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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 124
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
LOCAL OFFICIALS. Provides for the marshal of the city court of Lafayette. (1/1/21)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:1883(D), relative to certain marshals of city courts; to provide
3 for the salary of the marshal of the city court of the city of Lafayette; and to provide
4 for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:1883(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1883. Compensation of marshal
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9 D.(1) The marshals of the city courts enumerated in Sub-sections A, B, and
10 C of this section, except the marshals marshal of the city courts of Lafayette and
11 court of Shreveport, shall also receive the same fees as are payable to constables of
12 justice of the peace courts.
13 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and in
14 addition to the salary paid to him by the city of Lafayette, the marshal of the
15 city court of Lafayette may receive the same fees as are payable to constables
16 of justice of the peace courts, not to exceed fifty percent of the salary paid the
17 marshal by the city of Lafayette. The remainder of the fees and commissions
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1 collected shall be used to defray the operational and necessary related expenses
2 of the office of the marshal.
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4 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2021
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
SB 124 Original 2020 Regular Session Boudreaux
Present law provides that, except for the marshals of the city courts of Lafayette and
Shreveport, the marshals of certain enumerated city courts also receive the same fees payable
to constables of justice of the peace courts.
Proposed law removes the exception for the marshal of the city court of Lafayette and
authorizes the marshal of the city court of Lafayette to receive the same fees as are payable
to constables of justice of the peace courts. Provides that these fees not exceed 50% of the
salary paid the marshal by the city of Lafayette. Requires that the remainder of the fees and
commissions collected be used to defray the operational and necessary related expenses of
the office of the marshal of the city of Lafayette.
Effective January 1, 2021
(Amends R.S. 13:1883(D)
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