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HB 106 Engrossed 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)