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SENATE BILL NO. 406
BY SENATORS LAMBERT AND CLAITOR
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:168(B)(1), relative to the judicial district indigent defender
3 fund; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 15:168(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง168. Judicial district indigent defender fund
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8 B.(1) Every court of original criminal jurisdiction, except in the town of
9 Jonesville, in the city of Plaquemine, and in mayors' courts in municipalities having
10 a population of less than five thousand, shall remit the following special costs to the
11 district indigent defender fund for the following violations, under state statute as well
12 as under parish or municipal ordinance, except a parking violation. The sum of forty-
13 five dollars shall be assessed in cases in which a defendant is convicted after a trial,
14 a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or after forfeiting bond and shall be in addition
15 to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures imposed. The court cost of forty-five dollars
16 authorized by the provisions of this Subsection shall expire on August 1, 2016, and
17 thereafter the court cost authorized by the provisions of this Subsection shall be
18 thirty-five dollars. The Louisiana Public Defender Board shall provide a detailed
19 report to the Louisiana Legislature prior to the 2016 Regular Session detailing how
20 the funds provided for by this Subsection were utilized in each judicial district.
21 Mayors' courts which are required to assess the court cost of thirty-five dollars on
22 June 7, 2012, shall continue to assess such amount as cost of court.
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24 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
25 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
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1 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
2 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
3 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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