HLS 16RS-1086 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 689
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES
COURTS/CITY: Provides relative to the city court for Morgan City
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 13:2005(D), relative to the city court of Morgan City; to provide relative to
3 fees collected for purposes of indigent defense; to deposit a portion of those fees into
4 a special fund; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:2005(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2005. Morgan City
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9 D. Thirty percent of the funds collected by the city court of Morgan City
10 pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 15:168(B) shall be deposited into a special fund
11 created for this purpose. The fund shall be referred to as the Morgan City Indigent
12 Defender Fund.
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 689 Original 2016 Regular Session Jones
Abstract: Requires 30% of funds collected by the city court of Morgan City for indigent
defense services to be deposited into a special fund.
Present law (R.S. 15:168) requires the collection of court costs in courts of original criminal
jurisdiction in the amount of $45.00 until Aug. 1, 2016, and $35.00 thereafter. Provides that
such funds shall be used and administered by the district public defender.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 16RS-1086 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 689
Proposed law retains present law except it requires 30% of those funds collected by the city
court of Morgan City to be deposited into a special fund.
(Adds R. S. 13:2005(D))
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