La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.28
Rapides Parish; criminal expense ordinance authorized
Louisiana · Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 33 — Municipalities and Parishes · Status: effective
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- La. Rev. Stat. § 33:2740.28, Rapides Parish; criminal expense ordinance authorized, Louisiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-04, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2716074
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The Rapides Parish Police Jury may create within the Rapides Parish Code of Laws an ordinance requiring the levy of an additional twenty dollars court cost specifically dedicated to defray the cost of the criminal justice system within the parish. The ordinance shall at a minimum encompass the following language:
"(1) In all criminal cases in Rapides Parish there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after entering a plea of guilty, or who forfeits his bond, a nonrefundable sum of twenty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.
(2) The sums collected under this Section of the Rapides Parish Code of Laws shall be remitted monthly by the sheriff to the general fund of the Rapides Parish Police Jury to be used at the discretion of the police jury in defraying the expenses of the criminal justice system within the parish."