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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 150
BY REPRESENTATIVE LIGI
COURTS/MAYORS: Provides for the use of surplus monies in the witness fee fund for the
mayor's court of the city of Kenner
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:255(N), relative to the mayor's court of the city of Kenner; to provide for2
the allocation of monies collected in the witness fee fund; to provide for the use of3
such monies; to prohibit the reduction of monies in the fund below fifty thousand4
dollars; and to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published6
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of7
Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 15:255(N) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
ยง255. Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers11
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N. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the city of Kenner13
may adopt an ordinance which provides that on January first of each year, the14
amount of money in the witness fee fund for the mayor's court of the city of Kenner15
which exceeds fifty thousand dollars shall be transferred to the general fund of the16
city of Kenner to be used solely for purchasing equipment for the police department17
of the city of Kenner. For the purposes of this Subsection, the balance of fifty18
thousand dollars required to be kept in the witness fee fund shall mean fifty thousand19
dollars in unexpended and unencumbered funds, and under no circumstances shall20 HLS 10RS-634 ORIGINAL
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the balance in the witness fee fund be reduced below fifty thousand dollars as a result1
of a transfer made under the provisions of this Subsection.2
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Ligi HB No. 150
Abstract: Provides for the transfer of surplus monies in the witness fee fund for the mayor's
court of the city of Kenner for use by the Kenner police department, and prohibits
the reduction of monies in the fund to any amount under $50,000.
Proposed law provides that the city of Kenner is authorized to adopt an ordinance which
provides that on Jan. 1 of each year, the amount of money in the witness fee fund which
exceeds $50,000 shall be transferred to the city's general fund and used to purchase
equipment for the police department.
Proposed law also requires that a balance of $50,000 must be kept in the witness fee fund,
and under no circumstances shall the balance be reduced to below $50,000 as a result of a
transfer.
(Adds R.S. 15:255(N))