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ACT No. 232
Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 23
BY REPRESENTATIVE BURFORD
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:783(D)(7), relative to expenses of the clerks of court; to2
authorize an automobile expense allowance for the clerks of court for certain3
parishes; to require the purchase of automobile insurance for bodily injury and4
property damage; to allocate surplus funds to the expense allowance; to prohibit5
additional expenses from being paid by the state or local governing authority; and6
to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 13:783(D)(7) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:9
ยง783. Expenses of clerk's office10
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D.12
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(7) In Acadia Parish, Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish,14
Cameron Parish, Claiborne Parish, DeSoto Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Franklin15
Parish, Iberia Parish, Lincoln Parish, Morehouse Parish, Natchitoches Parish,16
Ouachita Parish, Red River Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Landry17
Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Vermilion Parish, Washington18
Parish, Webster Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, and West Feliciana Parish, the19
clerks of the district courts of those parishes may receive an automobile expense20
allowance equal to fifteen percent of their annual salary provided the clerk of court21
maintains three hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per accident for22
bodily injury and one hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per accident23
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of the offices of the clerks of court and at no additional expense to the state or local1
governing authority.2
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: