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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 234
BY SENATOR JOHN SMITH
COURTS. Provides for remission to Indigent Defender Fund of certain court costs in
mayor's court of the Town of New Llano. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 33:448(D), relative to mayor's courts; to provide relative to court2
costs for municipal ordinance violations in the mayor's court of the town of New3
Llano; to provide for the remission of certain funds; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 33:448(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง448. Mayor's court; town of New Llano; establishment; jurisdiction; additional8
court costs9
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D. In addition to the court costs authorized by R.S. 33:441, the mayor of the11
town of New Llano, as the presiding officer of the mayor's court of the town of New12
Llano, may impose additional court costs not to exceed twenty forty dollars for each13
offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a14
municipal ordinance, provided that ten dollars of any additional court costs15
collected pursuant to this Section shall be remitted to the Thirtieth Judicial16
District's Indigent Defender's Fund.17 SB NO. 234
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor1
or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law2
without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the3
Constitution of Louisiana. If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by4
the legislature, this Act shall become effective on the day following such approval.5
The original instrument was prepared by Angela Lockett De Jean. The
following digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative
instrument, was prepared by Kari B. Couvillon.
DIGEST
John Smith (SB 234)
Present law provides that in addition to the court costs authorized by present law, the mayor
of the town of New Llano, as the presiding officer of the mayor's court of the town of New
Llano, may impose additional court costs not to exceed $20 for each offense, as defined by
ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance.
Proposed law increases the additional court cost not to exceed $40 for each offense and
provides that $10 dollars of any additional court costs collected pursuant to present law shall
be remitted to the 30
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Judicial District's Indigent Defender's Fund.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 33:448(D))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to the original
bill
1. Increases the additional mayor's court costs in the town of New Llano from
a maximum of $20 to a maximum of $40.