of the annual corporation franchise tax pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, all as herein provided, or any other provisions of such resolution. If no such action or proceedings shall have been instituted within such thirty day period, the authority to issue the bonds, the validity of the dedication and the pledge of the corporation franchise tax avails, the expenditure of the proceeds derived from the sale of said bonds for the purpose herein provided, and the validity of all of the provisions of such resolution and of the proceedings in connection with the authorization and issuance of the bonds shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 376, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2196.8. Interest rate on bonds

RS 17:2196.8 - Interest rate on bonds
Notwithstanding any other provisions of Subpart C, Part 1, Chapter 11 of Title 17 after July 13, 1970, the board through the State Bond Commission as created by R.S. 39:1401-39:1406 may issue and sell bonds under the provisions of said Subpart C for the purposes therein at a rate or rates of interest to be determined by the State Bond Commission but which rate of interest shall not exceed that rate of interest permitted for conventional interest in Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 95, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 282, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:39 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2196.9. Issuance of bonds under annual interest grants with U.S. Commissioner of Education

RS 17:2196.9 - Issuance of bonds under annual interest grants with U.S. Commissioner of Education
Notwithstanding any other provisions of Subpart C of Part 1 of Chapter 11 of Title 17, after July 13, 1970, the board through the State Bond Commission as created by R.S. 39:1401-39:1406 is hereby authorized to issue and sell bonds under the provisions of said Subpart C for the purposes therein if the issuing board shall have entered into an annual interest grant agreement with the U.S. Commissioner of Education under Title 3 of the 1963 Act as amended on a portion of the bonds to be issued under Subpart C hereof.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 283, §1, emerg. eff. July 13, 1970 at 2:40 P.M.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2231. Deposits in state treasury by educational institutions

RS 17:2231 - Deposits in state treasury by educational institutions
The president and trustees of any institution of learning established in the State of Louisiana, which is or may be hereafter incorporated as a body politic, in conformity with the constitution and laws of this State, who may wish so to do, can deposit in the treasury of the State of Louisiana all sums of money intended solely for the uses and purposes of such institutions of learning; and all sums so deposited shall be invested in the bonds or obligations of the State of Louisiana or of the United States, and the interest accruing thereon, as realized, shall be paid over to such corporation or again invested as they may desire.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2232. Investment by state of endowment deposit

RS 17:2232 - Investment by state of endowment deposit
Should any endowment be made either by donation, inter vivos or mortis causa, to establish a professorship in any institution of learning in the State, duly incorporated, on the principal being deposited in the State treasury, the same shall be invested, and the interest as realized shall be paid over as stipulated in R.S. 17:2231, and it shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts and the State Treasurer to make the investments to the greatest advantage and interest of said institution.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2234. Prohibition on appropriating or allocating of funds for paying public school funds

RS 17:2234 - Prohibition on appropriating or allocating of funds for paying public school funds
No funds of the state shall be appropriated to or be allocated for the use of any parish or city school board for the purpose of paying any deficit arising out of the operations of its public school system, unless at the time that such appropriation or allocation of funds is proposed to be made it is determined by the Division of Administration that the parish or city school board has levied and is collecting the full five mill tax authorized to be levied by Article XII, Section 15 FIRST of the Constitution1 and also five mills of the seven mill tax authorized to be levied by Article XII, Section 15 FOURTH of the Constitution,2 or unless at the time that such appropriation or allocation of funds is proposed to be made it is determined by the Division of Administration that the parish or city school board has levied and is collecting a one cent sales tax in lieu of the five mills of the seven mill tax authorized to be levied by Article XII, Section 15 FOURTH of the Constitution and that the sales tax so levied shall equal or exceed the said five mills tax, and also has levied and is collecting at least five mills of the twelve mills of ad valorem taxes authorized by the constitutional provisions hereinabove referred to.
Added by Acts 1961, No. 61, §1. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 249, §1; Acts 1963, No. 62, §1.
1LSA-Const.1921, Art. 12, §15 FIRST (see, now, LSA-Const. Art. 8, §13(C) First).
2LSA-Const.1921, Art. 12, §15 FOURTH (see, now, LSA-Const. Art. 8, §13(C) Third).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2235. Prohibition on receipt or expenditure of funds where school system exceeded minimum salary schedule

