§ 13:996.37 — Judicial expense fund for Sixteenth Judicial District

Louisiana § 13:996.37

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

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§996.37. Judicial expense fund for Sixteenth Judicial District
A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, each clerk
of court in the Sixteenth 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 Louisiana Code of Civil
Procedure Article 5181 et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Sixteenth Judicial
District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is
convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a sum likewise
determined, but which shall not exceed twenty-five dollars, 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 herewith.
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 Sixteenth Judicial
District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Sixteenth 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.
C. The judges, en banc, of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court may, in lieu of all or
any part of the fees for reporting and transcribing testimony authorized under the provisions
of R.S. 13:961(F), or other applicable laws, and in addition to salaries otherwise provided,
authorized, or established by law, fix and pay each of their court reporters a salary from the
judicial expense fund. The judges, en banc, may further appoint such secretarial, clerical,
research, administrative, or other personnel as they deem necessary to expedite the business
and function of the court and fix and pay all or any part of the salaries of such personnel out
of the monies in the judicial expense fund. In like manner, the judges, en banc, may utilize
the monies in the judicial expense fund to pay all or any part of the cost of establishing or
maintaining a law library for the court, or for buying or maintaining any type of equipment,
supplies, or other items consistent with or germane to the efficient operation of the court.
In general, 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 individual judges 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.
D. No salary shall be paid from the judicial expense fund for the Sixteenth Judicial
District to any of the judges of the Sixteenth Judicial District, except as may be paid for
administering the said fund and then only after prior legislative approval.

Legislative History

Acts 1984, No. 52, §1; Acts 2015, No. 17, §1.