HLS 25RS-207 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 134
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
COURTS/CITY: Provides relative to the marshal of the city court of Lake Charles
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2079.1, relative to city courts; to provide relative to the office
3 of the Ward Three marshal of the city court of Lake Charles; to provide relative to
4 the payment of a supplemental salary for deputy marshals; to authorize compensation
5 from community policing; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:2079.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง2079.1. Lake Charles; Ward Three marshal; civil fees and costs; special account;
9 compensation of deputy marshals
10 The Ward Three marshal of the city court of Lake Charles may deposit a
11 portion of his salary derived from fees and costs of office collected in civil matters
12 pursuant to R.S. 33:1704 into a special account, which account shall be in the name
13 of and under the control of the marshal. The marshal is authorized to use funds in
14 this account to supplement the salary a deputy marshal receives as compensation
15 from the local governing authority and community policing and to defray operational
16 expenses of the office and as may otherwise be useful and necessary for the proper
17 conduct of the office of the marshal. Each individual deputy marshal shall be
18 responsible for payment of any additional payroll taxes due on the supplemental
19 salary received by him. In no event shall the salary of any deputy marshal exceed
20 that of the Ward Three marshal of the city court of Lake Charles.
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HB NO. 134
DIGEST
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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 134 Original 2025 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Authorizes community policing as an additional source of compensation for a
deputy marshal.
Present law authorizes the marshal to use a portion of his salary to supplement the salary of
a deputy marshal in addition to the compensation the deputy receives from the local
governing authority.
Proposed law adds community policing as an additional source of compensation for a deputy
marshal.
(Amends R.S. 13:2079.1)
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