RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 14 (HB 106) 2015 Regular Session Havard
Existing 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.
Existing 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 or
who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or forfeits his bond.
Prior law required the sheriff or magistrate to place the collected funds in a special account
to be used exclusively for the funding of the juvenile detention facility of the Feliciana
Juvenile Justice District.
New law provides 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.
New 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.
New law requires that all funds in the special account as of July 31, 2015, shall be retained
for the Feliciana Juvenile Justice District.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 15:1107.6)