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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 40
BY SENATOR CORTEZ
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 13:1899(C)(11), relative to courts and judicial procedure; to provide relative2
to the assessment and disposition of certain costs by courts in criminal and juvenile3
matters; to provide certain limitations; to provide relative to the City Court of4
Lafayette; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 13:1899(C)(11) is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง1899. Assessment and disposition of costs in criminal cases; costs in juvenile8
matters for specified courts9
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C. In all criminal matters, when the office of the marshal has derived one11
hundred thousand dollars or more in revenues for the year 2004 from costs assessed12
pursuant to this Subsection, the city judge shall assess, in addition to the costs13
assessed in Subsection A, the sum of fifteen dollars as additional costs of court. In14
all criminal matters, when the office of the marshal has derived less than one15
hundred thousand dollars in revenues for the year 2004 from costs assessed pursuant16
to this Subsection, the city judge shall assess, in addition to the costs assessed in17
Subsection A, the sum of thirty dollars as additional costs of court. The proceeds18
shall be deposited in a special account, separate and distinct from the account19
provided for in Subsection B of this Section, which account shall be in the name of20
and under the control of the marshal or constable of the court, shall be subject to21
audit, and shall be used to defray operational expenses of the office of marshal or22
constable of the court, all as may be useful and necessary for the proper conduct of23
the marshal's or constable's office, or for purchase of law enforcement equipment,24
and all as may be proved by the marshal or constable. The city judges of any and all25
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parishes and the mayor's court in the town of Many in Sabine Parish shall be1
authorized to assess such sum in accordance with this Section. Assessments in2
particular courts are governed by the following:3
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(11) The additional costs provided for in this Subsection shall not exceed5
thirty dollars in the City Court of Lafayette.6
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: