Louisiana § 15:1097.6 Funding for the authority; criminal court costs

Louisiana Statutes

§ 15:1097.6 — Funding for the authority; criminal court costs

Louisiana § 15:1097.6

Title 15Criminal Procedure

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La. Stat. Ann. § 15:1097.6 (2026).

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In the parishes of Bienville, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster, in all felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or municipal ordinance, in any district, parish, city, or mayor's court, special costs in the amount of seven dollars and fifty cents shall be levied against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits bond. However, in lieu of imposing the special costs, the court may direct that a like amount be deducted from any fine imposed prior to disposition of the fine in accordance with other laws, but in either event any amounts so collected shall be remitted, by the tenth of the month following the month in which collected, by the proper of

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In the parishes of Bienville, Claiborne, DeSoto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, and Webster, in all felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or municipal ordinance, in any district, parish, city, or mayor's court, special costs in the amount of seven dollars and fifty cents shall be levied against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits bond. However, in lieu of imposing the special costs, the court may direct that a like amount be deducted from any fine imposed prior to disposition of the fine in accordance with other laws, but in either event any amounts so collected shall be remitted, by the tenth of the month following the month in which collected, by the proper officer of the court to the board of the Ware Youth Center Authority to be used for the expenses of its operations as provided in this Subpart.