HLS 21RS-985 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 396
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to fees for services by constables and
marshals
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5807.5(introductory paragraph), relative to certain costs and
3 fees for services by marshals and constables; to provide relative to the fees of office
4 of city marshals and constables; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:5807.5(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and reenacted
7to read as follows:
8 ยง5807.5. Fees and costs
9 Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:5807, the marshal of the City
10 Court of Ruston and the marshal of the city of Houma shall be entitled to the
11 following fees of office and no more in civil matters:
12 * * *
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 396 Original 2021 Regular Session Turner
Abstract: Changes the fees collected by the marshal of the city of Ruston by placing the
marshal within the general fee schedules of marshals and constables and by
removing the authority of the city marshal of the city of Ruston to collect certain fees
and costs under a separate authority.
Present law places the marshal of the city of Ruston under a separate fee schedule.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 21RS-985 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 396
Proposed law changes the fees collected by the marshal of the city of Ruston by placing the
marshal within the general fee schedules of marshals and constables (R.S. 13:5807) and by
removing the authority of the city marshal of the city of Ruston to collect certain fees and
costs under a separate authority (R.S. 13:5807.5).
(Amends R.S. 13:5807.5(intro. para.))
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