2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 13 Courts and judicial procedure :: RS 13:996.63 Indigent transcript fund; reporter's fees
§996.63. Indigent transcript fund; reporter's fees
A. The additional cost of fourteen dollars may be taxed against every nonindigent defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond in connection with any other criminal offense.
B. All funds received under this Section shall be used to pay court reporter fees for transcripts prepared for indigent defendants, including bills of exceptions, trials, motions, hearings on writs, and all court proceedings.
C. The judges of the Forty-First Judicial District Court, sitting en banc, may, by a majority vote of all members, authorize the payment of fees, to be determined by the court, to the deputy court reporters for the transcription of indigent defendant cases.
Acts 2006, No. 621, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
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