HLS 16RS-324 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 44
BY REPRESENTATIVE STOKES
COURTS/MAYORS: Provides relative to the mayor's court for the city of Kenner
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 33:447.15, relative to mayor's courts; to provide for additional court costs for
3 violations of municipal ordinances in the mayor's court of the city of Kenner; to
4 provide for the use of additional funds; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 33:447.15 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง447.15. Mayor's court; city of Kenner; additional court costs
8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the mayor of the
9 city of Kenner may also impose additional court costs not to exceed thirty dollars for
10 each offense, as defined by ordinance, on any defendant convicted of a violation of
11 a municipal ordinance. Any additional amount in court costs collected pursuant to
12 this Section shall be allocated to the city of Kenner to be used for the mayor's court
13 security enhancements and technological upgrades.
DIGEST
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HB 44 Original 2016 Regular Session Stokes
Abstract: Authorizes an increase of $30 in court costs for violations of municipal
ordinances in the mayor's court of the city of Kenner.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-324 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 44
Present law (R.S. 33:441) authorizes a mayor, as the presiding officer of a mayor's court, to
impose court costs, not to exceed $30 for each offense, on any defendant convicted of a
violation of a municipal ordinance.
Proposed law authorizes the mayor for the city of Kenner to impose additional court costs
not to exceed $30 for each offense on any defendant convicted of a violation of a municipal
ordinance and further.
Proposed law further requires that the additional costs be used for security enhancements and
technological upgrades for the mayor's court for the city of Kenner.
(Adds R.S. 33:447.15)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.