SLS 10RS-807 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 643
BY SENATOR MORRELL
JUDGES. Allows a judge to waive or reduce an expungement fee imposed by the bureau
of criminal identification and information, the district attorney, and the sheriff. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 44:9(A)(5), relative to public records; to allow a judge to waive or reduce an2
expungement fee imposed by the bureau of criminal identification and information,3
the district attorney, and the sheriff; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 44:9(A)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง9. Records of violations of municipal ordinances and of state statutes classified as7
a misdemeanor or felony8
A.9
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(5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary,11
the court may waive or reduce fees for expungement imposed by the bureau of12
criminal identification and information, the district attorney, and the sheriff,13
provided that the amount of the waiver or reduction of fees for expungement be14
the same amount for the bureau, the district attorney, and the sheriff.15
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SLS 10RS-807 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
Present law provides that the bureau of criminal identification and information, the district
attorney, and the sheriff may all charge a fee for expungement of a criminal record.
Proposed law allows the court to waive or reduce a fee charged for expungement of a
criminal record if the waiver or reduction in fees is shared equally among the bureau of
criminal identification, the district attorney, and the sheriff.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 44:9(A)(5))