Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:49

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and subject to an annual appropriation for such purposes, the actual salary of the supreme court, courts of appeal, and district court judges shall be increased by four and one-half, four and six-tenths, and four and nine-tenths percent, respectively, each year on July 1, 2008, July 1, 2009, and on July 1, 2010, and further that the state-paid actual salary of city court and parish court judges shall be increased by four and nine-tenths percent each year on July 1, 2008, July 1, 2009, and on July 1, 2010, subject to an annual appropriation for such purposes.

Acts 2007, No. 422, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.

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