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LA Rev Stat § 13:2488.78 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2488.78. Criminal matters; costs

RS 2488.78 - Criminal matters; costs  A. In all criminal matters, including traffic violation cases, the city judge may assess, in addition to the fine or other penalty imposed, costs of court in an amount not to exceed forty dollars.  B. The proceeds derived from these costs shall be deposited in a special account which shall be subject to audit and shall be used for the operational expenses of the court, including but without limitation, the use from time to time for the costs of operating the court and for the employment by the judge of secretaries, accountants, stenographers, filing clerks, bookkeepers, reporters, and other court employees, and for the purchase of stationery, books, office supplies, and such other equipment, all as may be useful or necessary for the proper conduct of the court's judicial business, and all as may be approved by the court. In addition, the proceeds derived from such costs in excess of that necessary for the proper conduct of the court's business may, with approval of the judge, be paid in equal proportions into the treasury of the town of Breaux Bridge and into the parish treasury of the St. Martin Parish police jury general fund.  Acts 1974, No. 647, §1; Acts 1985, No. 959, §1; Acts 1990, No. 156, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2488.79 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2488.79. Nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition

RS 2488.79 - Nonrefundable civil fee; assessment and disposition  A. Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the Code of Civil Procedure Art. 5181 et seq., in addition to any other fees or costs provided by law, the clerk of the Breaux Bridge City Court shall collect from each person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, except in the small claims division, a nonrefundable fee in an amount determined by the judge, but not to exceed thirty dollars.  B. The clerk shall place all sums collected or received pursuant to this Section in the general fund of the court, special cost account, to be used to supplement the operational expenses of the court. The expenditure of funds shall be at the sole discretion of the judge of the court. All funds shall be subject to and included in the court's annual audit. A copy of the audit shall be filed with the legislative auditor who shall make it available for public inspection.  C. The assessment and disposition of any funds pursuant to this Section shall not affect the responsibilities of the city and parish governing authority provided by law for the financing of the Breaux Bridge City Court. Acts 1991, No. 934, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2488.80 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2488.80. Criminal fund; civil fund; City Court of Breaux Bridge; surplus; unclaimed funds

RS 2488.80 - Criminal fund; civil fund; City Court of Breaux Bridge; surplus; unclaimed funds A. When a surplus of fines, costs, or bonds has accumulated in the City Court of Breaux Bridge criminal fund, which is known as the Ward 4 Bond and Escrow Account and/or Criminal Fund Account, and the surplus has remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus to the operating fund, which is known as the General Fund Account, of the court. B. When a surplus of filing fees and costs or unclaimed fees and costs has accumulated in the City Court of Breaux Bridge civil fund and the surplus or unclaimed fees and costs have remained unclaimed for a period of five years or more, the judge of the court may transfer the amount of the surplus or the amount of the unclaimed fees and costs to the operating fund, known as the General Fund Account, of the court. C. This Section shall not affect the payment of fees to which the judge is entitled pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 13:1874. Acts 1999, No. 98, §1, eff. June 9, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2489.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2489.1. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.

RS 2489.1 - Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 622, §1, eff. June 17, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2491 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2491. Municipal and traffic court of New Orleans

RS 2491 - Municipal and traffic court of New Orleans  There is created a "Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans".  Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2494 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2494. Rules and regulations

RS 2494 - Rules and regulations  The court may adopt such rules and regulations governing the operation thereof as may be necessary for the proper functioning of the court.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2495 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2495. Clerk of court

RS 2495 - Clerk of court  A. There shall be one clerk of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans who shall be appointed by the judges thereof and shall be subject to removal by a majority of the judges of the court, at will. The court shall adopt such rules and regulations governing the functions, duties, operation, and procedure of the clerk's office as may be necessary.  B. The salary and benefits of the clerk shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the administrative judge. If the city fails to pay the salary and benefits, they may be paid from the consolidated judicial expense fund of the court.  C. The clerk shall retain all of the benefits of its office, including but not limited to hospitalization coverage, retirement benefits, insurance benefits, and sick and annual leave benefits, and it shall be paid through the payroll system utilized by the city of New Orleans for its other employees.  Acts 1983, No. 417, §1, eff. July 2, 1983; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2020, No. 37, §1, eff. June 4, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2495.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2495.1. Judicial administrator

RS 2495.1 - Judicial administrator  A. There shall be one judicial administrator of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, who shall be appointed by the judges thereof and shall be subject to removal by a majority of the judges of the court at will. The court shall adopt such rules and regulations governing the functions, duties, operations, and procedures of the judicial administrator's office as may be necessary. The salary and benefits shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the administrative judge. If the city fails to pay the salary and benefits, they may be paid from the consolidated judicial expense fund of the court.  B. The judicial administrator shall retain all of the benefits of the office, including but not limited to hospitalization coverage, retirement benefits, insurance benefits, and sick and annual leave benefits, which shall be paid through the payroll system utilized by the city of New Orleans for its other employees.  Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2496 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2496. Court personnel; salaries

