§ 13:2563.17 — Fees; Judicial Expense Fund; Probation Fund; established

Louisiana § 13:2563.17

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 13: Courts and Judicial Procedure

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§2563.17. Fees; Judicial Expense Fund; Probation Fund; established
A. In all criminal cases over which the court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as
costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or who
forfeits his bond, a sum determined by the judge of the parish court, which sum shall not
exceed fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs or forfeitures
lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted on a monthly basis to the chief financial
officer of Ascension Parish, hereinafter referred to as "chief financial officer", for deposit
into the Judicial Expense Fund. Any bench warrant fees collected by the court from a
defendant shall also be transmitted to the chief financial officer for deposit into the Judicial
Expense Fund.
B. The chief financial officer shall place all sums collected or received under
Subsection A of this Section in a separate account to be designated as the Judicial Expense
Fund for the Parish Court for the Parish of Ascension. The governing authority of Ascension
Parish shall have control over the fund and all disbursements made therefrom, shall cause
to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto,
and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for
public inspection.
C. The judicial expense fund is established and may be used for any purpose or
purposes connected with, incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of
the said court or the offices of the judge, and is in addition to any and all other funds,
salaries, expenses, or other monies that are now or hereafter provided, authorized, or
established by law for any of the aforesaid purposes. However, no salary shall be paid from
the judicial expense fund to the judge, except the judge appointed temporarily under the
provisions of R.S. 13:2563.9 and as provided in R.S. 13:2563.5(B)(4) and (C).
D. In all criminal cases over which the court has jurisdiction and is authorized to
collect a probation fee pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.1(C), said sums
shall be transmitted to the clerk of court and placed in a separate account designated as the
Parish Court Probation Fee Fund. The judge of the parish court shall have control over the
fund and all disbursements made therefrom. He shall cause to be conducted annually an
audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the same with the
office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection. The fund
created under this Subsection may be used for any purpose or purposes connected with,
incidental to, or related to the proper administration or function of the said court or the
offices of the judge, and is in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other
monies that are now or hereafter provided, authorized or established by law for any of the
aforesaid purposes.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1976, No. 307, §1, eff. Jan. 3, 1977. Acts 1992, No. 940, §1; Acts 2001, No. 316, §1, eff. June 6, 2001; Acts 2008, No. 523, §1, eff. June 30, 2008; Acts 2016, No. 612, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.