Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:254.2 – Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:254.2
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case in Lafayette Parish before the Fifteenth Judicial District Court on a date or at a time when such officer is off duty shall be paid the sum of fifteen dollars per day by the clerk of court of Lafayette Parish. The clerk of court of Lafayette Parish shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the law enforcement officer’s employer within thirty days after the officer qualifies for the fee. The employer shall be responsible for calculating and withholding all requisite deductions for taxes and for transferring or remitting all sums of employee withholdings to the appropriate taxing authorities, on behalf of the law enforcement officer and, within thirty days after receipt of the funds, for making payment of the appropriate net amount to the law enforcement officer. Said sum shall be in addition to any other compensation the aforesaid law enforcement officer is eligible to receive. Provided that as a condition precedent to receipt of the compensation provided in this Section, the aforesaid law enforcement officer and his superior shall be required to certify to the clerk of court issuing the subpoena that the officer was summoned to testify on a day while he was off duty and did in fact appear in court as commanded in the subpoena. Said sum shall not be taxed as court costs.
Added by Acts 1979, No. 293, §1; Acts 2005, No. 96, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.