HLS 15RS-304 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 106
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for the reallocation of certain funds from the Feliciana
Juvenile Justice District to the district attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1107.6, relative to the use of court costs in the Twentieth
3 Judicial District; to rededicate certain court costs from the Feliciana Juvenile Justice
4 District to the district attorney's office for the Twentieth Judicial District; to provide
5 for the collection, allocation, and use of such funds; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 15:1107.6 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง1107.6. Court costs; criminal and traffic cases; district and mayor's courts;
10 Feliciana Juvenile Justice District; juvenile detention facility Twentieth
11 Judicial District; funding for drug and alcohol awareness programs
12 In the parishes within the jurisdiction of the district, in addition to any fines
13 or costs imposed by law, in all felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, including
14 traffic offenses, under state law or parish or local ordinance, in any district or
15 mayor's court, as may be applicable, special court costs in the amount of five dollars
16 shall be assessed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who enters
17 a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits bond. The monies from such costs
18 shall be collected by the sheriff or magistrate of the mayor's court and placed in a
19 special account to be used exclusively for the funding of the juvenile detention
20 facility of the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District, as provided in R.S. 15:1107.4(A).
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HB NO. 106
1 submitted to the district attorney's office for the Twentieth Judicial District, who
2 shall distribute the funds to each drug and alcohol awareness program in the parishes
3 of East Feliciana and West Feliciana, whereby each program shall receive two
4 dollars from each special court cost collected. The district attorney shall retain one
5 dollar of the special court cost to defray the costs of administrative fees and any
6 other expenses associated with the collection and distribution of the funds.
7 Section 2. On July 31, 2015, all monies remaining in the special account created by
8Act No. 321 of the 2007 Regular Session shall be retained for the Feliciana Juvenile Justice
9District to be used in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:1107 et seq.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 106 Original 2015 Regular Session Havard
Abstract: Provides for the reallocation of certain funds from the Feliciana Juvenile Justice
District to the district attorney's office for the 20th Judicial District.
Present law authorizes the assessment of a $5 court cost in all felony and misdemeanor
prosecutions, including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or local ordinance, in any
district or mayor's court.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law requires the sheriff or magistrate of the mayor's court in any parish within the
jurisdiction of the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District to collect such costs, in addition to all
other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed, from every defendant who is convicted
after trial or after he pleads guilty or nolo contendere or forfeits his bond and place the funds
in a special account to be used exclusively for the funding of the juvenile detention facility
of the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District.
Proposed law retains present law except that, effective Aug. 1, 2015, the sheriff or magistrate
is each required to submit the collected funds to the district attorney for the 20
th
JD, with $2
each to be distributed to East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish to fund their drug
and alcohol awareness programs, respectively.
Proposed law requires the district attorney to retain $1 of the collected costs to defray any
administrative fees or expenses associated with the collection and distribution of funds.
Proposed law requires that all funds in the special account as of July 31, 2015, shall be
retained for the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District to be used in accordance with present law.
(Amends R.S. 15:1107.6)
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are additions.