§ 13:996.43 — Judicial expense fund for Fifth Judicial District

Louisiana § 13:996.43

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

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§996.43. Judicial expense fund for Fifth Judicial District
A. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by
law, each clerk of court in the Fifth 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 fifteen
dollars, subject, however, to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article
5181, et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Fifth 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 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.
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 Fifth Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Fifth 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, may appoint such law clerks and secretarial,
clerical, research, administrative, and 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, to support the Indigent Defender
Board, 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 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 provided, authorized, or established by law for any of these purposes.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, No. 252, §1, eff. July 6, 1985.