HLS 15RS-431 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 75
BY REPRESENTATIVE SEABAUGH
COURTS/COURT REPORTERS: Provides for changes in the amount collected by the
clerk of court in the 1
st
Judicial District for the court reporters' fund
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:962(I), relative to court reporters; to authorize an increase in
3 certain court costs collected by the clerk of court for the First Judicial District Court;
4 to provide for the removal of certain exceptions relative to the costs collected in
5 certain proceedings; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:962(I) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง962. Court reporters for the first judicial district First Judicial District
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10 I. The clerk of court of the First Judicial District Court shall collect from any
11 person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, intervention, third party demand,
12 or reconventional demand the following amounts, which shall be maintained by him
13 in a separate account designated as the court reporters' fund. The clerk of court shall
14 collect in all suits or proceedings a sum to be set by a majority of the judges not to
15 exceed fifty seventy-five dollars, with the exception of succession proceedings and
16 foreclosure proceedings by executory process, in which event the amount to be
17 collected shall not exceed thirty-five dollars; and with the further exception of
18 tutorships, emancipations, mandamus suits to cancel mortgages, and money claims
19 of less than one thousand dollars, in which event the amount to be collected shall not
20 exceed thirty-five fifty dollars,; said deposits to be taxed as costs. Nothing in this
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HB NO. 75
1 Subsection shall be construed to affect the rights of any litigant proceeding under
2 Article 5181 et seq. of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181 et seq..
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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 75 Original 2015 Regular Session Seabaugh
Abstract: Authorizes an increase in court costs collected by the clerk of court of the 1st
Judicial District Court.
Present law requires the clerk of court for the 1st JDC to collect court costs that are to be set
by a majority of the judges, not to exceed $50 for certain pleadings and further requires such
funds to be deposited in the court reporter's fund.
Proposed law changes the maximum amount authorized for collection from $50 to $75.
Present law provides an exception, which requires the clerk to collect an amount not to
exceed $35 for succession proceedings, foreclosure proceedings by executory process,
tutorships, emancipations, and mandamus suits to cancel mortgages.
Proposed law deletes the present law exception.
Present law requires the clerk to collect an amount not to exceed $35 for money claims of
less than one thousand dollars.
Proposed law changes the maximum amount authorized for collection from $35 to $50.
(Amends R.S. 13:962(I))
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