ENROLLED
ACT No. 355
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 671
BY REPRESENTATIVE TRAVIS JOHNSON AND SENATORS BARROW, CONNICK,
FIELDS, HEWITT, AND JACKSON
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 13:5722(A)(2)(f), relative to court costs in certain parishes; to provide for an
3 additional court fee in criminal matters in all courts in certain parishes; to provide
4 relative to the coroner's operational fund; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:5722(A)(2)(f) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง5722. Coroner's Operational Fund established
8 A.
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10 (2)
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12 (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 13:62, in criminal cases, including
13 traffic violations, in all courts in Tensas Parish, East Carroll Parish, and Madison
14 Parish, a fee of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars may be imposed
15 on every defendant who is convicted after trial or plea of guilty, which fee shall be
16 used solely to defray the operational costs of the office of the coroner of the parish.
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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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