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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 209
BY SENATOR MOUNT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2080.1(A), relative to city courts; to provide relative to the2
collection and disposition of court costs for the city court of Lake Charles; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:2080.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง2080.1. Miscellaneous city courts; fees; surplus in civil fee account7
A. Any city court located in a city with a population according to the most8
recent United States census of between sixty thousand and seventy-one thousand9
people The city court of Lake Charles may impose an additional five-dollar fee as10
court costs in civil and criminal cases. The costs collected pursuant to this11
Subsection shall be deposited in the general fund for the city and shall be used for12
capital improvements for the building housing the city court.13
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become18
effective on the day following such approval.19
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 167