HLS 15RS-309 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 258
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIERRY
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Authorizes the collection of bench warrant fees in the 27
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Judicial District Court
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 13:1000.12, relative to bench warrant fees; to authorize the collection of bench
3 warrant fees in the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court for certain offenses; to
4 provide for the collection and use of such fees; to restrict the number of recall fees
5 imposed against any person; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:1000.12 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1000.12. Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court; additional warrant recall fees
9 A. The Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court shall levy and impose a
10 warrant recall fee not to exceed one hundred dollars on all persons who fail to appear
11 as ordered on all misdemeanor offenses and traffic offenses where a warrant for
12 arrest is issued. This fee shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures
13 lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further disposition
14 in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
15 B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to
16 this Section in a separate account. All monies in this account shall be used solely for
17 the purpose of defraying the expenses associated with recalling warrants and for the
18 operational expenses of the court.
19 C. No more than four warrant recall fees shall be imposed by each judge
20 against any person pursuant to the provisions of this Section.
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are additions. HLS 15RS-309 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 258
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 258 Original 2015 Regular Session Thierry
Abstract: Authorizes the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court to impose a warrant recall
fee not to exceed $100 in certain cases and provides for the collection and use of
such fees.
Proposed law requires the 27
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JDC to levy and impose a warrant recall fee in addition to all
other fines, costs, or forfeitures not to exceed $100 on anyone who fails to appear on all
misdemeanor and traffic offenses where a warrant for arrest is issued.
Proposed law requires all collected fees to be transmitted to the clerk for deposit into a
separate account to be used solely for defraying the costs associated with recalling warrants
and operational expenses of the court.
Proposed law restricts each judge from imposing more than four warrant recall fees against
any person.
(Adds R.S. 13:1000.12)
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