§ 39:100.48 — Critical Infrastructure Workers Hazard Pay Rebate Fund

Louisiana § 39:100.48

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 39: Procurement and Contract

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§100.48. Critical Infrastructure Workers Hazard Pay Rebate Fund
A. There is hereby created and established in the state treasury, as a special fund, the
Critical Infrastructure Workers Hazard Pay Rebate Fund, hereinafter the "rebate fund". The
treasurer is authorized and directed to transfer twenty-five million from the Coronavirus
Local Recovery Allocation Fund and twenty-five million from the Louisiana Main Street
Recovery Fund for deposit to the rebate fund.
B. The monies in the rebate fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in
the state general fund. Interest earned on the investment of monies in the rebate fund shall
be deposited in and credited to the rebate fund. If applicable under federal guidelines,
unexpended and unencumbered monies in the rebate fund shall remain in the rebate fund.
C. Monies in the rebate fund shall be appropriated to the state treasurer to be used
to provide a one-time hazard pay rebate to essential critical infrastructure workers as
provided in Act No. 12 of the 2020 First Extraordinary Session of the Legislature. Any
unobligated balance in the rebate fund on June 30, 2021, shall be transferred to the State
Coronavirus Relief Fund.

Legislative History

Acts 2020 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 10, §6, eff. July 13, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 114, §9, eff. June 7, 2021.