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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.
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
Article, 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
clerks of court, trial court judges, law enforcement and corrections officials, the21
supreme court, the legislature, and the general public, and for the implementation of22
an integrated juvenile justice information system for use in all courts exercising23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 556
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juvenile court jurisdiction. The proceeds of the special cost shall be deposited in the1
state treasury monthly on or before the tenth day of each calendar month. After2
compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of3
Louisiana, relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies4
being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited in the state5
treasury, as required above, shall be credited to the special fund hereby created in the6
state treasury to be known as the Trial Court Case Management Information Fund.7
The disbursement of the proceeds from the fund shall be made on the warrant of the8
judicial administrator of the supreme court drawn on the state treasury. The monies9
in this fund shall be used solely for the purposes identified in this Paragraph,10
including necessary and associated administrative expenses. All unexpended and11
unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in such12
fund. All monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same13
manner as monies in the general fund with interest earned on the investment of these14
monies credited to this fund following compliance with the requirements of Article15
VII, Section 9(B), relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund.16
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: