RS 13:1889
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RS 13:1889
§1889. Court room and offices
A. The city where the court is situated shall furnish a suitable court room and suitable offices for the judge, clerk, and marshal. It shall also furnish adequate fireproof vaults or other filing equipment for the preservation of the records of the court.
B. The necessary expenses of operation and maintenance of the court and offices shall be borne by the city or cities or parish, or all governing authorities, as determined by the respective governing authorities.
C. Provided however, the expenses and maintenance of the courtroom and offices of the city court of Morgan City shall be borne by the governing authorities of the city of Morgan City and the parish of St. Mary in a proportion which the population of the city of Morgan City within Ward 6 of St. Mary Parish and which the population of the unincorporated portions of Ward 6 of St. Mary Parish bear to the total population of Ward 6 of St. Mary Parish as determined and adjusted from time to time by the decennial United States census.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 32, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1961; Acts 1995, No. 526, §1; Acts 2024, No. 134, §1.