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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1130
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:1898(A), relative to the collection of fines in city courts; to2
authorize municipal governing authorities to contract with private collection agencies3
for purposes of collecting debt; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:1898(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1898. Collection and disposition of fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs in city7
court8
A. Except as otherwise provided by special law and in Subsection B thereof9
of this Section, the clerk of the city court or the marshal, as designated by the judge,10
or a private collection agency as authorized by contract with the municipal governing11
authority, shall collect all fines, forfeitures, penalties, and costs, and all funds so12
collected by them, excluding costs, shall be paid into the city treasury when the13
prosecution is on behalf of the city and into the parish treasury to be deposited in the14
parish general fund and used as a general expenditure of said the parish, in parishes15
other than Orleans, when the prosecution is on behalf of the state or parish. The16
amount of the debt shall not be reduced if collected by a private collection agency.17
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: