RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 133 (HB 104) 2017 Regular Session Leopold
Existing law requires the clerk of court of the 25
th
JDC to collect from every person filing
any type of civil suit or proceeding, who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment
of court costs, a sum not to exceed $15.
New law retains existing law but increases the sum from a maximum of $15 to a maximum
of $35.
Existing law requires in all criminal cases in the 25
th
JDC that every defendant, who is
convicted after trial or after a guilty plea or who forfeits his bond, be assessed costs not to
exceed $15 which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully
imposed.
New law retains existing law but increases the costs from a maximum of $15 to a maximum
of $35.
New law makes these increases in costs effective upon a recommendation by the Judicial
Council in its 2018 report.
(Amends R.S. 13:996.66(A))