ENROLLED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 493
BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY CARTER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:62(B), relative to the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court
3 of Louisiana; to provide for the content of recommendations made by the council to
4 the legislature; to provide for the deadlines relative thereto; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:62(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง62. Court costs and fees; submission to Judicial Council; recommendation
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10 B. No law to provide for a new court cost or fee or to increase an existing
11 court cost or fee shall be enacted unless first submitted to the Judicial Council for
12 review and recommendation to the legislature. Such review and recommendation
13 shall include, but not be limited to, factors such as to whether the court cost or fee
14 is reasonably related to the operation of the courts or court system. A copy of the
15 proposal for a new or increased court cost or fee shall be submitted to the Judicial
16 Council no later than January October fifteenth of the calendar year in which before
17 the proposal is intended to be introduced in the legislature, and a copy shall be
18 provided to the legislature, through the clerk of the House of Representatives and the
19 secretary of the Senate, at the time it is submitted to the Judicial Council for review.
20 The Judicial Council shall notify the legislature of its recommendation, through the
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1 clerk of the House of Representatives and the secretary of the Senate, by March
2 fifteenth first of that same each year.
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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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