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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 31
BY SENATOR SMITH
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
COURTS. Increases authorized court costs for municipal ordinance violations in the
mayor's court in the town of New Llano. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:448(D), relative to mayor's courts; to increase authorized court costs for2
municipal ordinance violations in the mayor's court of the town of New Llano; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 33:448(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง448. Mayor's court; town of New Llano; establishment; jurisdiction; additional7
court costs8
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D. In addition to the court costs authorized by R.S. 33:441, the mayor10
of the town of New Llano, as the presiding officer of the mayor's court of the11
town of New Llano, may impose additional court costs not to exceed twenty12
dollars for each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted13
of a violation of a municipal ordinance.14 SB NO. 31
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Present law establishes and provides for a mayor's court for the town of New Llano. Present
law, applicable to mayor's courts generally, authorizes the mayor, as presiding officer of the
court, to impose court costs not to exceed $30 dollars for each offense, as defined by
ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance.
Proposed law retains present law and further provides that in addition to the court costs
authorized by present law, the mayor, as the presiding officer of the court of the town of
New Llano, may impose additional court costs not to exceed $20 dollars for each offense,
as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Adds R.S. 33:448(D))