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Dear Judge Sens:

In Augustus, et al. v. Roemer, et al.,771 F.Supp. 1458 (E.D.La. 1991), a federal district court judge struck down as unconstitutional La.R.S. 13:1384 which had provided for the assessment of a fee on all bail bonds posted in criminal proceedings. This statute only concerned such fees imposed in certain district courts and did not apply to municipal courts. There is, however, a similar bail bond fee assessed for criminal proceedings in municipal courts under a different statutory provision — La.R.S. 13:2500.3. You ask this office for its opinion on the issue of whether the…