Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 13, § 971. Sixteenth and Twenty-Seventh Judicial Districts; additional court reporters; fees charged by court reporters; indigent transcript fund

B. (1)(a) In the Twenty-Seventh Judicial District, in all civil cases a fee of three dollars and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page for copies reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein.

(b) In all civil cases which are reported but not transcribed, one-half of the fees provided in this Subsection for originals shall be charged by and be paid to the reporter.

(c) In every civil appealable case set for trial, the court reporter may demand and secure from the plaintiff, before the trial of the case begins, a bond to guarantee the payment of the fees to the reporter, except where said plaintiff is exempt by existing law from paying costs in advance or as they accrue. No bond shall be required in forma pauperis cases, but the court reporter may test by rule the plaintiff's right to the benefits of Articles 5181 through 5188 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(a) To compensate criminal court reporters for the preparation of all transcripts for indigent defendants, including trials, motions, hearings on writs, and all court proceedings.

(b) To compensate juvenile court reporters for the preparation of all transcripts arising from juvenile proceedings when the juvenile's parent or legal custodian or the adult, over whom the court is exercising juvenile jurisdiction, is found to be indigent in accordance with Children's Code Articles 320 and 321.

(8)(a) In all criminal cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory, or concurrent jurisdiction, including traffic violations, except parking, there shall be assessed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, the sum of five dollars, which shall be transmitted to the court for further disposition in accordance herewith.

(b) In all civil cases over which the court has original, appellate, supervisory, or concurrent jurisdiction, there shall be collected the sum of three dollars for every civil filing, which shall be transmitted to the court for further disposition in accordance herewith.

C. (1)(a) In the Sixteenth Judicial District, in all civil cases a fee of two dollars and fifty cents per page for the original and fifty cents per page each for the first and second copies for cases reported and transcribed shall be charged by and paid to the court reporter who reports and transcribes the testimony and shall be retained by him as compensation in addition to the salary as provided herein.

(b) In all civil cases which are reported but not transcribed, one-half of the fees provided in this Subsection for originals shall be charged by and be paid to the reporter.

(c) In every civil appealable case set for trial, the court reporter may demand and secure from the plaintiff, before the trial of the case begins, a bond to guarantee the payment of the fees to the reporter, except where said plaintiff is exempt by existing law from paying costs in advance or as they accrue. No bond shall be required in in forma pauperis cases, but the court reporter may test by rule the plaintiff's right to the benefits of Articles 5181 through 5188 of the Code of Civil Procedure.