Louisiana § RS 39:100.35 - Calcasieu River Bridge Fund
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§ RS 39:100.35. Calcasieu River Bridge Fund
A. There shall be established in the state treasury, as a special permanent trust fund, the Calcasieu River Bridge Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". After allocation of money to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as provided in Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the treasurer shall deposit in and credit to the fund, the proceeds received by the state of Louisiana from the settlement, judgment, or final disposition of the litigation filed by the state of Louisiana or the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development bearing Docket Number 2008-002684 in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, or any other litigation filed by the state of Louisiana or Department of Transportation and Development claiming damages for actual or alleged subsurface contamination within two miles of the Interstate 10 Calcasieu River Bridge for incidents occurring prior to August 1, 2019, and alleged to require remediation.
B. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest earned on the investment of those monies shall be credited to the fund.
C. Subject to an appropriation by the legislature, monies in the fund shall be used solely for the planning and construction of a new Interstate 10 Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles.
D. The dedication of recovered funds pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall not be admissible in any trial or litigation referenced in Subsection A of this Section.
Acts 2019, No. 176, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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