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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 278
BY SENATOR KOSTELKA
COURTS. Exempts the office of workers' compensation from paying certain court costs and
fees. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 23:1174.2, relative to payment of certain costs of court; to exempt the office2
of workers' compensation from the payment of certain costs of court; and to provide3
for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:1174.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1174.2. Costs of proceedings and other fees not required from the office of7
workers' compensation8
The office of workers' compensation or its director shall not be required9
to furnish any court bond, nor to make a deposit for or pay any costs of court10
in any legal proceedings, nor to pay any costs or fees in connection with the11
recordation in the mortgage records of any parish of a sworn statement showing12
the amount of contribution, interest, and penalties in default by an employer.13
No clerk of any court, sheriff, recorder of mortgages or any other public official14
shall fail or refuse to perform any service in connection with proceedings15
brought by the office of workers' compensation or its director on the ground16
that costs have not been advanced or guaranteed, nor shall they be entitled to17 SB NO. 278
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charge for any certified copies of any document which they shall be required to1
furnish on request of the office of workers' compensation or its director. 2
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy R. Wells
DIGEST
Proposed law prohibits any clerk of any court, sheriff, recorder of mortgages or any other
public official from assessing and collecting any costs, bonds, deposits, or fees in connection
with the recordation in the mortgage records of any parish of a sworn statement showing the
amount of contribution, interest, and penalties in default by an employer from the office of
workers' compensation or its director.
Proposed law further prohibits any clerk of any court, sheriff, recorder of mortgages or any
other public official from refusing to perform any service in connection with proceedings
brought by the office of workers' compensation or its director on the ground that costs have
not been advanced or guaranteed. Proposed law also prohibits costs to be assessed for any
certified copies of any document which is required to be furnished on request of the office
of workers' compensation or its director.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 23:1174.2)