§996.66. Judicial Expense Fund for Twenty-Fifth Judicial District
A.In addition to all other fees or costs provided by law, the clerk of court of the
Twenty-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 thirty-five dollars, subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181
et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Twenty-Fifth 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 ex
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§996.66. Judicial Expense Fund for Twenty-Fifth Judicial District
A. In addition to all other fees or costs provided by law, the clerk of court of the
Twenty-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 thirty-five dollars, subject to the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 5181
et seq. In all criminal cases over which the Twenty-Fifth 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 thirty-five dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures
lawfully imposed.
B. The clerk of court, sheriff, or any other agency or office authorized to collect such
costs shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be
designated as the Judicial Expense Fund for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court. The
judges, en banc, of the 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 Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, in addition to
salaries otherwise provided, authorized, or established by law, may fix and pay each of their
court reporters a salary from the judicial expense fund. The judges, en banc, may appoint
such secretarial, clerical, research, administrative, or other personnel as they deem necessary
to expedite the business and functions 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 expend the monies in the judicial expense fund to pay all or any part
of the cost of establishing and maintaining a law library for the court or for buying and
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
the judges, en banc, may use the judicial expense fund 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 now or hereafter provided, authorized, or established by
law for any such purpose.
D. No salary shall be paid from the judicial expense fund for the Twenty-Fifth
Judicial District to any judge, except as may be paid for administering the fund and then only
after prior legislative approval.
NOTE: See Acts 2009, No. 269, §2, and the La. Register, 8/20/09, Vol. 35,
No. 08, pg. 1828. The Judicial Council approved the cost provided for in this
Section.