2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 13 Courts and judicial procedure :: RS 13:997 Repealed by acts 2010, no. 159, §1, eff. june 9, 2010; acts 2010, no. 244, §1.

PART VII.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

§997.  Natchitoches Parish Law Library Commission

A.  The Natchitoches Parish Law Library Commission created by Act No. 492 of the 1962 Regular Session of the Legislature to establish, maintain, and operate a law library for the use and benefit of the judiciary, the members of the bar, and the general public of Natchitoches Parish is hereby continued.  

B.(1)  The members of the commission shall consist of the duly elected judges of the Tenth Judicial District Court, who shall serve during their tenure of office, and one practicing attorney at law of the Natchitoches Parish Bar, to be selected by the Natchitoches Parish Bar Association, who shall serve for a term of three years, or until his successor is duly chosen; provided that the composition of the commission on the effective date of this Section shall not be affected solely because of the enactment of this Section.  

(2)  The commission may appoint an administrator for the library and fix his salary.  However, in no instance shall said salary exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars per year.  The salary shall be paid out of the funds of the commission as derived from the fee provided for in R.S. 13:997(C).  

C.  The revenues of the commission shall be provided by the clerk of court of Natchitoches Parish adding to the cost of docketing any and all civil suits, including the docketing of succession and tutorship proceedings, but excluding all suits docketed on the clerk's book, a sum to be determined by the unanimous concurrence of the judges of the Tenth Judicial District, which sum shall not exceed ten dollars.  All sums derived from the fee shall be remitted by the clerk of court on the first day of the month, to the librarian, or to such other person as may be designated by the commission.

D.  The Natchitoches Parish Law Library Commission created by Act No. 492 of the 1962 Regular Session of the Legislature as a body politic with the right to sue and be sued, to acquire any and all property necessary for its maintenance and operation by any lawful means, to incur debt in anticipation of its revenues, to accept gifts and donations, to establish rules and regulations for the conduct of its affairs, to employ a librarian, to require bond for the handling of its funds in an amount to be determined by it is hereby continued; provided, however, the commission shall continue to operate entirely within the framework of the revenues herein provided for it and shall not become a charge on the public funds of the parish of Natchitoches or the state of Louisiana, as provided in the Act.

Acts 1987, No. 192, §1.