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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 757
BY REPRESENTATIVE LAFLEUR
COURTS/COURT COSTS: Provides relative to the judicial expense fund for the 19
th
JDC
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:991(A), relative to court costs; to provide relative to judicial
3 expense funds of district courts; to provide relative to the judicial expense fund for
4 the Nineteenth Judicial District Court; to increase filing fees and court costs in civil
5 suits; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:991(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง991. Judicial expense fund for nineteenth judicial district Nineteenth Judicial
9 District; established
10 A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the
11 clerk of court of the Nineteenth Judicial District shall collect from every person
12 filing any type of civil suit or proceeding and who is not otherwise exempted by law
13 from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of said
14 district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen of sixty dollars, subject,
15 however, to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 5181, et
16 seq.; and, in all criminal cases over which the Nineteenth Judicial District Court has
17 jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted
18 after trial or after plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined
19 but which shall not exceed five dollars, shall be in addition to all other fines, costs
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1 or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the said clerk for
2 further disposition in accordance herewith.
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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 757 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session LaFleur
Abstract: Increases filing fees and court costs in civil suits for the 19th JDC.
Present law authorizes the 19th JDC to establish a judicial expense fund and to assess
additional costs and civil charges in civil matters.
Present law requires the judges of the 19th JDC, sitting en banc, to determine a sum not to
exceed $15 that shall be collected or received by the clerk of court and placed in a separate
account to be designated as the Judicial Expense Fund for the 19th JDC.
Proposed law removes the requirement of the judges of the 19th JDC, sitting en banc, to
determine a sum not to exceed $15 and fixes the sum at $60.
(Amends R.S. 13:991(A))
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