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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 52
BY SENATOR JOHN SMITH
COURTS. Increases authorized court costs for municipal ordinance violations in the
mayor's court in the town of Anacoco. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:447.13, relative to courts; to increase authorized court costs for municipal2
ordinance violations in the mayor's court of the town of Anacoco; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 33:447.13 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง447.13. Mayor's court; town of Anacoco; additional court costs7
In addition to the court costs authorized by R.S. 33:441, the mayor of the8
town of Anacoco, as the presiding officer of the mayor's court of the town of9
Anacoco, may impose additional court costs not to exceed twenty dollars for10
each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation11
of a municipal ordinance.12
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy R. Wells.
DIGEST
Present law, applicable to mayor's court generally, authorizes the mayor, as presiding officer
of the court, to impose court costs not to exceed $30 for each offense, as defined by
ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal ordinance. SB NO. 52
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Proposed law retains present law and further provides that in addition to the court costs
authorized by present law, the mayor, as the presiding officer of the court of the town of
Anacoco, 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.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 33:447.13)