ENROLLED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 464
BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:255(Z), relative to witness fees; to provide relative to witness fees in the
3 city of Pineville; to provide for the transfer of certain surplus witness fees; to provide
4 for certain limitations and requirements; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:255(Z) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง255. Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers
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9 Z. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the city of Pineville
10 may adopt an ordinance which provides that on January first of each year, the
11 amount of money in the witness fee fund for the City Court of Pineville which
12 exceeds fifteen thousand dollars shall be transferred to the general fund of the city
13 of Pineville to be used solely for the Community Affairs Division of the police
14 department for crime suppression. The balance in the witness fee fund shall not be
15 expended or encumbered and shall not be reduced below fifteen thousand dollars as
16 a result of a transfer pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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