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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 560
BY SENATOR GALLOT
MUNICIPALITIES. Establishes the Mayor's Court of the village of Creola. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:455, relative to mayor's courts; to establish the Mayor's Court of the village2
of Creola; to provide for the territorial jurisdiction of the court; to provide for the3
powers and authority of the mayor as magistrate of the court and other officers of the4
court; to provide relative to subject matter jurisdiction of the court; and to provide5
for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 33:455 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง455. Mayor's court, village of Creola; establishment; jurisdiction9
A. There is hereby created the Mayor's Court of the village of Creola, the10
territorial jurisdiction of which shall extend throughout the village.11
B. The general provisions of R.S. 33:441 and 442 shall be applicable to12
and shall govern and regulate the Mayor's Court of the village of Creola, the13
jurisdiction of the court, and the power and authority of the mayor and other14
officers of the court.15
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature17 SB NO. 560
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by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If1
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become2
effective on the day following such approval.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Gallot (SB 560)
Proposed law, creates a mayor's court of the village of Creola.
Present law provides for mayor's court in certain Lawrason Act municipalities with
jurisdiction over violations of municipal ordinances. Provides that the mayor may try all
breaches of the ordinances and impose fines or imprisonment, or both, provided for the
infraction thereof. Authorizes the mayor may also 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. Authorizes the mayor to suspend the execution in whole or in part of
a fine or imprisonment, or both, imposed for violation of a municipal ordinance and place
the defendant on unsupervised or supervised probation with such conditions as the mayor
may fix and, at any time during the probation, modify, add, or discharge.
Present law authorizes the board of aldermen, upon request of the mayor, to appoint one or
more attorneys as court magistrate who serves at the pleasure of the mayor. Also authorizes
the board, upon request of the mayor, to appoint one or more attorneys as prosecutor who
shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor.
Present law provides the mayor with the power of a committing magistrate. Provides that
the presiding officer of a mayor's court is entitled to judicial immunity for his official acts
as presiding officer in the same capacity as a judge in this state.
Present law requires that the mayor keep a regular docket and a perfect record of all cases
tried. Provides that he may hold his court at any time. Requires that the marshal attend the
court and serve its process and act as its executive officer.
Proposed law provides that present law shall be applicable to and govern and regulate the
mayor's court of the village of Creola, the jurisdiction of the court, and the power and
authority of the mayor and other officers of the court.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 33:455)