Section 13:996.13 - Judicial clerk's fund for Twenty-Ninth Judicial District establishedA. In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, the clerks of court of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District shall collect from every person filing any type of civil suit or proceeding, and who is not otherwise exempted by law from the payment of court costs, a sum to be determined by the judges of said district, sitting en banc, which sum shall not exceed fifteen dollars, subject however, to the provisions of Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Article 5181, et seq.; and, in all criminal cases over which the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty or who forfeits his bond, a sum likewise determined but which shall not exceed fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be transmitted to the said clerk for further disposition in accordance herewith.B. The clerk of court shall place all sums collected or received under this Section in a separate account to be designated as the judicial clerk's fund for the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District Court. The judges, en banc, of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District shall have control over and administer the funds and all disbursements made therefrom. They shall cause to be conducted annually an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto, and shall file the same with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection.Added by Acts 1981, No. 511, §1, eff. July 19, 1981; Acts 1985, No. 848, §1; Acts 1987, No. 191, §1.Added by Acts 1981, No. 511, §1, eff. 7/19/1981; Acts 1985, No. 848, §1; Acts 1987, No. 191, §1.