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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 347 2023 Regular Session Harris
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to court costs and civil filing fees in
Alexandria City Court
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law provides that one-half of the civil filing fees assessed and collected by the City
Court of Alexandria shall be deposited in the general fund of the city of Alexandria.
Proposed law changes the use of the civil filing fees assessed and collected by the city court
of Alexandria and provides that such costs shall be used for the operational expenses of the
court.
Present law provides that additional costs in all criminal matters, including traffic violations,
assessed and collected by the city court of Alexandria shall be used for the operational
expenses of the court.
Proposed law changes the use of the additional costs in criminal matters, including traffic
violations, and provides that such costs shall be deposited in the general fund of the city of
Alexandria.
The proposed law re-allocation of court costs becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2024, and remains
effective until Jan. 1, 2026, at which time the allocation of court costs revert back to present
law.
(Amends R.S. 13:1875(12)(c) and 1899(B))
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