Louisiana § 48:25.2 New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations

Louisiana Statutes

§ 48:25.2 — New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations

Louisiana § 48:25.2

Title 48Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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La. Stat. Ann. § 48:25.2 (2026).

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§25.2. New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations

A.There is hereby created, as a special fund in the state treasury, the New Orleans Ferry Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning July 1, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, after compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and after making the allocation for state highway fund No. 2 for the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, the treasurer shall deposit into the fund, an amount equal to the total of all of the funds derived from the collection of registration and license fees and taxes collected by the state pursuant to R.S. 47:462, and as provided in R.S. 47:481, in the parish of Orleans.

B.The monies in the f

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§25.2. New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations
A. There is hereby created, as a special fund in the state treasury, the New Orleans
Ferry Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". Notwithstanding any provision of law to
the contrary, beginning July 1, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, after compliance with
the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and after
making the allocation for state highway fund No. 2 for the Greater New Orleans Expressway
Commission, the treasurer shall deposit into the fund, an amount equal to the total of all of
the funds derived from the collection of registration and license fees and taxes collected by
the state pursuant to R.S. 47:462, and as provided in R.S. 47:481, in the parish of Orleans.
B. The monies in the fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation by the
legislature and shall be used only as provided in Subsection C of this Section. The monies
in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as the monies in the state
general fund, and all interest earned shall be deposited and credited to the fund. All
unexpended or unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall
remain to the credit of the fund.
C. Monies appropriated from the fund shall be used exclusively by the Department
of Transportation and Development to fund operations of the Chalmette ferry and to provide
ferry service formerly operated by its Crescent City Connection Division. These monies
shall be in addition to monies the department shall contribute from its operating budget as
provided by law.
NOTE: Subsection D, which was not included in the enactment of this provision in
Acts 2019, Nos. 163 and 362, provided for the termination of the New Orleans Ferry
Fund as enacted by Acts 2013, No. 273, and is no longer effective.