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Dear Judge Delery:

Your request for an Attorney General's Opinion was forwarded to me for research and reply. In particular you asked the following:

Are the provisions of RS. 11:3690 that pay money collected as fines by the courts of Orleans Parish directly to the pension fund of the Harbor Police constitutional?

R.S. 11:3690 states, "All fines collected by any court, official or agency from violators of Ordinances of the City of New Orleans applicable to the wharves, landings and river front of the city or ordinances of the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, as provided for in…