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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 38
BY SENATOR MORRISH
CLERKS OF COURT. Includes the district court clerk of Allen Parish, Assumption Parish,
Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Caldwell Parish, Catahoula Parish, East Carroll Parish,
Iberville Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, LaSalle Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, Union Parish
and Vernon Parish among those who can receive an automobile expense allowance. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:783(D)(7), relative to expenses of the clerks of court; to2
authorize an automobile expense allowance for the clerks of district court for certain3
parishes; to include the clerks of district court for certain additional parishes within4
such authorization; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:783(D)(7) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง783. Expenses of clerk's office8
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D.10
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(7) In Acadia Parish, Allen Parish, Assumption Parish, Beauregard12
Parish, Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Caldwell13
Parish, Cameron Parish, Catahoula Parish, Claiborne Parish, DeSoto Parish, East14
Carroll Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Franklin Parish, Iberia Parish, Iberville15
Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, LaSalle Parish, Lincoln Parish, Morehouse Parish,16
Natchitoches Parish, Ouachita Parish, Pointe Coupee Parish, Red River Parish, St.17 SB NO. 38
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Charles Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Landry Parish, St. Tammany Parish,1
Tangipahoa Parish, Union Parish, Vermilion Parish, Vernon Parish, Washington2
Parish, Webster Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, and West Feliciana Parish, the3
clerks of the district courts of those parishes may receive an automobile expense4
allowance equal to fifteen percent of their annual salary provided the clerk of court5
maintains three hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per accident for6
bodily injury and one hundred thousand dollars of automobile insurance per accident7
for property damage. The expense allowance shall come from surplus funds in each8
of the offices of the clerks of court and at no additional expense to the state or local9
governing authority.10
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Julie J. Baxter.
DIGEST
Present law authorizes each of the clerks of the district courts to purchase an automobile for
office use after obtaining consent of the governing authority of the parish.
Present law authorizes the clerks of the district courts of the parishes of Acadia Parish,
Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Cameron Parish, Claiborne Parish, DeSoto
Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Franklin Parish, Iberia Parish, Lincoln Parish, Morehouse
Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Ouachita Parish, Red River Parish, St. Charles Parish, St.
Helena Parish, St. Landry Parish, St. Tammany Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Vermilion Parish,
Washington Parish, Webster Parish, West Baton Rouge Parish, and West Feliciana Parish
to receive an automobile expense allowance equal to 15% of their annual salary, provided
the clerk of court maintains $300,000 of automobile insurance per accident for bodily injury
and $100,000 of automobile insurance per accident for property damage.
Present law requires the expense allowance to come from surplus funds in each of the offices
of the clerks of court and at no additional expense to the state or local governing authority.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the clerk for the district courts of Allen Parish,
Assumption Parish, Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Caldwell Parish, Catahoula Parish,
East Carroll Parish, Iberville Parish, Jefferson Davis Parish, LaSalle Parish, Pointe Coupee
Parish, Union Parish and Vernon Parish.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 13:783(D)(7))