RS 1092 - Method of payment
A. On the basis of information provided in accordance with R.S. 15:1083, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections will determine the actual cost of operating each facility or alternative shelter program. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections may enter into a contractual agreement with each regional detention facility, shelter care facility, or alternative shelter program specifying the services to be provided and based upon an annually approved operating budget. Up to twenty percent of the approved annual budget amount may be advanced to each participating contractor. Contract payments shall be made on a monthly installment basis as substantiated by expenditure claims from the contractor.
B. In order to develop the shelter care facilities and programs desperately needed in the state for juveniles who are clients of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the department may provide start-up funds for the establishment of such facilities and programs.
Acts 1974, No. 564, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, as to Subsec. A and July 17, 1978, as to Subsec. B; Acts 1979, No. 680, §2; Acts 1980, No. 452, §1; Acts 1984, No. 362, §1; Acts 1985, No. 851, §1; Acts 1988, No. 609, §1.