HLS 23RS-401 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 30
BY REPRESENTATIVE TARVER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
COURTS: Provides with respect to the salary of magistrate judges in the Fourteenth
Judicial District Court
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:589(C), relative to the salary of magistrate judges in the
3 Fourteenth Judicial District Court; to change the salary of magistrate judges in the
4 Fourteenth Judicial District Court; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 13:589(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง589. Fourteenth Judicial District Court; magistrate judge
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9 C. The salary of the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District
10 Court shall be seventy-five percent ninety percent of the salary paid to judges of the
11 Fourteenth Judicial District Court per annum, and the salary and related benefits as
12 provided by law shall be payable in the same manner from the same sources as the
13 salary and benefits of a judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court. The support
14 services and personnel including minute clerks and stenographers, as shall be
15 necessary for the offices of the magistrate judge, shall be paid from the same source
16 as the same positions in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court.
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HB NO. 30
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 30 Original 2023 Regular Session Tarver
Abstract: Changes the salary of magistrate judges from 75% to 90% of the salary paid to
judges.
Present law provides that the salary of magistrate judges in the 14th JDC shall be 75% of the
salary paid to judges of the 14th JDC.
Proposed law changes the salary of magistrate judges from 75% to 90% of the salary paid
to judges of the 14th JDC.
(Amends R.S. 13:589(C))
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