HLS 16RS-1232 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 773
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides for court costs collected in criminal cases
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 13:1000.7, relative to court costs; to provide for court costs collected in the
3 Nineteenth Judicial District Court and Juvenile Court of East Baton Rouge; to
4 provide for use of proceeds; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:1000.7 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1000.7. Criminal matters; additional costs in East Baton Rouge Parish
8 In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Nineteenth
9 Judicial District Court and Juvenile Court of East Baton Rouge Parish have
10 jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who
11 is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, the sum of ten dollars
12 to the Nineteenth Judicial District Court Building Commission and ten dollars to the
13 Juvenile Court of East Baton Rouge Parish. These costs shall be in addition to all
14 other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be transmitted to the
15 sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish for and all sums collected shall be expended
16 pursuant to the order of the judges of the respective courts, en banc.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-1232 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 773
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 773 Original 2016 Regular Session Marcelle
Abstract: Provides for additional fees toward the 19
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Judicial District Court Building
Commission and the Juvenile Court of East Baton Rouge.
Present law specifies for court costs in criminal matters in the 19
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Judicial District
Proposed law retains present law. Provides for additional court costs in the amount of $10
to the 19
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Judicial District Court Building Commission and $10 to the Juvenile Court of East
Baton Rouge.
(Adds R.S. 13:1000.7)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.