HLS 15RS-295 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 19
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Increases court costs which fund crime stoppers organizations
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.4(I), relative to the funding
3 of crime stoppers organizations; to provide for an increase in court costs collected
4 to fund crime stoppers organizations; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.4(I) is hereby amended and
7reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 895.4. Probation; fees; certified crime stoppers organizations
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10 I. When a defendant in a criminal or traffic matter is convicted of any
11 criminal offense or of any traffic offense in any court for which the appropriate
12 certifying officer has certified one or more organizations as certified crime stoppers
13 organizations, the court shall assess an additional cost of court for each offense for
14 which the defendant is convicted. This cost of court shall be in the amount of two
15 three dollars and shall be in addition to all other fines, penalties, and costs imposed
16 by the court. The court shall not suspend the payment of this cost of court.
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HB NO. 19
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HB 19 Original 2015 Regular Session Carmody
Abstract: Increases court costs assessed for funding crime stoppers organizations.
Present law establishes an additional cost of court in the amount of $2 to be collected from
each person convicted of a criminal or traffic offense in any court which has one or more
certified crime stoppers organizations.
Proposed law increases the court cost from $2 to $3.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 895.4(I))
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