§ 40:1300 — Use of public monies for human cloning; prohibition; exceptions

§1300. Use of public monies for human cloning; prohibition; exceptions
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, public funds,
including tax proceeds, funds received from the federal government, or other revenues of the
state or political subdivisions thereof, shall not be used by any person or entity, including any
state-funded institution or facility, for human somatic cell nuclear transfer, commonly known
as human cloning.
B. This Section shall not prohibit areas of scientific research which are not
specifically prohibited by this Section, including research in the use of nuclear transfer or
other cloning techniques to produce molecules, deoxyribonucleic acid, cells other than
human embryos, tissues, organs, plants, or animals other than humans nor shall this Section
prohibit the use of state, private, or federal funds for research using embryonic stem cell lines
approved for federal funding prior to August 9, 2001.
C. For purposes of this Section, "human somatic cell nuclear transfer" shall mean
human asexual reproduction that is accomplished by introducing the genetic material from
one or more human somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear
material has been removed or inactivated so as to produce an organism, at any state of
development, that is genetically virtually identical to an existing or previously existing
human organism.

Legislative History

Acts 2008, No. 486, §1, eff. June 25, 2008; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.36 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.