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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 124
BY SENATOR MURRAY
COURTS. Increases certain fees and court costs levied by the Criminal District Court for
the Parish of Orleans. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:1377(A) and 1381.4(A)(2), relative to courts and judicial2
procedure; to provide relative to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of3
Orleans; to provide relative to the imposition of certain fees and court costs; to4
increase certain amounts; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:1377(A) and 1381.4(A)(2) are hereby amended and reenacted to7
read as follows:8
§1377. Court costs and clerk's fees9
A. Any defendant, other than an indigent, who pleads guilty or is convicted10
of an offense by the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans shall be11
assessed costs of court not to exceed the sum of twenty-five one hundred dollars,12
such costs to be in addition to any fine, clerk's fees or sentence imposed by the court.13
When any defendant, other than an indigent, fails to pay the costs referred to14
hereinabove, he shall be sentenced to a term of thirty days in the parish prison in15
default of the payment of same.16
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F. Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 743, §9, eff. August 1, 1975.1
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§1381.4. Judicial expense fund for Criminal District Court3
A.(1) * * *4
(2) In addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed by this5
Section or any other provision, the court may impose an additional cost against any6
defendant who has been finally convicted of a misdemeanor, excluding traffic7
violations, or a felony. The additional costs authorized in this Paragraph shall not8
exceed two hundred fifty five hundred dollars in the case of a misdemeanor nor9
exceed two thousand five hundred dollars in the case of a felony. All such sums10
collected shall be transmitted to the judicial administrator for further disposition in11
accordance herewith.12
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not14
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature15
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If16
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become17
effective on the day following such approval.18
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry G. Jones.
DIGEST
Present law relative to the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans provides that any
defendant, other than an indigent, who pleads guilty or is convicted of an offense by the
court shall be assessed costs of court not to exceed the sum of $25, such costs to be in
addition to any fine, clerk's fees or sentence imposed by the court. When any defendant,
other than an indigent, fails to pay such costs, he shall be sentenced to a term of thirty days
in the parish prison in default of the payment of same.
Proposed law increases $25 to $100 and retains remainder of present law.
Present law also provides that in addition to other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully
imposed, the court may impose an additional cost against any defendant who has been
finally convicted of a misdemeanor, excluding traffic violations, or a felony. Such additional
costs shall not exceed $250 in the case of a misdemeanor nor exceed $2000 in the case of
a felony. All such sums collected shall be transmitted to the judicial administrator for
disposition. SB NO. 124
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Proposed law increases $250 to $500, and $2000 to $2500, and retains remainder of present
law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 13:1377(A) and 1381.4(A)(2))