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ACT No. 4
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 131
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:255.1, relative to retired or former law enforcement officers; to provide for2
the payment of witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers in certain3
cases; to provide for the procedure for collection and payment of fees; and to provide4
for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 15:255.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง255.1. Witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers8
A. Unless otherwise provided for by law for a particular jurisdiction,9
whenever a retired or former law enforcement officer is required to be present, as a10
witness in any criminal case or delinquency adjudication in any district or parish11
court or any court exercising juvenile jurisdiction, to testify as to events which12
occurred during his employment as a law enforcement officer, the retired or former13
law enforcement officer shall be paid the sum of fifty dollars for each day per case,14
but not more than one hundred fifty dollars in any one day, regardless of the number15
of cases for which he is required to be present or whether he actually testified in the16
case, and which sum shall be paid from those costs of court collected pursuant to the17
provisions of R.S. 15:255(D)(1) and (2).18
B. The retired or former law enforcement officer shall submit to the parish19
governing authority an application for payment of the fee, accompanied by20
documentation verifying service as a witness. Within sixty days of receipt of the21
application for the fee, along with accompanying documentation, the governing22 ENROLLEDHB NO. 131
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authority of the parish shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the retired or1
former law enforcement officer.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: