RS 1099.7 - Participation by other parishes; appropriations
A. The governing authority of any parish may enter into a participation agreement with any parish having a youth center to sublease a portion of the center and provide for the care and maintenance of juveniles from that participating parish at the center pursuant to this Subpart.
B. The governing authority of each participating parish shall annually appropriate an amount which will be sufficient to fund the parish's obligation pursuant to the participation agreement entered into with a parish having a youth center pursuant to this Subpart.
C. For the purpose of obtaining necessary funds pursuant to Subsection B, each participating parish may levy a special annual tax not to exceed one mill for a period of not more than twenty years by a two-thirds vote of total membership of the parish governing authority, without voter approval, but only after a public hearing is held. In addition and if deemed necessary by the governing authority, a participating parish may levy a supplemental annual tax not to exceed two mills for a period of not more than twenty years for such purposes by a two-thirds vote of the total membership of the governing authority, but only after a public hearing is held and when authorized by a majority of the electors who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose.
Acts 1991, No. 147, §2, eff. July 2, 1991.