RS 2496 - Court personnel; salaries  A. In addition to any employee otherwise provided by law, each judge shall appoint four employees as the judge may deem necessary to expedite the business and functions of the court and shall fix their salaries and benefits.  B. The salaries and benefits shall be paid by the city of New Orleans on the warrant of the appointing judge.  C. The above appointees of the judge, or judges, of the court shall not be included in the civil service system, and shall be considered, for all intents and purposes, as unclassified personnel of the court and shall be included in the unclassified pay plan of the city of New Orleans.  Acts 1984, No. 811, §1. Acts 1986, No. 731, §1; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2496.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2496.1. Repealed

§2496.1 Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 631, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.  Acts 1984, No. 811, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2496.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2496.2. Expenses of municipal and traffic court

RS 2496.2 - Expenses of municipal and traffic court  A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a majority of the judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans may authorize a payment from the consolidated judicial expense fund of the court to defray any expense of the court including but not limited to salary supplements for any personnel as in their discretion may be necessary to expedite the business and function of the court.  B. Nothing in this Section shall authorize an increase in salary for any judge of such court.  Acts 2001, No. 1214, §1, eff. June 29, 2001; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2496.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2496.4. Consolidated judicial expense fund for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans

RS 2496.4 - Consolidated judicial expense fund for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans  A. There is hereby established the consolidated judicial expense fund for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, which shall be a special account for use in administration of the court. The judicial administrator shall deposit into the fund any monies specifically designated for such purpose. The judges of the court, en banc, shall have control over and administer the funds which are annually appropriated or otherwise authorized under the law and all disbursements made therefrom. The judges shall cause to be conducted an annual audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the audit with the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.  B. The consolidated judicial expense fund may be used for any operating expense of the court, including salaries for court reporters, bailiffs, minute clerks, and other court personnel, in addition to any and all other funds, salaries, expenses, or other monies that are provided, authorized, or established by law. No salary shall be paid from the consolidated judicial expense fund to any judges of the court.  Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2497 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2497. Deputy clerks; appointment; salaries; removal

RS 2497 - Deputy clerks; appointment; salaries; removal  A. The clerk of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall appoint such deputies, assistants and employees as the legislature may provide as are necessary for the operation of the court.  B. All salaries of the clerks and deputy clerks of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall be paid by the city of New Orleans. In the event that the city shall refuse or fail to pay any such salaries, the judge, or judges, of the court shall withhold from the funds collected under the jurisdiction of the court sufficient money to pay any salaries not paid by the city, and, in such event, the judge, or judges, of the court shall deposit the money withheld in a separate bank account against which a judge, or judges thereof, shall draw appropriate checks to pay such salaries.  Acts 2012, No. 337, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2498 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2498. Appeal; proceedings; record; hearing

RS 2498 - Appeal; proceedings; record; hearing  A. There shall be a right of appeal in all cases from the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to the criminal district court for the parish of Orleans. The appeals shall be on the law and the facts and shall be reviewed by the appellate division of the criminal district court to whom the appeal shall be allotted upon the records made and the evidence offered in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. The criminal district court shall have general and supervisory jurisdiction over the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, and may issue such writs and orders as may be necessary in aid of its appellate and supervisory jurisdiction.  B. The judges shall appoint a competent court reporter to take the evidence in any case in which it is necessary to do so under the law applicable to district courts, unless the parties waive the appointment of a reporter. At the request of any party, the judges shall order the transcription of the testimony taken by the court reporter. Upon completion of the renovation to the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans and proper integration of technology, digital recording procedures may be used by the assigned court reporter.  C. In no case shall the appellant be responsible for any error, omission, or oversight in the record of the appeal.  Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2499 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2499. Quarters, furniture, and stationery; police detail

RS 2499 - Quarters, furniture, and stationery; police detail  The city of New Orleans shall provide suitable rooms, furniture, stationery, and other operating expenses for the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, the city constable, or department of police of the city of New Orleans shall provide one officer who is P.O.S.T. certified for each division of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to keep order and execute orders and decrees of the judges thereof.  Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2500 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2500. Powers of judges, clerks, and court reporters

RS 2500 - Powers of judges, clerks, and court reporters  A. The judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans and their clerks and court reporters may administer oaths and the judges may compel witnesses to appear and testify.  B. The court shall possess inherently all powers necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction and the enforcement of its lawful orders including the authority to issue such writs and orders as may become necessary and the court has the power to punish for contempt, as provided in Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 20 through 25 as the same may from time to time be amended, which articles define contempt and prescribe the penalties therefor.  C.(1) The penalty which may be imposed for each violation of a municipal ordinance shall not exceed five hundred dollars or six months in jail, or both at the discretion of the court, and in default of the payment of the fine said violator may be sentenced to serve a period in jail for a term not to exceed an additional thirty days.  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the penalty which may be imposed for each violation of a parish or municipal ordinance prohibiting the dumping of trash, debris, refuse, garbage, other solid and liquid waste, greases, and oils, such as but not limited to cooking oil and fats, motor oil, antifreeze, truck and automotive fluids, paint, paint thinners, and gasoline into drainage culverts, lines, or canals, upon any public place within the parish, upon private property within the parish not owned by the person accused of the violation, upon property owned or controlled by the parish, or in or on the waters within the parish, whether from a vehicle or otherwise, including but not limited to any public highway, public park, beach, campground, forestland, recreational area, trailer park, highway, road, street, or alley, shall not exceed one thousand dollars, or a greater amount if a state statute authorizes a greater penalty for the violation of such parish or municipal ordinances, or six months in jail, or both at the discretion of the court, and in default of the payment of the fine said violator may be sentenced to serve a period in jail for a term not to exceed an additional thirty days.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 760, §1, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 268, §1, eff. July 10, 1979; Acts 1992, No. 1070, §1; Acts 2004, No. 834, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2500.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2500.1. Additional costs; municipal and traffic court probation department; special fund

