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The Judicial Council
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INVITATION
TO COMMENT ON THE
DRAFT GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION FORM
PREPARED BY THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL'S
COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE NEED FOR
REQUESTED COURT COSTS AND FEES
The Committee to
Evaluate the Need for Requested Court Costs and Fees of the
Judicial Council has developed
draft guidelines and an application form to guide the Judicial
Council's process of reviewing and evaluating new court costs
and fees or increases in existing court costs and fees pursuant
to R.S. 13:61 (Act 202 of the 2003 Regular Legislative Session).
Under the requirements
of Act 202, no law to provide for a new court cost or fee
or to increase an existing court cost or fee shall be enacted
unless first submitted to the Judicial Council for review
and recommendation to the legislature. The draft guidelines
and application form are intended to facilitate the Judicial
Council's review and evaluation of such requested court costs
and fees.
Prior to the Judicial
Council's adoption and final approval of the guidelines and
application form in December, the Committee is inviting the
public to comment on the proposed materials through this web
site or through the briefing hearing scheduled for December
10, 2003 at 10 a.m. in Courtroom A of the Fifth Circuit Court
of Appeal ( see enclosed memo
). If you wish to comment, please forward your remarks
to Judge Tom Daley, the Chair of the Committee by e-mail,
fax, or mail at the following addresses:
Judge
Tom Daley
Chair, Committee to Evaluate the Need for Requested Court
Costs and Fees
C/O Judicial Council
Judicial Administrator's Office
1555 Poydras St., Suite 1540
New Orleans, LA 70112-3701
FAX: 504-568-5687
E-Mail: 
All comments should
be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December
10, 2003. Please be advised that any comments which are forwarded
constitute matters of public record and are subject to public
inspection.
After the hearing,
the Committee will consider the public's comments, revise,
if necessary, its draft of guidelines and its application
form, and forward its recommendations to the Judicial Council
for final approval and adoption by ballot vote. The
final guidelines and application form will be available by
e-mail, fax, or mail from the Judicial Council at the following
addresses: E-MAIL: ;
FAX: Attention Judicial Council. 504-568-5687; MAIL: Attention
Judicial Council. Judicial Administrator's Office, 1555 Poydras
St., Suite 1540, New Orleans, LA. 70112. The final guidelines
and application form, as well as other information on the
process, may also be accessed through the Supreme Court's
web site located at www.lasc.org
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