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ACT No. 14
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 106
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
7 Be 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).
21 submitted to the district attorney's office for the Twentieth Judicial District, who
22 shall distribute the funds to each drug and alcohol awareness program in the parishes
23 of East Feliciana and West Feliciana, whereby each program shall receive two
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1 dollars from each special court cost collected. The district attorney shall retain one
2 dollar of the special court cost to defray the costs of administrative fees and any
3 other expenses associated with the collection and distribution of the funds.
4 Section 2. On July 31, 2015, all monies remaining in the special account created by
5 Act No. 321 of the 2007 Regular Session shall be retained for the Feliciana Juvenile Justice
6 District to be used in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:1107 et seq.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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