RS 11:3502: Appropriation of fund

A. If the municipality has more than fifty thousand inhabitants, it shall set aside for the fund, twenty percent of all fines collected by its municipal courts for the infraction of municipal ordinances and ten percent of the money collected for licenses, privilege taxes, or permits for the sale of beverages containing alcohol. The municipality shall appropriate and pay out of its general alimony taxes, into the fund, annually at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equal to any deficit which occurs in the operation of the fund for the preceding year.

B. If the municipality has a population of fifty thousand or less, it shall set aside for the fund, twenty-five percent of the fines collected by its municipal courts for the infraction of municipal ordinances and twenty percent of the money collected for licenses, privilege taxes, or permits for the sale of beverages containing alcohol. The municipality shall appropriate and pay out of its general alimony taxes, into the fund, annually at the beginning of the fiscal year, an amount equal to any deficit which occurs in the operation of the fund for the preceding year.