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ACT No. 187
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 150
BY REPRESENTATIVES LIGI AND WILLMOTT
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 July first of each year, the amount14
of money in the witness fee fund for the mayor's court of the city of Kenner which15
exceeds fifty thousand dollars shall be transferred to the general fund of the city of16
Kenner to be used solely for purchasing equipment for the police department of the17
city of Kenner. For the purposes of this Subsection, the balance of fifty thousand18
dollars required to be kept in the witness fee fund shall mean fifty thousand dollars19 ENROLLEDHB NO. 150
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in unexpended and unencumbered funds, and under no circumstances shall the1
balance in the witness fee fund be reduced below fifty thousand dollars as a result2
of a transfer made under the provisions of this Subsection.3
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: