§ 39:98.1 — Creation of funds; Millennium Trust

Louisiana § 39:98.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 39: Procurement and Contract

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NOTE: §98.1 eff. until ratification of the const. amend. proposed by Acts 2025, No. 222.
§98.1. Creation of funds
A. There shall be established in the state treasury as a special permanent trust fund
the Millennium Trust. After allocation of money to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund
as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the treasurer shall
deposit in and credit to the Millennium Trust certain monies received as a result of the
Master Settlement Agreement, hereinafter the "Settlement Agreement", executed November
23, 1998, and approved by Consent Decree and Final Judgment entered in the case "Richard
P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, ex rel. State of Louisiana v. Philip Morris, Incorporated, et al.",
bearing Number 98-6473 on the docket of the Fourteenth Judicial District for the parish of
Calcasieu, state of Louisiana; and all dividend and interest income and all realized capital
gains on investment of monies in the Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall deposit in and
credit to the Millennium Trust the following amounts of monies received as a result of the
Settlement Agreement:
(1) Fiscal Year 2000-2001, forty-five percent of the total monies received that year.
(2) Fiscal Year 2001-2002, sixty percent of the total monies received that year.
(3) Fiscal Year 2002-2003 and each fiscal year thereafter, seventy-five percent of the
total monies received that year. However, beginning in Fiscal Year 2011-2012 after the
balance in the Millennium Trust reaches a total of one billion three hundred eighty million
dollars, the monies deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust, received by the state
as a result of the Settlement Agreement, shall be allocated to the various funds within the
Millennium Trust as provided in Subsections B, C, and D of this Section.
(4) For Fiscal Year 2000-2001, Fiscal Year 2001-2002, and Fiscal Year 2002-2003,
ten percent of the total monies received in each of those years for credit to the Education
Excellence Fund which, notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 39:98.3(A), shall be
appropriated for the purposes provided in R.S. 39:98.3(C)(4).
B.(1) The Health Excellence Fund shall be established as a special fund within the
Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall credit to the Health Excellence Fund one-third of the
Settlement Agreement proceeds deposited each year into the Millennium Trust and one-third
of all dividend and interest income and all realized capital gains on investment of monies in
the Millennium Trust.
(2) Beginning Fiscal Year 2011-2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, the treasurer
shall credit to the Health Excellence Fund one-third of all dividend and interest income and
all realized capital gains on investment of monies in the Millennium Trust.
(3) Beginning July 1, 2012, after allocation of money to the Bond Security and
Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana,
the treasurer shall deposit in and credit to the Health Excellence Fund the revenues derived
from the tax imposed by R.S. 47:841(B)(3).
C.(1) The Education Excellence Fund shall be established in the state treasury as a
special fund within the Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall credit to the Education
Excellence Fund one-third of the Settlement Agreement proceeds deposited into the
Millennium Trust and one-third of all dividend and interest income and all realized capital
gains on investment of monies in the Millennium Trust.
(2) Beginning Fiscal Year 2011-2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, the treasurer
shall credit to the Education Excellence Fund one-third of all dividend and interest income
and all realized capital gains on investment of monies in the Millennium Trust.
D.(1) The TOPS Fund shall be established in the state treasury as a special fund
within the Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall credit to the TOPS Fund one-third of the
Settlement Agreement proceeds deposited into the Millennium Trust and one-third of all
dividend and interest income and all realized capital gains on investment of monies in the
Millennium Trust.
(2) Beginning Fiscal Year 2011-2012, and each fiscal year thereafter, the treasurer
shall credit to the TOPS Fund one hundred percent of the Settlement Agreement proceeds
deposited into the Millennium Trust and one-third of all dividend and interest income and
all realized capital gains on investment of monies in the Millennium Trust.
(3) Upon the effective date of this Section, the state treasurer shall deposit, transfer,
or otherwise credit funds in an amount equal to such Settlement Agreement proceeds
deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust received by the state between April 1,
2011, and the effective date of this Section to the TOPS Fund.
NOTE: §98.1 eff. upon ratification of the const. amend. proposed by Acts 2025, No. 222.
§98.1. Creation of funds; Millennium Trust
A. There shall be established in the state treasury a special permanent trust fund
known as the Millennium Trust. After allocation of money to the Bond Security and
Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana,
the treasurer shall deposit in and credit to the Millennium Trust certain monies received as
a result of the Master Settlement Agreement, hereinafter the "Settlement Agreement",
executed November 23, 1998, and approved by Consent Decree and Final Judgment entered
in the case "Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, ex rel. State of Louisiana v. Philip Morris,
Incorporated, et al.", bearing Number 98-6473 on the docket of the Fourteenth Judicial
District for the parish of Calcasieu, state of Louisiana; and all dividend and interest income
and all realized capital gains on investment of monies in the Millennium Trust. The
treasurer shall deposit in and credit to the Millennium Trust seventy-five percent of the total
monies received each fiscal year as a result of the Settlement Agreement. The monies
deposited in and credited to the Millennium Trust, received by the state as a result of the
Settlement Agreement, shall be allocated to the TOPS Fund.
B.(1) The Health Excellence Fund shall be established as a special fund within the
Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall credit to the Health Excellence Fund one-half of all
dividend and interest income and all realized capital gains on investment of monies in the
Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall report annually to the legislature as to the amount
of Millennium Trust investment earnings credited to the Health Excellence Fund.
(2) After allocation of money to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided
in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the treasurer shall deposit in
and credit to the Health Excellence Fund the revenues derived from the tax imposed by R.S.
47:841(B)(3).
C. The TOPS Fund shall be established in the state treasury as a special fund within
the Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall credit to the TOPS Fund one hundred percent of
the Settlement Agreement proceeds deposited into the Millennium Trust and one-half of all
dividend and interest income and all realized capital gains on investment of monies in the
Millennium Trust. The treasurer shall report annually to the legislature as to the amount
of Millennium Trust settlement agreement proceeds investment earnings credited to the
TOPS Fund.
D. Monies credited to the Millennium Trust pursuant to Subsection A of this Section
shall be invested by the treasurer. A portion of the monies, not to exceed thirty-five percent,
may be invested in stock. However, the portion of monies in the Millennium Trust which may
be invested in stock may be increased to no more than fifty percent by a specific legislative
instrument which receives a favorable vote of two-thirds of the elected members of each
house of the legislature. The legislature shall provide for procedures for the investment of
such monies as provided in R.S. 39:98.2. The treasurer may contract, subject to the approval
of the State Bond Commission, for the management of such investments and, if a contract is
entered into, amounts necessary to pay the costs of the contract shall be appropriated from
the Millennium Trust.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, No. 1295, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2011, No. 386, §1, eff. Nov. 21, 2011; Acts 2025, No. 385, §2, eff. See Act.