§5523. Sheriff's general fund; commissions from tax collections; disbursements from fund

A. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 339, §2, eff. June 30, 1978.

B.(1) The tax collector shall deduct fifteen percent commission which he is to turn over to the sheriff's general fund from the following: all state taxes and licenses, except hunting and fishing licenses, and parish licenses collected by him and actually paid by him to the state and parish treasury or the authority designated by law to receive same.

(2) In addition, the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson shall collect all sales taxes levied by the Jefferson Parish Council and/or the Jefferson Parish School Board, for which collection he shall receive as compensation, eleven percent of the aggregate amount of sales taxes collected by the sheriff and levied by the Jefferson Parish Council, and nine and one-half percent of the aggregate amount of sales taxes collected by the sheriff and levied by the Jefferson Parish School Board.

(3)(a) The sheriff of the parish of St. Bernard shall collect all sales taxes levied in St. Bernard Parish for which collection he shall receive as compensation up to nine percent of the aggregate amount of sales taxes collected by the sheriff and levied by the St. Bernard Parish Police Jury or the St. Bernard Parish School Board, or both.

NOTE: Subparagraph (B)(3)(b) was repealed by Acts 1992, No. 536, §2 upon expiration of certain taxes. See Acts 1992, No. 536, §2.

(b) However, notwithstanding any other provision of this Paragraph to the contrary, any additional sales and use tax imposed by the St. Bernard Parish Police Jury or the St. Bernard Parish School Board subsequent to the effective date of this Subparagraph shall be collected by the sheriff without compensation for the collection of such additional sales and use tax.

C. In the following parishes, the tax collector shall deduct as commissions not more than the following percentages of the aggregate amount of such taxes shown to be collectable by the tax rolls:

(1)

Acadia

15%

(2)

Allen

14 1/2%

(3)

Ascension

19%

(4)

Assumption

19%

(5)

Avoyelles

18%

(6)

Beauregard

13%

(7)

Bienville

14%

(8)

Bossier

9%

(9)

Caddo

7%

(10)

Calcasieu

10 1/2%

(11)

Caldwell

16%

(12)

Cameron

16%

(13)

Catahoula

14%

(14)

Claiborne

12%

(15)

Concordia

16%

(16)

DeSoto

15%

(17)

East Baton Rouge Parish

8 1/4%

(18)

East Carroll

14%

(19)

East Feliciana

22%

(20)

Evangeline

14%

(21)

Franklin

11%

(22)

Grant

15%

(23)

Iberia

14%

(24)

Iberville

20%

(25)

Jackson

14%

(26)

Jefferson

11%

Provided, however, that the commission provided herein shall be 9 1/2% of the aggregate amount of taxes collected by the sheriff and levied by the Jefferson Parish School Board.

(27)

Jefferson Davis

11%

(28)

Lafayette

15%

(29)

Lafourche

13%

(30)

LaSalle

14%

(31)

Lincoln

10%

(32)

Livingston

17%

(33)

Madison

11%

(34)

Morehouse

11%

(35)

Natchitoches

12%

(36)

Ouachita

9 1/2%

(37)

Plaquemines

12%

(38)

Pointe Coupee

15%

(39)

Rapides

10%

(40)

Red River

20%

(41)

Richland

11%

(42)

Sabine

16%

(43)

St. Bernard

12%

(44)

St. Charles

14%

(45)

St. Helena

18%

(46)

St. James

15%

(47)

St. John the Baptist

20%

Provided, however, that after June 30, 1980, the rate shall be 18%.

(48)

St. Landry

13%

(49)

St. Martin

14%

(50)

St. Mary

12%

(51)

St. Tammany

12%

(52)

Tangipahoa

15%

(53)

Tensas

13%

(54)

Terrebonne

11%

(55)

Union

11%

(56)

Vermilion

15%

(57)

Vernon

14%

(58)

Washington

14 1/2%

(59)

Webster

11 1/2%

(60)

West Baton Rouge

16%

(61)

West Carroll

12%

(62)

West Feliciana

20%

(63)

Winn

17%

The three percent increase in the percentage of the commission for the tax collector for Avoyelles Parish shall be dedicated to increasing the salaries of the full time deputies.

