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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; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 13:962(I) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง962. Court reporters for the first judicial district First Judicial District
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11 I. The clerk of court of the First Judicial District Court shall collect from any
12 person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, intervention, third party demand,
13 or reconventional demand the following amounts, which shall be maintained by him
14 in a separate account designated as the court reporters' fund. The clerk of court shall
15 collect in all suits or proceedings a sum to be set by a majority of the judges not to
16 exceed fifty seventy-five dollars, with the exception of succession proceedings and
17 foreclosure proceedings by executory process, in which event the amount to be
18 collected shall not exceed thirty-five dollars; and with the further exception of
19 tutorships, emancipations, mandamus suits to cancel mortgages, and money claims
20 of less than one thousand dollars, in which event the amount to be collected shall not
21 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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4 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
5signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
6by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
7vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
8effective on the day following such approval.
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 Engrossed 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.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 13:962(I))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Judiciary to the original
bill:
1. Add an effective date upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for
gubernatorial action.
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