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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 816
BY REPRESENTATIVE HUNTER
INDIGENT DEFENSE: Increases special cost assessed to fund indigent defender services
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; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:168(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง168. Judicial district indigent defender fund7
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B.(1) Every court of original criminal jurisdiction, except in the town of9
Jonesville, in the city of Plaquemine, and in mayors' courts in municipalities having10
a population of less than five thousand, shall remit the following special costs to the11
district indigent defender fund for the following violations, under state statute as well12
as under parish or municipal ordinance, except a parking violation. The sum of13
thirty-five one hundred dollars shall be assessed in cases in which a defendant is14
convicted after a trial, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or after forfeiting bond and15
shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures imposed.16
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HB NO. 816
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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)]
Hunter HB No. 816
Abstract: Increases the special cost assessed in criminal cases in each district court for the
district indigent defender fund.
Present law provides for the assessment of a $35 special cost in each district court in all
criminal cases where the defendant has been convicted, has plead guilty or nolo contendere,
or has forfeited bond. Provides for the use and administration of such funds by the district
public defender.
Proposed law increases the special cost to $100.
(Amends R.S. 15:168(B)(1))