RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 112 (HB 464) 2024 Regular Session Mike Johnson
Existing law provides for the collection of court costs, known as "witness fees", to pay off-
duty law enforcement officers who are required to be present in a criminal case or
delinquency proceeding. Provides that each judicial district shall establish a schedule of
witness fees and shall place these fees in a special fund administered by the governing
authority.
New law provides that in the Pineville City Court, surplus monies in the witness fee fund that
exceed $15,000 at the end of each calendar year shall be transferred to the general fund of
the city of Pineville to be used solely for the Community Affairs Division of the police
department for crime suppression.
New law provides that the witness fee fund shall not be expended or encumbered and shall
not be reduced below $15,000 as a result of a transfer pursuant to new law.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 15:255(Z))