2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 13 Courts and judicial procedure :: RS 13:1000.7 Criminal matters; thirty-first judicial district court; additional costs

§1000.7.  Criminal matters; Thirty-First Judicial District Court; additional costs

A.  In all criminal cases, including traffic offenses, of which the Thirty-First Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be assessed as additional costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or forfeits bond, a sum not to exceed ten dollars.  These costs shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and shall be transmitted to the sheriff of Jefferson Davis Parish for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

B.  The sheriff shall place all sums collected or received under this Section into an account and remit the sum monthly into the operational fund of the coroner's office of Jefferson Davis Parish.  The coroner shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the account and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file the audit with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.

Acts 2009, No. 121, §1.

NOTE:  See Acts 2009, No. 121, §2, and the La. Register,  8/20/09, Vol. 35, No. 08, pg. 1828.  The Judicial Council did not approve the cost provided for in this Section.