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SENATE BILL NO. 216
BY SENATOR JACKSON
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:255(X), relative to compulsory process of certain courts; to provide for the
3 witness fee fund for the Bastrop City Court; to provide for excess funds to be used
4 for operating expenses; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:255(X) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง255. Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers
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9 X. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the city of
10 Bastrop may adopt an ordinance which provides that on January first of each
11 year, the amount of money in the witness fee fund for the City Court of Bastrop
12 that exceeds five thousand dollars shall be transferred to the operating fund of
13 the city of Bastrop to be used solely for the operating expenses of the court. For
14 the purposes of this Subsection, the balance of five thousand dollars required
15 to be kept in the witness fee fund shall mean five thousand dollars in
16 unexpended and unencumbered funds, and under no circumstances shall the
17 balance in the witness fee fund be reduced below five thousand dollars as a
18 result of a transfer made pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection.
19 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
20 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
21 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 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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