RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 136 (HB 39) 2019 Regular Session McFarland
Existing law provides for witness fees for off-duty law enforcement officers to be paid from
the costs of court collected in individual cases tried in district or parish courts. Existing law
requires the judge or judges of court for the judicial district to adopt a schedule of costs to
be applicable in each case before that court to which such costs are applicable. Further
requires the costs to be placed in special funds to be maintained by the proper governing
authorities and used to pay witness fees.
New law requires surplus money in excess of $5,000 in the special account in the 8th Judicial
District to be transferred to the criminal court fund. New law further provides that the
transferred money may be used for any purpose for which the other monies in the criminal
court fund for the 8th Judicial District may be used.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Adds R.S. 15:255(V))