Capital Projects Funds.
New Orleans Home Rule Charter, art. VI, § 6-204
in effectSection 6-204. - Capital Projects Funds.
(1) All moneys received or held for the purpose of defraying the cost of any capital expenditure shall constitute "capital projects funds".
(2) Capital projects funds shall consist of moneys derived from the proceeds of the sale of immovable property, from proceeds of bonds, notes, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness for capital expenditures, including proceeds of temporary loans negotiated in anticipation thereof, from appropriations or grants from other governments or governmental agencies for capital expenditures, from allocations made by any operating budget ordinance for capital expenditures, from proceeds from any insurance settlement for loss sustained to immovable property, from proceeds of assessments for street improvements to the extent not dedicated to repayment of debt, or from transfers from any reserve fund maintained for ultimate capital expenditures.
(3) Capital projects funds shall be expended only in accordance with the terms of the capital budget ordinance, the terms of loans negotiated, or the terms of tax levies.
Source: City of New Orleans, Code of Ordinances and Home Rule Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PAI_HORUCH_ARTVIFIADPR_CH2FUAD_S6-204CAPRFUFetched: 10/28/2026