SLS 10RS-113 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 8
BY SENATOR ADLEY
CLERKS OF COURT. Authorizes the clerk of the district court in Red River Parish to
receive an automobile expense allowance. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:783(D)(7), relative to expenses of the clerk's office; to2
authorize the clerk of the district court in Red River Parish to receive an automobile3
expense allowance; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:783(D)(7)is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง783. Expenses of clerk's office7
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(7) In Acadia Parish, and Iberia Parish, and Red River Parish the clerks of10
the district courts of those parishes may receive an automobile expense allowance11
equal to fifteen percent of their annual salary provided the clerk of court maintains12
three hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per accident for bodily13
injury and one hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per accident for14
property damage. The expense allowance shall come from surplus funds in each of15
the offices of the clerks of court and at no additional expense to the state or local16
governing authority.17 SB NO. 8
SLS 10RS-113 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Present law authorizes the clerks of the district courts in Acadia Parish and in Iberia Parish
to receive an automobile expense allowance. Provides that such expense allowance equals
15% of their annual salary provided the clerk maintains $300,000 of automobile insurance
per accident for bodily injury and $100,000 of automobile insurance per accident for
property damage. Requires the allowance come from surplus funds and at no additional
expense to the state or local government.
Proposed law retains present law and extends the automobile expense allowance to the clerk
of the district court in Red River Parish.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 13:783(D)(7))