In the event House Bill Nos. 1285* or 1505 of this session does not become law the commission of the sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish shall remain at seven and one-half percent.

D.(1) The sheriff and ex officio tax collector shall draw his salary monthly on his own check or warrant and shall monthly issue to employees and deputies, checks or warrants for the amount due them, which shall be drawn against and paid out of the sheriff's general fund. For claims within the allowance above fixed and to be charged to the allowance he shall issue his own checks or warrants which shall be drawn against and paid out of the sheriff's general fund. The special account representing the sheriff's general fund shall show the total receipts of the office of the sheriff and ex officio tax collector in civil and criminal matters and other fees, allowances, charges, and commissions; the disbursement to the sheriff and ex officio tax collector, including the salary and all other expenses of the office; and also including the reimbursement of actual expenses paid out as hereinafter allowed.

(2) In any case where the sheriff can with reasonable certainty estimate what will be the amount of the sheriff's general fund, as herein provided, he may at his discretion anticipate not exceeding seventy-five percent of the same exclusive of interest according to the needs of his office and may negotiate his own warrants against the fund from month to month or may execute notes or other evidences of indebtedness against the sheriff's general fund. In that case, the warrants or the notes or other evidences of indebtedness and the interest thereon shall be paid from the sheriff's general fund as the money accrues therein, and the general fund is pledged for the payment of such warrants or notes or other evidences of indebtedness executed under the authority of this Subsection.

E. Repealed by Acts 1976, No. 689, §3.

Amended by Acts 1950, No. 110, §1; Acts 1952, No. 217, §1; Acts 1954, No. 151, §1; Acts 1956, No. 343, §1; Acts 1958, No. 446, §1; Acts 1960, No. 241, §1; Acts 1961, No. 42, §1; Acts 1963, No. 50, §1; Acts 1964, No. 510; Acts 1964, Ex.Sess., No. 12, §1; Acts 1965, No. 68; Acts 1966, No. 220; Acts 1966, No. 268, §1; Acts 1967, No. 65, §1; Acts 1967, No. 70; Acts 1968, No. 444, §1; Acts 1969, No. 99, §1; Acts 1969, No. 100, §1; Acts 1969, No. 102, §1; Acts 1969, No. 107, §1; Acts 1969, No. 129, §1; Acts 1970, No. 66, §1; Acts 1970, No. 70, §1; Acts 1970, No. 88, §1; Acts 1971, No. 122, §1; Acts 1971, No. 129, §1; Acts 1972, No. 44, §1; Acts 1972, No. 56, §1; Acts 1972, No. 75, §1; Acts 1972, No. 77, §1; Acts 1972, No. 283, §1; Acts 1972, No. 286; Acts 1972, No. 290; Acts 1972, No. 308, §1; Acts 1972, No. 313, §1; Acts 1972, No. 356, §1; Acts 1972, No. 357, §1; Acts 1972, No. 575, §1; Acts 1972, No. 587, §1; Acts 1972, No. 593, §1; Acts 1972, No. 618; Acts 1973, No. 192; Acts 1974, No. 319, §1; Acts 1974, No. 392, §1; Acts 1975, No. 173, §1; Acts 1976, No. 186, §1; Acts 1976, No. 421, §1; Acts 1976, No. 452, §1; Acts 1976, No. 566, §1; Acts 1976, No. 570, §1; Acts 1976, No. 602, §1; Acts 1976, No. 689, §2, 3; Acts 1977, No. 591, §1; Acts 1984, No. 261, §1, eff. June 30, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 881, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1985; Acts 1986, No. 1066, §1; Acts 1992, No. 536, §§1 and 2; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 164, §1, eff. Sept. 21, 1998; Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. June 26, 2000; Redesignated from R.S. 33:1423 pursuant to Acts 2011, No. 248, §3.

{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1992, NO. 536, §2.}}

NOTE: SEE ACTS 1998, 1ST EX. SESS., NO 164, §4, RE: EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF ACT. LETTER DATED SEPT. 21, 1998, WAS SENT TO DEPT. OF WILDLIFE & FISHERIES FROM COMMISSIONER OF ADMINISTRATION STATING THAT FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED FROM THE LA. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FUND TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.

*Acts 1976, No. 689.