2017 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
RS 13:2152 - Salaries and expenses of judges; payment

§2152. Salaries and expenses of judges; payment

A. The salary of each of the judges of the First City Court of the City of New Orleans shall be the same as provided for district court judges in the state, payable monthly on their own respective warrants, of which the amount payable by the state to city judges of the state shall be paid by the state, and the remainder shall be payable out of the Judicial Expense Fund of the Parish of Orleans; provided that the term of the said court shall be twelve months per year with the judges of the court fixing their own personal vacations of not more than thirty days per annum.

B. The salary of the judge of the Second City Court of the city of New Orleans, who is also judge of Section D of the first city court, shall be the same as and payable in the same manner and from the same sources as the judges of the first city court.

C. The judges of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans shall not engage in the practice of law or share in the profits, directly or indirectly of any law firm or legal corporation.

D. In addition to their salaries, each judge of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans shall be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars per annum for travel and actual expenses incurred while attending meetings, seminars, and other official functions in performing the duties of their office. This allowance shall be payable out of the Judicial Expense Fund of the parish of Orleans upon the warrant of the said judges of the First and Second City Courts of the city of New Orleans, together with an accounting of disbursements.

Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961. Amended by Acts 1962, No. 343, §1; Acts 1963, No. 29, §1; Acts 1965, No. 81, §1; Acts 1967, No. 56, §1. Acts 1969, No. 163, §2; Acts 1972, No. 617, §1; Acts 1975, No. 742, §3, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1975, No. 752, §1; Acts 1975, No. 825, §3, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1976, No. 658, §1; Acts 1977, No. 106, §1; Acts 1978, No. 640, §1; Acts 1979, No. 236, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1979; Acts 1979, No. 731, §1, eff. July 20, 1979; Acts 1980, No. 169, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1980, No. 292, §1; Acts 1981, No. 501, §1; Acts 1981, No. 636, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 639, §1.