§ 13:996.25 — Judicial Expense Fund for Fifteenth Judicial District; established

Louisiana § 13:996.25

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

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§996.25. Judicial Expense Fund for Fifteenth Judicial District; established
A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerk
of court of the Fifteenth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of
civil suit or proceeding and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court
costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of the district, sitting en banc, which sum shall
not exceed thirty-five dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure
Article 5181 et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Fifteenth Judicial District Court has
jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial
or after plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined, but which shall
not exceed twenty dollars and which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or
forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the clerk for further
disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received under this section in
a separate account to be designated as the Judicial Expense Fund for the Fifteenth Judicial
District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Fifteenth Judicial District shall have control over
the fund and all disbursements made therefrom. They 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.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1982, No. 108, §1; Acts 2018, No. 447, §1.