RS 17:2235 - Prohibition on receipt or expenditure of funds where school system exceeded minimum salary schedule
No parish or city school board shall be eligible to receive or to expend any funds of the state of Louisiana for the purpose of meeting any deficit which has arisen in the operation of its public school system if such parish or city school board, at the time the deficit was sustained, was paying salaries to teachers in its employ which exceeded the amounts contained in the minimum salary schedule as fixed by R.S. 17:421.
Added by Acts 1961, No. 88, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2236. Prohibition on use of state funds by institutions of higher learning to support communistic or atheistic activities; return of funds

RS 17:2236 - Prohibition on use of state funds by institutions of higher learning to support communistic or atheistic activities; return of funds
A. Any monies from state funds appropriated, allocated or proposed to be used by any institution of higher education shall not be used or made in any way available to finance, sponsor, support, foster or conduct any program, activity, seminar or any other function, or hire any speaker, or support any campus activity or organization that is communistic or atheistic, or to be used for any purpose for the benefit of, or in connection with any such communistic or atheistic activity.
B. The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College or the State Board of Education shall determine, for the institutions under their respective jurisdictions, if any state funds have been appropriated, allocated or proposed to be used for any of the aforementioned acts, and if such determination is made, these funds shall be transmitted without delay and shall be placed in the state general fund. If any of the aforementioned activities occur before a determination by the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College or the State Board of Education of said communistic or atheistic activities, and a later determination of such activity is made by said boards, then the respective board shall transmit the amount of state funds expended for such purposes to the state general fund.
C. The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College and the State Board of Education are authorized to make appropriate rules and regulations providing for the implementation of this section, and to more specifically define the philosophy and activities prohibited by subsection A hereof.
Added by Acts 1967, No. 7, §§1 to 3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2271. Creation and organization of board; membership; general powers

RS 17:2271 - Creation and organization of board; membership; general powers
A. There is created an Anatomical Board, domiciled in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, composed of nine members as follows:
(1) The head and two faculty members of the Department of Anatomy of Tulane University School of Medicine;
(2) The head and two faculty members of the combined Department of Anatomy of Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans and Louisiana State University School of Dentistry; and
(3) The head and two faculty members of the Department of Anatomy of Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport.
B. The deans of Tulane University School of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine at New Orleans, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, and Louisiana State University School of Medicine at Shreveport shall be entitled to attend and participate in all meetings of the board, but shall not be empowered to vote as members of the board.
C. The board may adopt its own by-laws, elect or otherwise designate or select its own officers and agents and determine their compensation. It may also establish rules and regulations for its government and organization and for the removal of its officers and agents.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 250, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2272. Purposes for which created

RS 17:2272 - Purposes for which created
The anatomical board is created for the purpose of regulating the collection, storage and distribution of unclaimed bodies of deceased persons required to be buried at public expense, or parts or organs of such bodies, for the purpose of advancing medical science.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 131, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2273. Meetings of the board

RS 17:2273 - Meetings of the board
There shall be at least one regular meeting of the board each year, to be held at such time and place as the board may determine. Each department of anatomy represented in the board will be entitled to one vote only, in any matter to be voted upon.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 250, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:2274. Bodies of persons required to be buried at public expense; notice to board; receipt of bodies by board

RS 17:2274 - Bodies of persons required to be buried at public expense; notice to board; receipt of bodies by board
A. The superintendents or wardens of hospitals, asylums, penitentiaries or other similar institutions, and all state, parish, or city officials or other persons having custody of the bodies of deceased persons required to be buried at public expense, shall notify the Anatomical Board of the availability of the same, and that there exists no legal prohibition against the release thereof. This notice shall be given not later than thirty-six hours from the death of the person deceased.
B. Upon receipt of this notice, the board may accept the bodies available, and it or its authorized agents shall be permitted to transport the same from any point within the state to its domicile in the city of New Orleans, or its resident offices elsewhere in the state; and, upon receipt of this notice, the board may authorize and allow immediate removal of eyes from the bodies available by qualified medical practitioners when the eyes so removed are to be used for the purpose of advancing medical science or for the replacement or rehabilitation of eyes in living persons. No claim or right of action of any sort in favor of any person and against any doctor, nurse, hospital, or any other person or organization, corporate or otherwise, shall arise out of or result from the removal of eyes from the bodies made available to the board under the terms of this section.
C. All bodies received by the board shall be used solely for the purpose of promoting anatomical knowledge and research or for the replacement or rehabilitation of diseased eyes or other parts of the body or organs of living persons.
D. All expenses incurred in connection with the notice, delivery and transportation of the bodies to the city of New Orleans, or elsewhere, shall be paid by the board. The board shall also assume all the expenses incurred in disposing of the remains of these bodies after the same have been used in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 131, §1; Acts 1968, No. 250, §1.