§ 29:726.6 — Fund and grant program for security measures; eligible applicants

Louisiana § 29:726.6

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 29: Minerals, Oil and Gas and Environmental Quality

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§726.6. Fund and grant program for security measures; eligible applicants
A. GOHSEP is authorized and directed to establish a grant program through which
eligible schools and nonprofit organizations described in Subsection B of this Section can
apply for and receive grants to defray the cost of security enhancements or measures
including:
(1) Safety and security planning.
(2) Safety and security equipment.
(3) Security-related technology.
(4) Safety and security training.
(5) Safety and security exercises.
(6) Threat awareness and response training.
(7) Upgrades to existing structures that enhance safety and security.
(8) Vulnerability and threat assessments.
(9) Security personnel.
B.(1) Eligible nonprofit organizations include organizations that meet all of the
following requirements:
(a) The organization is described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
and exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(b) The organization is determined by the program administrator to be at risk of a
terrorist attack. Factors the program administrator may consider in making its determination
include but are not limited to the following:
(i) Prior incidents that have occurred at any facility owned or used by the
organization.
(ii) Prior threats made against the organization.
(iii) Current events or incidents impacting other organizations that have a similar
mission, belief, or ideology.
(iv) Feedback or information on the current local threat environment from local law
enforcement agencies, parish offices of homeland security and emergency preparedness, the
Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange, field offices of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, and other organizations, entities, or agencies.
(2) Eligible schools include public elementary or secondary schools in a city, parish,
or other local public school district or other political subdivision and nonpublic schools
approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to R.S. 17:11.
C.(1) There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as
the Louisiana School and Nonprofit Security Grant Program Fund, hereinafter referred to in
this Subsection as the "fund". Interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall
be deposited in and credited to the fund. Unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund
at the close of each fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be
appropriated, administered, and used solely for the purposes of the security grant program
as provided by this Section.
(2) The fund shall be comprised of all monies appropriated, donated, or otherwise
made available to provide funding for the purposes of the security grant program as provided
by this Section. All of such monies required to be deposited in the state treasury in
accordance with Article VII, Section 9(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana shall be deposited
in the fund after first meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the
Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.
(3) The fund shall be administered by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security
and Emergency Preparedness.
D. GOHSEP shall adopt any regulations or rules, pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act, necessary to implement the security grant program established by this Section
and to administer the Louisiana School and Nonprofit Security Grant Program Fund.

Legislative History

Acts 2021, No. 263, §1; Acts 2022, No. 690, §1; Acts 2022, No. 706, §2, eff. July 1, 2023.