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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 155
BY SENATOR MURRAY
COURTS. Increases certain filing fees and costs levied by Louisiana Supreme Court. (gov
sig) (2/3 - CA7s2.1)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:126, relative to courts and judicial procedure; to provide2
relative to the Louisiana Supreme Court; to provide for the imposition of certain3
chargeable fees and costs; to provide for the increase of certain fees; and to provide4
for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:126 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง126. Fees chargeable 8
A. The clerk of the supreme court shall be entitled to receive the following9
fees:10
(1) For every certificate of admission of any attorney or counselor at law,11
twenty-five dollars.12
(2) In all civil cases and in all proceedings connected with civil cases, he13
shall be entitled to receive from the appellant or petitioner the sum of one hundred14
and fifty three hundred dollars per case which shall cover all costs due him.15
(3) In cases to remove district judges, to disbar attorneys, and other original16
proceedings, the clerk is permitted to charge the same fees allowed clerks of the17 SB NO. 155
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district courts for issuing petitions, citations, etc. Such fee shall be not less than the1
fee amount authorized in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.2
(4) For copies of records and documents not covered by the foregoing3
provisions, he is allowed to charge one dollar per page, plus a fee of five dollars for4
certifying any record or document.5
(5) In all criminal cases and in all proceedings connected with criminal6
cases, and in all cases involving sentences imposed for the violation of municipal or7
parochial ordinances, the entire costs of the clerk of the supreme court shall be8
twenty-five dollars per case which shall be paid by the parish in which the cases or9
proceedings shall have originated, and in cases involving sentences imposed for the10
violation of ordinances, shall be paid by the parish or municipality, as the case may11
be, which shall have adopted the ordinance in contestation.12
B. If other chargeable fees are established by court rule, the clerk of the13
supreme court shall be entitled to charge such fee amounts as the court may14
determine and adopt by rule.15
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature17
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If18
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become19
effective on the day following such approval.20
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry G. Jones.
DIGEST
Murray (SB 155)
Present law relative to the Louisiana Supreme Court provides that the clerk of the supreme
court shall be entitled to charge certain fees.
Present law provides that in all civil cases and in all proceedings connected with civil cases,
the clerk shall be entitled to receive from the appellant or petitioner the sum of $150 per case
which shall cover all costs due him. Proposed law provides that in all civil cases and in all
proceedings connected with civil cases, the clerk shall be entitled to receive from the
appellant or petitioner the sum of $300 per case.
Present law also provides that in cases to remove district judges, to disbar attorneys, and
other original proceedings, the clerk is permitted to charge the same fees allowed clerks of SB NO. 155
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the district courts for issuing petitions, citations, etc. Proposed law retains present law and
adds that such fee shall be not less than the fee amount authorized to be charged in civil
cases and proceedings connected with them.
Proposed law further provides that if other chargeable fees are established by court rule, the
clerk of the supreme court shall be entitled to charge such fee amounts as the court may
determine and adopt by rule.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 13:126)