ENROLLED
ACT No. 92
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 105
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARNOLD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:718(I)(1), relative to commissioner fees in the Twenty-Fourth
3 Judicial District Court; to authorize an increase in fees for all persons convicted of
4 a felony or misdemeanor offense in the Twenty-Fourth Judicial District Court; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:718(I)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง718. Commissioners; qualifications; salary and benefits; restrictions on
9 employment; office space; supplies; equipment; employees
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11 I. The sources of funding for the commissioners and their offices and
12 employees shall include, but shall not be limited to the following sources:
13 (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Paragraph, there is hereby imposed
14 an additional fee on all persons convicted in the Twenty-fourth Judicial District
15 Court of felony or misdemeanor offenses. The amount of the additional fee shall be
16 set by the judges of the Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court sitting en banc. The
17 amount of the additional fee shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars. The
18 total amount of the financial penalty to which misdemeanor offenders shall be
19 subject, including the fee imposed under by this Paragraph, shall not exceed one
20 thousand dollars. The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to convictions for
21 traffic violations under the provisions of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
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1 of 1950, or under the ordinances adopted by the governing authority of Jefferson
2 Parish.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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