RS 2500.1 - Additional costs; municipal and traffic court probation department; special fund  A. Any defendant, other than an indigent, who pleads guilty or is convicted of an offense by the Municipal and Traffic Court of the city of New Orleans shall be assessed costs not to exceed the sum of fifteen dollars for each offense, such costs to be in addition to any fine, clerk's fees or costs or any other fee or costs provided by law or sentence imposed by the court.  B. When any surety, cash, or other bond posted in the Municipal and Traffic Court of the city of New Orleans guaranteeing the appearance of any defendant in any case in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans has been forfeited, the surety company or its local agent or its insurance company, or both, for which the agent is writing bail bonds, shall be assessed the added costs provided for in Subsection A of this Section. The forfeiture of any bond referred to in this Subsection shall not be set aside until the above costs have been paid, in addition to the other legal requirements of law having been met for the setting aside of the forfeiture. Costs assessed against sureties and surety companies pursuant to this Section shall be collected and administered in the same manner as that set out in Subsection C of this Section.  C. Costs assessed against defendants pursuant to this Section shall be collected by the clerk of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans. All sums so collected shall be remitted to the municipal and traffic court judicial administrator who shall deposit such sums in a bank or banks in the city of New Orleans in which deposits are insured or guaranteed by the federal government or any agency thereof. The deposits shall be credited to a special fund to be designated as the Municipal and Traffic Court Probation Department Fund which shall be administered by the judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans.  D. There is hereby created a probation department in the Municipal and Traffic Court of the city of New Orleans which shall be funded from the Municipal and Traffic Court Probation Department Fund along with funds which may be realized from federal or state grants and any other sums which may be appropriated by the council of the city of New Orleans. The purpose of the probation department is to provide staff to monitor the behavior of defendants and to develop a comprehensive probationary service program at the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, which shall include but not be limited to release on recognizance, restitution, diversionary, and active probation programs.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 814, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980; Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2500.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2500.2. Additional court costs to defray expenses

RS 2500.2 - Additional court costs to defray expenses  In all prosecutions in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans, including all traffic violations other than parking, there may be assessed as additional costs against every defendant for every offense who is convicted after trial or plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, a sum not to exceed thirty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the consolidated judicial expense fund of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans to be used by the court to defray its expenses.  Acts 1987, No. 93, §1; Acts 1989, No. 312, §1; Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2012, No. 337, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2500.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2500.3. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 361, §2.

RS 2500.3 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 361, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2500.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2500.4. Enumeration of fees; copies; retrieval fee

RS 2500.4 - Enumeration of fees; copies; retrieval fee  In addition to any other fees authorized by law, the clerk of the New Orleans Municipal and Traffic Court may demand and receive the following fees:  (1) Copies per page uncertified, one dollar.  (2) Copies per page certified, two dollars.  (3) Computer-generated chronologies uncertified copies, two dollars.  (4) Computer-generated chronologies certified copies, three dollars.  (5) File retrieval fee, twenty dollars.  Acts 2013, No. 199, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2500.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2500.5. Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.

RS 2500.5 - Repealed by Acts 2016, No. 131, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2501 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2501. Fines imposed remitted monthly to city treasurer

RS 2501 - Fines imposed remitted monthly to city treasurer  Each judge of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans shall ensure that all fines collected are remitted monthly to the city treasurer of New Orleans.  Acts 2011, No. 339, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2016, No. 631, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2501.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2501.1. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

RS 2501.1 - Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 845 , §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 127, §1. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 696, §1. Acts 1983, No. 176, §1, eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 668, §1; Acts 1985, No. 818, §1; Acts 1986, No. 665, §1; Acts 1987, No. 232, §1; Acts 1988, No. 884, §1; Acts 1993, No. 838, §1; Acts 2011, No. 4, §1; Acts 2011, No. 339, §2; Acts 2012, No. 312, §1; Acts 2012, No. 497, §1; Acts 2012, No. 731, §2; Acts 2014, No. 845, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017. {{NOTE: See Acts 1988, No. 884, §2.}}
LA Rev Stat § 13:2502 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2502. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

RS 2502 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2503 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2503. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

RS 2503 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2504 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2504. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

RS 2504 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 13:2504.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§2504.1. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.

RS 2504.1 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 731, §2.