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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 715
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS: Requires the rededication of funds from the Feliciana Juvenile
Justice District to the East Feliciana Parish District Attorney's Office
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1107.6 and to enact R.S. 16:16.4, relative to the collection of2
court costs in the Twentieth Judicial District; to rededicate certain court costs from3
the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District to the district attorney's office for the4
Twentieth Judicial District; to provide for the collection, allocation and use of such5
funds by the district attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District; and to provide for6
related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 15:1107.6 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 9
§1107.6. Court costs; criminal and traffic cases; district and mayor's courts;10
Feliciana Juvenile Justice District; juvenile detention facility11
A. In the parishes within the jurisdiction of the district, in addition to any12
fines or costs imposed by law, in all felony and misdemeanor prosecutions,13
including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or local ordinance, in any district14
or mayor's court, as may be applicable, special court costs in the amount of five15
dollars shall be assessed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who16
enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits bond. The monies from17
such costs shall be collected by the sheriff or magistrate of the mayor's court and18
placed in a special account to be used exclusively for the funding of the juvenile19
detention facility of the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District, as provided in R.S.20 HLS 14RS-1081 ORIGINAL
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15:1107.4(A) and remitted monthly to the district attorney of the Twentieth Judicial1
District.2
B. As of July 30, 2014, all monies currently in the special account as3
provided for in Subsection A of this Section, shall be retained for the Feliciana4
Juvenile Justice District to be used in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:11075
et. seq.6
Section 2. R.S. 16:16.4 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
§16.4. Additional court costs to defray expenses; Twentieth Judicial District8
Beginning August 1, 2014, all sums collected pursuant to R.S. 15:1107.6,9
shall be deposited into a special account and remitted monthly by the sheriff or10
magistrate of the mayor's court to the district attorney of the Twentieth Judicial11
District to be used at his discretion in defraying expenses of his office.12
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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)]
Havard HB No. 715
Abstract: Provides for the reallocation of certain funds from the Feliciana Juvenile Justice
District to the district attorney's office for the 20th Judicial District.
Present law authorizes the assessment of a $5 court cost in all felony and misdemeanor
prosecutions, including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or local ordinance, in any
district or mayor's court.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires the sheriff or magistrate of the mayor's court in any parish within the
jurisdiction of the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District to collect such costs, in addition to all
other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed, from every defendant who is convicted
after trial or after he pleads guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond and place the
funds in a special account to be used exclusively for the funding of the juvenile detention
facility of the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District.
Proposed law retains present law except that effective Aug. 1, 2014, the sheriff or magistrate
is required to remit monthly, the funds placed in the special account to the district attorney
for the 20th Judicial District to be used at his discretion in defraying the expenses of his
office.
Proposed law requires that all funds in the special account as of July 30, 2014, shall be
retained for the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District to be used in accordance with present law.
(Amends R.S. 15:1107.6; Adds R.S. 16:16.4)