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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE STUDY REQUEST NO. 3
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
CLERKS OF COURT: Requests the House Judiciary Committee to study funding relative
to the clerk of court for the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans
A STUDY REQUEST1
To the House Committee on Judiciary to study funding for the offices of the clerk for the2
Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans in accordance with state laws, to3
determine if there is an alternate funding source available to supplement the clerk's4
budget, and to report its findings to the House of Representatives prior to the5
convening of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.6
WHEREAS, Louisiana laws require the city of New Orleans to fund certain expenses7
relative to the offices of the clerk for the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans;8
and9
WHEREAS, Act No. 229 of the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature provides10
that state statutes mandating payment by the city to the state's employees and officers of the11
clerk constitute a valid exercise of state's police power and do not violate the Louisiana12
Constitution of 1921 or the Louisiana Constitution of 1974; and 13
WHEREAS, the amounts required to be paid by the city of New Orleans for14
expenses, including salaries of constitutional officers, their deputies, subordinates, and15
employees, to adequately fund the office of the clerk of the Criminal District Court for the16
parish of Orleans are necessary for the efficient performance of the powers and duties17
required of a judicial officer of the state. 18
THEREFORE, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana requests19
the House Committee on Judiciary to study the process by which the offices of the clerk for20
the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans is being funded, to determine if there21 HLS 14RS-5560 ORIGINAL
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is an alternate funding source available to supplement the clerk's budget, and to report its1
findings to the House of Representatives prior to the convening of the 2015 Regular Session2
of the Legislature of Louisiana.3
DIGEST
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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)]
Leger HSR No. 3
Requests the House Committee on Judiciary to study funding for the offices of the clerk for
the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans in accordance with state laws, to
determine if there is an alternate funding source available, and to report its findings prior to
the convening of the 2015 R.S.