§1109.17. Funding for the commission; criminal court costs
A. In the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, 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, 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.
Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.