Louisiana § 15:1109.17 Funding for the commission; criminal court costs

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§ 15:1109.17 — Funding for the commission; criminal court costs

Louisiana § 15:1109.17

Title 15Criminal Procedure

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La. Stat. Ann. § 15:1109.17 (2026).

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§1109.17. Funding for the commission; criminal court costs

A.In the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist, 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 an amount not to exceed five dollars shall be levied against every defendant who is convicted after trial, enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or 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 fo

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§1109.17. Funding for the commission; criminal court costs
A. In the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and
St. John the Baptist, 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 an amount not to exceed five dollars shall be levied against every
defendant who is convicted after trial, enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or 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
River Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission to be used for the expenses of its operations as
provided in this Subpart.
B. In the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, and
St. John the Baptist, in all courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction, special costs in an amount
not to exceed five dollars shall be levied against every juvenile who is found to have
committed a traffic violation, under state law or parish or municipal ordinance, and special
costs in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars shall be levied against every juvenile
who is adjudicated a delinquent. All or part of the costs may be suspended, but any amounts
collected shall be remitted, by the tenth of the month following the month in which collected,
by the proper officer of the court in which the matter was heard to the board of the River
Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission to be used for the expenses of its operations pursuant
to this Subpart.