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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 260
BY SENATOR NEVERS
CLERKS OF COURT. Provides for an automobile allowance for the clerk of the district
court in St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, and Washington Parish. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:783(D)(7), relative to certain elected officials in St. Tammany2
Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, and Washington Parish; to provide an automobile3
expense allowance for the clerk of the district court; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:783(D)(7) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง783. Expenses of clerk's office8
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(7) In Acadia Parish, and Iberia Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa12
Parish, and Washington Parish, the clerks of the district courts of those parishes13
may receive an automobile expense allowance equal to fifteen percent of their annual14
salary provided the clerk of court maintains three hundred thousand dollars of15
automobile insurance per accident for bodily injury and one hundred thousand16
dollars of automobile insurance per accident for property damage. The expense17 SB NO. 260
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allowance shall come from surplus funds in each of the offices of the clerks of court1
and at no additional expense to the state or local governing authority.2
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The original instrument was prepared by James Benton. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Michelle Broussard-Johnson.
DIGEST
Nevers (SB 260)
Present law provides that in Acadia Parish and Iberia Parish, the clerks of the district courts
of those parishes may receive an automobile expense allowance equal to 15% of their annual
salary provided the clerk of court maintains three hundred thousand dollars of automobile
insurance per accident for bodily injury and one hundred thousand dollars of automobile
insurance per accident for property damage. The expense allowance shall come from surplus
funds in each of the offices of the clerks of court and at no additional expense to the state or
local governing authority.
Proposed law retains present law and adds Washington Parish to the list of parishes which
may receive an automobile expense allowance.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 13:783(D)(7))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill.
1. Adds St. Tammany and Tangipahoa to the list of parishes which may receive
automobile expense allowances.