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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 298
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for court costs in St. Bernard Parish
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5722(A)(2)(a), relative to court costs in St. Bernard Parish;2
to provide for additional court costs in criminal matters in all courts in St. Bernard3
Parish; to provide for the collection and use of the additional funds; and to provide4
for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:5722(A)(2)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows:8
ยง5722. Coroner's Operational Fund established9
A.10
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(2)(a) In criminal cases, including traffic violations, in all courts in St.12
Bernard Parish and St. Martin Parish, a fee of not less than five nor more than ten13
dollars shall be imposed on every defendant who is convicted after trial or plea of14
guilty, which fee shall be used solely to defray the operational costs of the office of15
the coroner of the respective parish.16
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Garofalo HB No. 298
Abstract: Provides for an additional fee of $5 to $10 to be collected in all criminal cases,
including traffic cases, in all courts in St. Bernard Parish to fund the operations of
the coroner's office.
Present law requires a fee of $5 to $10 to be collected in all criminal cases, including traffic
offenses in St. Martin Parish, from every defendant who is convicted after trial or who
pleads guilty or forfeits bond in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully
imposed to be used solely to defray the operational costs of the coroner of the parish.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the requirement to impose and collect the fees in
St. Bernard Parish to defray the operational costs of the St. Bernard Parish coroner.
(Amends R.S. 13:5722(A)(2)(a))