; authority to contract with existing laboratory
A. The Southeast Louisiana Regional Criminalistics Laboratory Commission shall be domiciled at Nicholls State University. The university shall provide adequate space and facilities to the laboratory and commission.
B. For purposes of this Chapter, the commission is authorized to contract with an existing private or public laboratory for the provision of criminalistic services and is authorized to impose, receive, or collect any and all fees or charges authorized by law for the purpose of establishing, funding, or operating a commission criminalistics laboratory.