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2015 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 157
BY SENATOR MARTINY
COURTS. Provides for the increase of certain fees for the courts of appeal. (7/1/15)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:352(A)(1), (2), and (6), relative to certain fees charged by the
3 courts of appeal; to provide for an increase in certain fees for the courts of appeal;
4 to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:352(A)(1), (2), and (6) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7 as follows:
8 ยง352. Fees; bond premiums; equipment, supplies, and other expenses;
9 reimbursement of expenses of judges of courts of appeal
10 A. The clerks of all of the courts of appeal shall charge the following fees:
11 (1) For filing the record of appeal, one three hundred dollars.
12 (2) For filing an application for writs where the supervisory jurisdiction of
13 the court of appeal is invoked, one hundred fifty dollars.
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15 (6) For any other miscellaneous civil matter, up to one hundred dollars.
16 For filing an application for rehearing from any civil appeal or supervisor writ,
17 seventy one hundred dollars.
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2 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015; if vetoed by the governor
3 and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,
4 2015, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jay R. Lueckel.
DIGEST
SB 157 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Martiny
Present law provides relative to certain fees charged by the courts of appeal.
Proposed law provides for an increase in certain fees, as follows:
(1)For filing the record of appeal, from one hundred dollars to three hundred dollars.
(2)For filing an application for writs for supervisory jurisdiction, from fifty dollars to
one hundred fifty dollars.
(3)For any other miscellaneous civil matter, up to one hundred dollars.
(4)For filing an application for rehearing from any civil appeal or supervisory writ from
seventy dollars to one hundred dollars.
Effective July 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 13:352(A)(1), (2), and (6))
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