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ACT No. 198
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 184
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 887(C), relative to operating a
3 vehicle while intoxicated; to provide relative to special costs assessed for convictions
4 of operating a vehicle while intoxicated; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 887(C) is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 887. Defendant's liability for costs; suspension of costs; no advance costs
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10 C. In addition to the costs provided in Paragraph A of this Article, a person
11 convicted of a violation of R.S. 14:98, R.S. 14:98.1 or 98.6, or of any municipal or
12 parochial ordinance defining the offense of operating a motor vehicle, aircraft,
13 watercraft, vessel, or other motorized means of conveyance under the influence of
14 alcohol or drugs, who was subjected to a blood, breath, or urine analysis for alcohol
15 or any controlled dangerous substance listed in R.S. 40:964, Schedule I, II, III, IV,
16 or V, shall be assessed an additional seventy-five one hundred twenty-five dollars
17 as special costs. Such costs shall be paid in the following manner: twenty-five
18 seventy-five dollars to the governing authority owning the instrument used to
19 perform the analysis, and fifty dollars to the governing authority whose agency
20 performed the analysis. If the office of state police performed or participated in a
21 blood, breath, or urine analysis for which these costs are assessed, that portion of the
22 costs applicable to the office of state police shall be forwarded to the applied
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1 technology unit within the office of state police and forwarded for disposition in
2 accordance with R.S. 40:1379.7. In the event the person is unable to pay the fine
3 when assessed, the court may allow payment within certain time limits, based on the
4 person's ability to pay such costs.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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