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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 556
BY REPRESENTATIVE FOIL
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for court costs to implement an integrated juvenile
justice information system
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 887(F)(1), relative to liability for2
costs; to provide for court costs in criminal matters; to increase such costs; to3
authorize the use of such costs for the implementation of an integrated juvenile4
justice information system; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 887(F)(1) is hereby amended and7
reenacted to read as follows: 8
Art. 887. Defendant's liability for costs; suspension of costs; no advance costs9
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F.(1) In addition to the costs provided in Paragraphs A, C, D, and E of this11
Section, a person convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor, or ordinance of any local12
government, including a traffic felony, a traffic misdemeanor, or a local traffic13
violation, shall be assessed an additional two three dollars as a special court cost;14
cost, provided that such additional cost shall be one dollar in mayor's courts in15
municipalities with a population of two thousand or less. Such special costs shall be16
imposed by all courts, including mayor's courts and magistrate courts, and shall be17
used for implementation of the master plan for the development of a trial court case18
management information system and for the fast-tracked prototype development of19
the criminal disposition component thereof in order to define and meet the needs of20 HLS 11RS-915 ENGROSSED
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clerks of court, trial court judges, law enforcement and corrections officials, the1
supreme court, the legislature, and the general public, and for the implementation of2
an integrated juvenile justice information system for use in all courts exercising3
juvenile court jurisdiction. The proceeds of the special cost shall be deposited in the4
state treasury monthly on or before the tenth day of each calendar month. After5
compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of6
Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies7
being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited in the state8
treasury, as required above, shall be credited to the special fund hereby created in the9
state treasury to be known as the Trial Court Case Management Information Fund.10
The disbursement of the proceeds from the fund shall be made on the warrant of the11
judicial administrator of the supreme court drawn on the state treasury. The monies12
in this fund shall be used solely for the purposes identified in this Paragraph,13
including necessary and associated administrative expenses. All unexpended and14
unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in such15
fund. All monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same16
manner as monies in the general fund with interest earned on the investment of these17
monies credited to this fund following compliance with the requirements of Article18
VII, Section 9(B), relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.19
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Foil HB No. 556
Abstract: Increases court cost from $2 to $3 for use in the implementation of an integrated
juvenile justice information system.
Present law provides that in addition to other costs, a person convicted of a felony, a
misdemeanor, or ordinance of any local government, shall be assessed $2 as a special court
cost to be imposed by all courts and shall be used for the implementation of a master plan
for the development of a trial court case management information system and for the fast-
tracked prototype development of the criminal disposition component thereof. HLS 11RS-915 ENGROSSED
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Present law provides for the procedure by which the funds shall be deposited into and
disbursed from the special Trial Court Case Management Information Fund.
Proposed law increases the special court costs which shall be assessed from $2 to $3 for the
implementation of an integrated juvenile justice information system.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 887(F)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to the original bill.
1. Deletes provisions authorizing a new $1 court cost to be used for the
implementation of an integrated juvenile justice information system.
2. Increases the existing court cost from $1 to $3.
3. Deletes provisions creating the Integrated Juvenile Justice Information System
Fund.