Rs 16 16 2

RS 16:16.2 - Costs for prosecution expenses, Twenty-Second Judicial District Notwithstanding any other statute or provision of law to the contrary, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of five dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other funds, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. The sums collected under this Section shall be remitted monthly by the sheriff's office of the parishes of Washington and St. Tammany directly to the office of the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District to be used in defraying expenses of his office. Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 37, §1.