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SENATE BILL NO. 53
BY SENATOR HARRIS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:996.67(C)(4), relative to the Civil District Court for the parish
3 of Orleans judicial building fund; to provide for the addition of the assessor's office
4 to the list of parochial offices that will be housed in the new Civil District Court for
5 the parish of Orleans; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:996.67(C)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง996.67. Judicial building fund
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10 C.(1) * * *
11 (4) The monies generated pursuant to this Section shall be forwarded by the
12 clerk of court and sheriff to the fiscal agent bank chosen by the commission to be
13 held in the courthouse construction fund. Any funds currently on deposit to the
14 separate account of the judicial expense fund from the costs and charges authorized
15 by this Section shall be transferred at the discretion of the commission to the
16 courthouse construction fund held by the commission's fiscal agent. These monies
17 deposited to the courthouse construction fund shall be dedicated to the design,
18 planning, feasibility, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating, and maintaining
19 a new facility to house the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, the offices
20 of the clerk of court for Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans, the First City
21 Court, the clerk of the First City Court, the constable of the First City Court, the
22 office of the civil sheriff, the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, the mortgage office, the
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1 conveyance office, the notarial archives, the office of the assessor, and such other
2 courts and parochial offices as may be necessary. No monies generated pursuant to
3 this Section shall be used for payment of any bonded indebtedness involving site
4 acquisition or construction of a new facility unless approved by the Joint Legislative
5 Committee on the Budget and the State Bond Commission.
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7 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
8 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
9 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
10 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
11 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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