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ACT No. 578
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 325
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARNOLD
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:168(B)(1), relative to the judicial district indigent defender2
fund; to increase the special cost assessed in criminal cases in each judicial district3
court for the district indigent defender fund; to provide for effectiveness; and to4
provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 15:168(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง168. Judicial district indigent defender fund8
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B.(1) Every court of original criminal jurisdiction, except in the town of10
Jonesville, in the city of Plaquemine, and in mayors' courts in municipalities having11
a population of less than five thousand, shall remit the following special costs to the12
district indigent defender fund for the following violations, under state statute as well13
as under parish or municipal ordinance, except a parking violation. The sum of14
thirty-five forty-five dollars shall be assessed in cases in which a defendant is15
convicted after a trial, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or after forfeiting bond and16
shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures imposed. The court cost17
of forty-five dollars authorized by the provisions of this Subsection shall expire on18
August 1, 2016, and thereafter the court cost authorized by the provisions of this19
Subsection shall be thirty-five dollars. The Louisiana Public Defender Board shall20
provide a detailed report to the Louisiana Legislature prior to the 2016 Regular21
Session detailing how the funds provided for by this Subsection were utilized in each22
judicial district. Mayors' courts which are required to assess the court cost of thirty-23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 325
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five dollars on the effective date of that Act which originated as House Bill No. 3251
of the Regular Session of 2012 shall continue to assess such amount as cost of court.2
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: