La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.13
Supervised release of parish prisoners; rules of conduct; revocation
Status: in_force

A. When a prisoner who has been sentenced to a parish prison is released pursuant to this Part, he may be released as if on parole.

B. A prisoner released in accordance with Subsection A herein shall be supervised by the sheriff, the keeper of the parish prison if not the sheriff, or, in Orleans Parish, the criminal sheriff of Orleans Parish. Such supervision shall be for the remainder of the original full term of the prisoner's sentence and shall be performed in the same manner and to the same extent as supervision of a prisoner committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who is released on parole.

C. The supervisor may make rules for the conduct of a prisoner while he is on release and may also require, either at the time of release or at any time while on release, that the prisoner conform to the following conditions:

(1) Residence in a community rehabilitation or work release center.

(2) Restitution to a victim of the crime for which release is being sought, if such victim has suffered a direct pecuniary loss as a result of the crime.

(3) Community service work, as determined by the supervisor.

(4) Payment into a victim compensation or service fund.

(5) Obtaining gainful employment.

(6) Continuing education or vocational training.

(7) Participation in a substance abuse treatment facility program or other counselling program.

(8) Defraying the cost, or any portion thereof, of his supervision by making payments to the supervisor in a sum and manner to be determined by the supervisor, based on his ability to pay.

(9) Any other condition which may be applied under R.S. 15:574.4(H) to a prisoner committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who is released on parole.

D. A prisoner released in accordance with this Section shall be subject to having the release revoked for violation of the release conditions. The supervisor shall establish rules and regulations governing the revocation of release.

E. Upon revocation of release, the prisoner shall be recommitted to the parish prison in order to serve the full term of his sentence.

Acts 1985, No. 712, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:555 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 555
Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission; creation; membership; meetings
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission is hereby created within the Department of Justice, office of the attorney general. The commission shall consist of the following members:

(1) The executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association or his designee.

(2) The executive director of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault or his designee.

(3) The executive director of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association or his designee.

(4) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police or his designee.

(5) The executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice or his designee.

(6) The president of the Louisiana State Coroner's Association or his designee.

(7) The director of the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory or his designee.

(8) The president of the Louisiana Hospital Association or his designee.

(9) The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health or his designee.

(10) The attorney general or his designee.

(11) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives or the member's designee.

(12) A member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate or the member's designee.

(13) The governor or his designee.

(14) The chief sexual assault forensic nurse examiner from each of the two Level I trauma centers in Louisiana, University Medical Center – New Orleans and University Health Shreveport, as designated by the chief executive officer of each of the two hospitals.

(15) The director of the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory or his designee.

(16) A person designated by the executive director of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault to represent the rights of sexual assault victims.

(17) The president of Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response or her designee.

B. Members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and without compensation. Travel expenses, per diem, and other expenses may be paid by the member's employer or appointing authority.

C. The attorney general or his designee shall serve as chairman and his duties shall be established by the commission. The office of the attorney general shall provide staff and administrative services needed by the commission to carry out the duties set forth in R.S. 15:556.

D. The commission shall fix a time and place for its meetings and shall meet at least once every four months. Additional meetings may be held upon the call of the chairman.

E. A majority of the total commission membership shall constitute a quorum and any official action by the commission shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of the quorum present and voting.

Acts 2011, No. 318, §1, eff. June 28, 2011; Acts 2016, No. 90, §1, eff. July 1, 2016; Acts 2018, No. 354, §1; Acts 2021, No. 188, §1, eff. June 11, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:152 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 152
State public defender; qualifications; powers and duties; salary
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a state public defender who shall be appointed by the governor and meet the following qualifications:

(1) Meet the qualifications provided for in R.S. 15:150(B).

(2) Be an attorney licensed to practice law in Louisiana with at least twenty years of experience with at least seven years of experience as a criminal defense attorney.

B. The state public defender shall:

(1) Establish and maintain, in a cost-effective manner, the delivery of legal services to persons entitled to, and financially eligible for, appointed counsel in criminal proceedings at state expense under Louisiana law, the Constitution of Louisiana, and the United States Constitution and consistent with the standards of national justice and those established by the Louisiana Supreme Court.

(2) Develop, present for the board's approval, and implement a strategic plan, standards, and guidelines for the delivery of public defender services.

(3) Implement and ensure compliance with contracts, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines adopted pursuant to rule or required by statute.

(4) Prepare the budget of the office.

(5) Negotiate contracts, as appropriate, for providing legal services to persons financially eligible for appointed counsel at state expense. The provisions of this Paragraph are subject to the intent of the Louisiana Public Defender Act that district public defender programs shall continue operating within the method of delivery of services in effect prior to April 30, 2007.

(6) Employ personnel or contract for services as necessary to carry out the responsibilities of this Part. The provisions of this Paragraph are subject to the intent of the Louisiana Public Defender Act that district public defender programs shall continue operating within the method of delivery of services in effect prior to April 30, 2007.

(7) Supervise the personnel, operation, and activities of the office.

(8) Prepare and submit to the board an annual report of the indigent defender services provided by the districts.

(9) Appear before the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and report on the activities of the office.

(10) Actively seek gifts, grants, and donations that may be available through the federal government or other sources to help fund the system, provided that such gifts, grants, and donations are not otherwise prohibited by law or rule.

(11) Assist the board in the adoption of rules as provided for in R.S. 15:148 and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(12) Provide services, facilities, and materials necessary for the performance of the duties, functions, and powers of the office.

(13) Establish the policies and procedures for the statewide delivery of indigent defender services in accordance with rules adopted by the office and as required by statute.

(14) Establish administrative management procedures for the office, where applicable.

(15) Review, monitor, and assess the performance of all attorneys, consortia of attorneys, or independent public defender organizations qualified with the United States Internal Revenue Service for an exemption from federal income tax under Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to provide counsel for indigent defendants.

C. The state public defender shall receive annual compensation equal in amount to an associate justice of the supreme court of this state.

Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2008, No. 2, §1, eff. May 24, 2008; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 528, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.

NOTE: Judicial compensation, including the salary of a judge of a court of appeal in this state, is subject to the provisions of R.S. 13:10.3 and Chapter 1-B of Part IV of Title 13.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:175 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 175
Proceedings to determine indigency
Status: in_force

A.(1)(a) A preliminary inquiry and determination of indigency of any accused person shall be made by the court not later than arraignment and such determination may be reviewed by the court at any other stage of the proceedings.

(b) A person will be deemed "indigent" who is unable, without substantial financial hardship to himself or to his dependents, to obtain competent, qualified legal representation on his own. "Substantial financial hardship" is presumptively determined to include all defendants who receive public assistance, such as Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, Disability Insurance, resides in public housing, or earns less than two hundred percent of the Federal Poverty Guideline. A defendant is presumed to have a substantial financial hardship if he or she is currently serving a sentence in a correctional institution or is housed in a mental health facility.

(c) Defendants not falling below the presumptive threshold will be subjected to a more rigorous screening process to determine if their particular circumstances, including seriousness of the charges being faced, monthly expenses, local private counsel rates, would result in a "substantial hardship" were they to seek to retain private counsel.

(d) If the court makes the preliminary determination that the accused is or may be indigent, the court shall require the accused to make application to the office of the district public defender or an attorney appointed or under contract to provide indigent defender services, who shall inquire further into the accused's economic status and, upon determining that the accused is indigent, shall file a certification thereof, in such form as the court may require and without paying costs in advance, in the record of the proceeding or enroll as counsel.

(e) The accused shall be responsible for applying for indigent defense counsel and for establishing his indigency and entitlement to appointment of counsel. Any oral or written statements made by the accused in or for use in the criminal proceeding and material to the issue of his indigency shall be made under oath or an equivalent affirmation.

(f) An accused person or, if applicable, a parent or legal guardian of an accused minor or an accused adult person who is claimed as a dependent on the federal income tax submission of his parent or legal guardian, who makes application to the office of the district public defender certifying that he is financially unable to employ counsel and requesting representation by indigent defense counsel or conflict counsel, shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of forty dollars to the office of the district public defender or its designee, which fee shall be in addition to all other fees or costs lawfully imposed. If the office or other appropriate official determines that the person does not have the financial resources to pay the application fee based upon the financial information submitted, the fee may be waived or reduced. An accused who is found to be indigent may not be refused counsel for failure to pay the application fee.

(g) The proceeds shall be deposited to the judicial district indigent defender fund in the judicial district in which the application was made.

(h) The funds collected pursuant to this Section and all interest or other income earned from the investment of such funds shall be used and administered by each district public defender.

(i) The district public defender shall maintain a record of all persons applying for representation and the disposition of the application and shall provide this information to the office on a monthly basis as well as reporting the amount of funds collected or waived.

(2) The district public defender or his assistants or an attorney providing indigent defender services pursuant to a contract with the office shall be allowed to summon witnesses to testify before the court concerning the financial ability of any accused person to employ counsel for his defense.

(3) Failure of the judge to comply with provisions of this Section shall result in deduction of reasonable criminal defense costs from the Judicial Expense Fund.

B.(1) In determining whether or not a person is indigent and entitled to the appointment of counsel, the court shall consider whether the person is a needy person and the extent of his ability to pay. The court may consider such factors as income or funds from employment or any other source, including public assistance, to which the accused is entitled, property owned by the accused or in which he has an economic interest, outstanding obligations, the number and ages of dependents, employment and job training history, and level of education.

(2) Release on bail alone shall not disqualify a person for appointment of counsel. In each case, the person subject to the penalty of perjury shall certify in writing such material factors relating to his ability to pay as the court prescribes.

C. Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent a criminal defendant from obtaining representation through the office at no charge.

D. The judicial administrator for the Louisiana Supreme Court shall develop a form to be used by the court in determining indigency. The form, at a minimum, shall include the following determinations by the court:

(1) Whether the defendant receives any form of public assistance.

(2) The occupational status of the defendant and income, if any.

(3) Whether the payment of legal fees would deprive the defendant or his dependents of necessities of life including clothing, shelter, or food.

(4) Whether the defendant is eligible for indigent defender services based upon the defendant's income and assets.

Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2016, No. 224, §1; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 528, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1204.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1204.5
Penalties
Status: in_force

The commission may impose reasonable administrative sanctions as it deems appropriate against those agencies who fail to comply with the reporting requirements of the Uniform Crime Reporting System. These sanctions include the preclusion of a subject agency's participation in any of the grant programs operated by the commission.

Acts 1991, No. 509, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1176 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1176
Records, confidentiality
Status: in_force

Before any cause of action may be heard in any state or federal court, administrative remedies must be exhausted under the procedure authorized by this Part. Therefore, in addition to any other provisions of law providing for the confidentiality of records of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, including any records maintained by a contractor of a private prison facility, or a sheriff, all reports, investigations, and like supporting documents prepared by the department, a contractor, or a sheriff for purposes of responding to the offender's request for an administrative remedy shall be deemed to be prepared in anticipation of litigation and are confidential and not subject to discovery by the offender in any civil action which may follow his request for an administrative remedy. All formal written responses to the offender's request shall be furnished to the offender as a matter of course, as required by the procedure.

Acts 1985, No. 672, §1; Acts 1988, No. 212, §1; Acts 1993, No. 871, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1092.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1092.1
Other laws applicable
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 15:1083, 1084, and 1086 shall apply to this Part.

Acts 1988, No. 609, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:617 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 617
Disclosure prohibited
Status: in_force

A. Any person, by virtue of employment or official position, or any person contracting to carry out any functions under this Chapter, including any officer, employee, or agent of such contractor, who has possession of or access to individually identifiable DNA information contained in the state DNA data base or in the state DNA data bank shall not disclose it in any manner to any person or agency not authorized to receive it knowing that such person or agency is not authorized to receive it.

B. No person shall obtain individually identifiable DNA information from the state DNA data base or the state DNA data bank without authorization to do so.

Acts 1997, No. 737, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; H.C.R. No. 40, 1999 R.S., eff. June 21, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:587.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 587.6
Division of administration, office of technology services; access to criminal history information or state-issued REAL ID Information
Status: in_force

A.(1) Pursuant to R.S. 39:15.1.2, current or prospective employees, contractors, or subcontractors of the division of administration, office of technology services, who have access to criminal history record information or state-issued REAL ID information shall submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. Fingerprints and other identifying information from the current or prospective employee, contractor, or subcontractor shall be submitted to the bureau by the employee, contractor, or subcontractor.

(2) When a criminal history records check is requested pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the bureau shall provide the office of technology services with the state criminal history record information of the current or prospective employee, contractor, or subcontractor. In addition, when the office of technology services requests national criminal history records checks, the bureau shall forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check and shall provide the office of technology services with the national criminal history record information of the current or prospective employee, contractor, or subcontractor.

(3) A local criminal history records check shall also be requested by the office of technology services for a current or prospective employee, contractor, or subcontractor. The request shall be sent to any jurisdiction where the current or prospective employee, contractor, or subcontractor has lived, worked, or attended school within the last five years.

B.(1) Fingerprinting and national, state, and local criminal history records checks are to be used by the office of technology services to determine the suitability of the current or prospective employee, contractor, or subcontractor to access criminal history record information or state-issued REAL ID information.

(2) Prospective employees shall be subject to fingerprinting and national, state, and local criminal history records checks only after a conditional offer of employment has been made.

(3) Current employees, contractors, and subcontractors with access to criminal history record information or state-issued REAL ID information shall be subject to fingerprinting and national, state, and local criminal history records checks at a minimum of every ten years.

C. The costs of providing the information required under this Section shall be charged by the bureau, as specified in R.S. 15:587(B), to the office of technology services for furnishing information contained in the bureau's criminal history and identification files, including any additional costs of providing the national criminal history records check, which pertains to the current or prospective employee, contractor, or subcontractor.

Acts 2017, No. 147, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1095 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1095
Tangipahoa Parish Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The Tangipahoa Parish Juvenile Justice District is hereby established as a political subdivision of the state, with a territorial jurisdiction throughout the parish.

Acts 1986, No. 733, §1; eff. July 8, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1107.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1107.3
Board of commissioners; officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners shall elect a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties in addition to those provided by this Subpart shall be established by the board. If the board so decides, one commissioner may serve as both secretary and treasurer, but in any event the treasurer shall furnish bond in an amount determined by the board.

B. The board shall fix a time and place for the holding of its regular meetings and shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar month. Additional regular or special meetings may be held upon the call of the president or of three of the commissioners. All meetings of the board shall be held at the domicile of the board and shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq.

C. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum shall be required to transact business and all actions and resolutions of the board shall be approved by a majority of the members present.

Acts 1999, No. 333, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:646 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 646
Failure to register; penalties
Status: in_force

A person who fails to register as required by this Chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.

Acts 2005, No. 163, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:428 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 428
Dishonored checks and drafts prima facie evidence of insufficient funds in bank
Status: in_force

Whenever any check or draft shall have been drawn on any bank, whether such bank be in or out of this state, and payment shall have been refused, such check or draft with its endorsements shall be prima facie evidence, that at the time of the presentation of said check or draft, the drawer did not have the money in said bank with which to pay said check or draft.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1109.24 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1109.24
Board of commissioners; officers; meetings
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners shall elect a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, whose duties in addition to those provided by this Subpart shall be established by the board. If the board so decides, one commissioner may serve as both secretary and treasurer, but in any event the treasurer shall furnish bond in an amount and in accordance with terms and conditions fixed by the board. The board may also elect an executive committee, composed of not more than five members, and establish its duties and responsibilities.

B. The board shall fix a time and place for the holding of its regular meetings. Additional regular or special meetings may be held upon the call of the president or of three of the commissioners. All meetings of the board shall be held at the domicile of the board and shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 42:11 et seq. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting in each calendar month; however, the board may meet less frequently but not less than once each calendar quarter if it establishes an executive committee and requires it to hold regular meetings at least once in each calendar month.

C. A majority of the current members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum shall be required to transact business, and all actions and resolutions of the board shall be approved by a majority of the quorum present.

Acts 2024, No. 767, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1096.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1096.4
Board; general authority
Status: in_force

A.(1) The board may purchase or otherwise acquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, repair, operate, lease as lessor or lessee, manage, and administer or enter into contracts for the management, administration, and operation of a juvenile detention facility or facilities, shelter care facility or facilities, or such other juvenile justice facilities as are useful, necessary, expedient, or convenient to carry out the plans and purposes of the commission and for the orderly conduct of its business. Such facilities may include but are not limited to office facilities, parking facilities, diagnostic facilities, dormitories, residential units, administration and social services buildings, cafeteria buildings, gymnasium and recreation buildings, education buildings, and other residential facilities for delinquent, neglected, or abused children or children in need of care or supervision, as well as for employees, patrons, visitors, and relatives of children who may enter the juvenile justice system or who are in need of care or supervision. In addition, the commission may lease, purchase, or acquire by donation or otherwise, any property, immovable or movable, tangible or intangible, from any person, firm, or corporation, including the state and its agencies and political subdivisions.

(2) In connection with the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, or repair of any facility and the equipping thereof, the board shall comply, or cause to be complied, with the applicable provisions of R.S. 38:2211 et seq., the Public Bid Law; however, the lease or lease-purchase contract need not additionally be advertised and bid by the board, and to that extent the board shall be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 10 of Title 41 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(3) The purchase, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, or repair of a facility and the equipping thereof by the lessor shall be subject to only those state and local sales and use taxes which the board would have been subject to if such purchase, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, repair, or equipping had been contracted for directly by the board. If the board is subject to sales and use taxes upon a direct contract for such purchase, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, repair, or equipping by the board, the lessor shall be so subject; however, in such cases the board shall not additionally be subject to a sales and use tax on the lease payments to the lessor under a lease or lease-purchase contract.

(4) The obligation to make payments under a lease-purchase contract and the obligation to pay other charges incident to any such contract shall not constitute or give rise to an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or home rule charter debt limitation. If the payments received from a lease or lease-purchase contract are security for any notes, certificates, bonds, or other similar instruments, the portion of such payments representing interest shall be exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof.

B. The board may:

(1) Enter into a lease or lease-purchase contract with any person, public or private, for the acquisition of a facility with a lease term not to exceed thirty years upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem proper; however, such contract shall contain the following annual appropriation dependency clause:

"The continuation of this contract is contingent upon the continuation of an appropriation of funds by the board to fulfill the requirements of the contract. If the board fails to appropriate sufficient monies to provide for the continuation of the contract or if such appropriation is reduced by any means provided in the appropriations resolution to prevent the total appropriations for the year from exceeding revenues for that last year or for any other lawful purpose and the effect of such reduction is to provide insufficient monies for the continuation of the contract, the contract shall terminate on the date of the beginning of the first fiscal year for which funds are not appropriated."

(2) Enter into a participation agreement with the parishes of Iberville, Pointe Coupee, and West Baton Rouge, and, subject to the approval of said parishes, with any other parish or other entity subleasing a portion of the facility, provided that no such sublease shall relieve the sublessor of obligations under its lease, and providing for the care and maintenance of juveniles from that parish at the facility.

(3) Generally do all things lawfully to provide temporary custodial care, supervision, and education of juveniles.

(4) Authorize and approve, upon such terms as it may deem advisable, contracts of employment for a superintendent or administrator and other necessary personnel and contracts for legal, financial, engineering, and other professional services necessary or expedient for the conduct of its affairs.

(5) Adopt rules and regulations for the operations and maintenance of the facility.

(6) Accept available federal, state, or other public funds or private funds allocated for the purpose of establishing, improving, operating, or maintaining the facility.

(7) Perform any function and exercise any power necessary, requisite, or proper for the administration and management of its affairs pursuant to this Subpart.

(8) Cooperate with juvenile courts and other courts and public agencies of the parishes within the district and other participating parishes.

(9) Create pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, entities that are necessary or desirable in order to effect the issuance of notes, bonds, or certificates which will be secured by lease, lease-purchase contract, or participation agreement payments authorized by this Subpart.

Acts 1986, No. 929, §1, eff. July 10, 1986; Acts 1992, No. 1071, §1, eff. July 14, 1992.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:244 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 244
Military pretrial diversion program
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any existing pretrial diversion program, the district attorney for each judicial district, alone or in conjunction with the district attorney of an adjacent judicial district, may create and administer a special pretrial diversion program for defendants who meet the following requirements:

(1) The individual is a veteran as defined in R.S. 13:5364.

(2) The defendant has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder as a result of military service and provides documentation of the diagnosis to the court.

B. At the discretion of the district attorney, after costs associated with the administration of the program are paid, a portion of all remaining monies collected pursuant to this Section may be distributed to entities within the judicial district, or within the judicial districts participating in the program, that provide rehabilitative services and treatment to veterans who have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.

Acts 2018, No. 251, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 745
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part shall be known as the "Offender Reentry Support Act".

Acts 2014, No. 342, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.61
Short title
Status: in_force

This Subpart may be referred to and may be cited as the "Substance Abuse Conditional Release Act".

Acts 2013, No. 389, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:149 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 149
Authority of supreme court not affected
Status: in_force

Nothing in the provisions of this Part shall be construed to limit or supersede the inherent regulatory authority of the Louisiana Supreme Court provided for in Article V, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana regarding the regulation of the practice of law in the state of Louisiana.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 653, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1206 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1206
Composition of State Law Enforcement Planning Agency
Status: in_force

A. The governor shall appoint an executive director of the planning agency who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and who shall be the chief executive officer of the commission staff. He shall take all necessary action and devote his full time to assisting the commission in performing its duties and fulfilling its responsibilities, including staff recruitment, training and direction. The executive director shall be the appointing authority for commission staff and shall exercise administrative supervision over the district program directors, who shall be responsible to him for the accomplishment of all tasks assigned to the law enforcement planning district agencies by the State Law Enforcement Planning Agency, including the preparation of district plans and the preparation of projects in the respective law enforcement planning districts. The executive director shall have final authority on matters pertaining to the employment, termination of employment, and wages paid to professional staff members of the law enforcement planning district agencies, with the exception of such district staff as shall be covered by state or local civil service. The executive director shall fill vacancies which occur among professional staff of law enforcement planning districts from a list of at least three (3) names recommended by the local advisory council. Additionally, the executive director shall have the authority to award state agency grants in the amount of $10,000 or less with approval by the governor. Such grant awards must be consistent and compatible with the state plan.

B. The staff of the commission shall consist of necessary professional, administrative, and clerical personnel to accomplish required planning and plan implementation for each of the major law enforcement components, administration of the state subgrant program to local units of government, and for all other planning agency responsibilities. Staff members of the SLEPA shall be subject to the supervision of the executive director and shall perform duties directed by him.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 592, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1228.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1228.1
Purposes
Status: in_force

The purpose of the policy board is to assist the agencies involved in the operations of the individual systems by facilitating the development of the Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (ICJIS), providing for common standards which ensure communications among systems, and providing a common forum for the discussion of issues effecting the agencies involved. The duties and powers of the policy board shall include and be limited to the following functions pertaining solely to the development, maintenance, and operation of the ICJIS:

(1) The coordination of the design, development, maintenance, and use of an ICJIS serving the criminal justice agencies in Louisiana.

(2) The development and maintenance of a strategic plan for the design, development, maintenance and operation of the overall ICJIS.

(3) The development and maintenance of a criminal justice data dictionary for use by all criminal justice agencies in their activities relative to the ICJIS so as to facilitate communication among agencies on the system.

(4) The development and maintenance of communication hardware and software standards to be used by all criminal justice agencies desiring to participate in the ICJIS.

(5) The development of policy coordinating the development, maintenance, and utilization of the ICJIS and the state level criminal justice information systems in their capacity as components of the ICJIS.

(6) The coordination of developmental plans prepared by specific agencies charged with the responsibility of operating state level criminal justice information systems only in their capacity as components of the ICJIS so as to ensure that individual development plans are in accord with the overall system development effort.

(7) The promulgation of rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

(8) The review and approval of all fees and costs to be collected by state level criminal justice information systems from other state and local criminal justice agencies in Louisiana for the use of the ICJIS or the information and data provided therefrom.

(9) The review of local level criminal justice information system plans as may be submitted to it by the responsible local authorities to ensure compatibility with the ICJIS.

(10) The review of the operation and development of the ICJIS and the reporting to the governor, the supreme court, and the Louisiana Legislature on the status and needs of the system by April first of each year.

Acts 1999, No. 864, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:570 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 570
Execution; officials and witnesses; minors excluded; time of execution; notice to victim's relatives
Status: in_force

A. Every execution of the death sentence shall take place in the presence of:

(1) The warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, or a competent person selected by him.

(2) The coroner of the parish of West Feliciana, or his deputy.

(3) A physician summoned by the warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

(4) A competent person selected by the warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary to carry out the authorized execution method.

(5) A spiritual advisor, if the convict so requests it.

(6) Other witnesses as determined by the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

B. No person under the age of eighteen years shall be allowed within the execution room during the time of execution.

C. Any person requested to be present at an execution pursuant to the provisions of this Section, whether or not the person is employed by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, shall not be required to attend an execution. Refusal to attend an execution shall not be used in any disciplinary action or negative job performance citation against any person who refuses to attend or does not attend an execution.

D. Every sentence of death imposed in this state shall be executed between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m upon the date set for the execution by the court of original jurisdiction.

E.(1) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall, at least ten days prior to the execution, either give written notice or verbal notice, followed by written notice placed in the United States mail within five days thereafter, of the date and time of execution to the victim's parents, or guardian, spouse, and any adult children who have indicated to the secretary that they desire such notice by registering with the Louisiana Victim Outreach of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The secretary, in such notice, shall give the named parties the option of attending the execution.

(2) The victim's parents or guardian, spouse, and any adult children who desire to attend the execution shall, within three days of their receipt of the secretary's notification, notify, either verbally or in writing, the secretary's office of their intention to attend. The number of victim relationship witnesses may be limited to two. If more than two of the aforementioned parties desire to attend the execution, then the secretary is authorized to select, from the interested parties, the two victim relationship witnesses who will be authorized to attend. In the case of multiple victim's families, the secretary shall determine the number of witnesses, subject to the availability of appropriate physical space.

(3) In no event shall failure to give notice to the victim's parents, or guardian, spouse, or any adult children have any effect as to execution of sentence.

F. Only the identities of those persons named in Paragraphs (A)(1), (2), (5), and (6) of this Section shall be made public.

G. It is the intent of the legislature that the provisions of this Subsection shall be construed to ensure the absolute confidentiality of the identifying information of any person, business, organization, or other entity directly or indirectly involved in the execution of a death sentence within this state. This confidentiality provision shall prevail over any conflicting provision in state law related to public disclosure.

(1) Except as provided in Subsection F of this Section, the identity of any person who participates in or performs ancillary functions in the execution process, including a person or business that delivers, dispenses, distributes, supplies, manufactures, or compounds the drugs, equivalent drug products, pharmacy-generated drugs, device drugs, medical supplies, medical equipment, or other supplies or materials intended for use by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in the administration of an execution shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed.

(2) Except as provided in Subsection F of this Section, information or records that identify or could reasonably lead to the identification of any person who participates in or performs ancillary functions in the execution process shall not be admissible as evidence nor discoverable in any proceeding before any court, tribunal, board, agency, legislative committee, or person. This shall include the information or records of any person or business that delivers, dispenses, distributes, supplies, manufactures, or compounds the drugs, equivalent drug products, pharmacy-generated drugs, device drugs, medical supplies, medical equipment, or other supplies or materials intended for use by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections in the administration of an execution.

H.(1) Except as provided in R.S. 15:569(E), no person, including an employee of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, shall disclose the identity or any information leading to the identification of persons, businesses, organizations, or other entities specified in Subsection G of this Section.

(2) Any person and his immediate family or an entity whose identity is disclosed in violation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall have a civil cause of action against the person who disclosed the information and may recover actual damages and, upon a showing of a willful violation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, may recover punitive damages.

(3) If any provision or item of this Subsection, or the application thereof, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of the Subsection which can be given effect without the invalid provision, item, or application, and to this end the provisions of this Subsection are hereby declared severable.

I. If a person, business, organization, or entity who participates in or performs ancillary functions in an execution is licensed by a board, the licensing board shall not suspend or revoke the license of such person, business, organization, or entity, or take any disciplinary or other adverse action against the person, business, organization, or entity as a result of participation in the execution.

J. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall make counseling services available for any person identified in Subsections A and E of this Section who is involved in the execution of a death sentence in this state.

Acts 1956, Ex. Sess., No. 18, §1; Acts 1972, No. 768, §6; Acts 1990, No. 717, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1260, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1149, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1; Acts 2003, No. 283, §1; Acts 2006, No. 31, §1; Acts 2010, No. 343, §1; Acts 2012, No. 172, §1; Acts 2014, No. 112, §1; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 5, §1, eff. July 1, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 576, §1; Acts 2025, No. 193, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:326 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 326
Administration of presentence investigation assessment tool and evaluation report
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Chapter, after January 1, 2015, all criminal divisions within the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court may use a single presentence investigation validated risk and needs assessment tool prior to sentencing an adult offender eligible for assessment. The presentence investigation assessment program shall be administered by the judges of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court. The court shall adopt rules to provide relative to the eligibility and administration of the presentence investigation assessments, storing and making available assessment results, and compiling statistics gathered from the assessments.

B. Eligibility for presentence investigation assessment shall be limited to an adult felony defendant who is otherwise eligible for probation or reentry after adjudication of guilt, and who has executed a valid counseled waiver authorizing the assessment. For purposes of this Section, "adjudication of guilt" is defined as any finding of guilt, plea of guilty, or adjudication under Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893. A "valid counseled waiver" shall consist of a document signed by the defendant after consultation with counsel expressing the defendant's complete and irrevocable written acknowledgment of the purpose of the assessment and waiver of confidentiality over the global risk scores contained in the presentence investigation validated risk and needs assessment tool.

C. The presentence investigation assessment tool shall be administered after adjudication and prior to sentencing, and by trained and certified personnel within the court's misdemeanor probation office. However, upon the court's own motion or by motion of defense counsel, for good cause shown, the court may order the administration of a subsequent assessment for a defendant who was previously assessed. An evaluation report shall be prepared based upon the findings of the presentence investigation assessment tool.

D. Prior to the imposition of sentence, the presentence investigation assessment results, including the evaluation report, shall be made available to counsel for the defendant and the district attorney. The defendant and the district attorney shall have the opportunity to challenge the presentence investigation assessment prior to imposition of sentence, and upon good cause shown to the court, may review the other reports and data associated with the presentence assessment investigation. The presentence investigation assessment results, including the evaluation report, shall otherwise remain confidential and kept as part of the record under court seal.

E. The district court shall develop policies and protocols no later than January 1, 2015, regarding the administration and use of the presentence investigation assessment tool, assessment results, and evaluation reports pursuant to this Chapter. These policies shall include confidentiality periods, maintaining the integrity of the presentence investigation assessment tool, training, and data collection and sharing among affected entities. The Twenty-Second Judicial District Court is authorized to provide funding for any expenses related to the administration and use of the presentence investigation assessment tool and evaluation reports.

Acts 2013, No. 347, §1; Acts 2014, No. 296, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:895 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 895
Geriatric correctional facilities; establishment as a pilot project; report
Status: in_force

A. In order to find ways to limit potentially high costs, to reduce the pressure on available high level security prison facilities, and to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the correctional process relative to older prisoners, the state, through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, shall undertake a planning process for the proper management of an increasingly older prison population.

B. At a minimum, the planning process required in this Section, shall include:

(1) A review of the status of the existing long-term adult prison population with regard to:

(a) Age.

(b) Health.

(c) Projected health care needs.

(d) Level of risk for violence or escape.

(2) A review of the mechanisms used to manage the incarceration of and health care needs of the geriatric long-term prisoner.

(3) A review of the alternatives to maintaining geriatric long-term prisoners in traditional prison settings.

(4) The conduct of a pilot project using an alternative prison setting, which pilot shall include the use of any state-owned facility available to house geriatric prisoners who present a low risk of violence or escape with a concomitant reduction in the level of security and an increase in the level of preventive health care.

(5) A summary and comparison of the anticipatable costs, short and long-term, of continuing traditional prison maintenance of the long-term geriatric prisoner versus the alternate presented by the pilot project required in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.

(6) Report of the information generated as required in this Subsection to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget along with the department's recommendations regarding action. The first report required by this Paragraph shall be submitted no later than one year after the establishment of the pilot project. Revisions or further reporting may occur thereafter as the department deems necessary.

Acts 1990, No. 407, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:804 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 804
Board of governors
Status: in_force

A. The board of governors shall be composed of each sheriff and one member of each of the governing authorities appointed by the governing authority of each parish within the multiparish prison area.

B. The president of the board of governors shall be the sheriff of the parish in which the prison is domiciled. The president of the board of governors shall be the administrator of the multiparish prison. The appointed member of the governing authority of the parish where the multiparish prison is domiciled shall be the secretary of the board and the parish treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer.

C. Repealed by Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §2.

D. The members of the board of governors other than the sheriffs shall be paid the same mileage and per diem in going to or returning from any regular or special meeting as is now paid to the members of the governing authorities of the parishes within the multiparish prison area, but they shall not receive pay for more than twelve meetings during any one year.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 521, §1; Acts 1970, No. 461, §1; Acts 1972, No. 631, §1; Acts 1980, No. 233, §1; Acts 1991, No. 122, §1; Acts 2001, No. 724, §1, eff. June 25, 2001; Acts 2011, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 18, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:305 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 305
Probation in neglect of family cases
Status: in_force

A.(1) Whenever a person has pleaded guilty or been found guilty of the misdemeanor of criminal neglect of family or has been found in contempt of court for failing to pay support as ordered under the provisions of Children's Code Article 1353, the judge may suspend the execution or imposition of sentence and release the offender on unsupervised probation or probation under the supervision of the Department of Children and Family Services. The judge may suspend the sentence and place the defendant on probation although he has begun to serve the sentence imposed and may impose any specific conditions reasonably related to the offender's rehabilitation, including but not limited to the conditions of probation as set forth in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.

(2) The period of probation or of suspension of sentence shall be fixed by the court at not less than six months nor more than five years, subject to renewal by the court for fixed periods not exceeding five years. The period of probation or suspended sentence may be continued in this manner as long as the responsibility for support continues or as long as an arrearage is owed.

B. As a condition of probation authorized by this Section, the defendant may be required to provide for the support of any persons for whose support he is legally responsible. The court may also require the defendant to enter into a recognizance, with or without surety, in order to insure the payment of the support. The condition of the recognizance shall be such that the defendant shall make his or her personal appearance at court whenever required to do so, and shall further comply with the terms of the order or of any subsequent modification thereof.

C. In placing such an offender on probation, the court may place the offender under the supervision of the department. However, separate juvenile courts now or hereinafter established may use their own probation services.

D. The clerk of court shall give notice to the Department of Children and Family Services in every case in which an offender is placed on probation under this Section.

E.(1) If the court finds that the defendant has violated a condition of his probation, it shall order that the probation be revoked and shall sentence the defendant to imprisonment for not more than six months. The court shall also order the defendant to pay the total amount of unpaid support to the spouse, to the tutor or custodian of the child, to the court-approved fiduciary of the spouse or child, or to the Department of Children and Family Services in a FITAP case or in a non-FITAP case in which the department is rendering services, whichever is applicable; hereinafter, said payee shall be referred to as the applicable payee. Such judgment shall have the same force and effect as a final judgment for money damages against the defendant. This judgment may be made executory by any Louisiana court of competent jurisdiction on petition of the department or the district attorney.

(2)(a) At the discretion of the judge, the sentence may be suspended by the court upon payment of:

(i) The amount of the order for unpaid support;

(ii) The amount of unpaid support accrued since the date of the said order; and

(iii) The amount of all attendant court costs.

(b) Upon recommendation of the state attorney or the support enforcement officer, or both, the remainder of the sentence may be suspended upon payment of a lesser amount plus attendant court costs. Such payment shall apply toward but not extinguish the total amount due.

(c) In addition, if the defendant has entered into a recognizance in the amount fixed by the court to insure the payment of the support, the court may order the forfeiture of such recognizance and enforcement thereof by execution. The sum recovered shall be paid in whole or in part to the applicable payee. However, should the court order both the forfeiture of the recognizance and at the same time order the accused to pay all unpaid support under the sentence for violation of probation, the amount of unpaid support plus attendant court costs shall be the maximum amount payable.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 247, §1; Acts 1978, No. 786, §2, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1981, No. 812, §5, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1981, Ex.Sess., No. 36, §6, eff. Nov. 19, 1981; Acts 1984, No. 451 §1; Acts 1989, No. 285, §1; Acts 1993, No. 429, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1155, §5; Acts 2010, No. 238, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:644 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 644
Transmission of information to the bureau
Status: in_force

When a person who is required to register under the provisions of this Chapter is released from prison, or placed under parole, supervised release, or probation, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall inform the person of the duty to register and shall obtain the information required for such registration and within five days of obtaining the necessary information, shall transmit this information to the bureau for inclusion in a central registry as provided in R.S. 15:645. The department shall also record the fingerprints of the person if they have not already been obtained.

Acts 2005, No. 163, §1, eff. June 28, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 186.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this Part, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Board" means the Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board.

(2) "Custody" means the legal custody of the office of juvenile justice, which follows on commitment by a Louisiana court exercising juvenile jurisdiction to the office of juvenile justice as provided in Titles VII and VIII of the Louisiana Children's Code.

(3) "District office" means the office of a district public defender.

(4) "District public defender", "chief indigent defender", or "chief public defender" means an attorney under contract with the office to supervise service providers and enforce standards and guidelines within a judicial district or multiple judicial districts.

(5) "Indigent child representation" means the providing of legal services to indigent children committed to the custody of the office of juvenile justice pursuant to Title VII and Title VIII of the Louisiana Children's Code.

(6) "Office" means the office of the state public defender as created by R.S. 15:146.

(7) "Office of juvenile justice" means the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, youth services, office of juvenile justice.

(8) "Public defender" or "indigent defender" means an attorney employed by or under contract with the office of the district public defender or a nonprofit organization contracting with the office of the district public defender to provide representation as required by the provisions of the Children's Code.

(9) "Safe Return Program" or "the program" means the Safe Return Representation Program administered pursuant to the Part.

Acts 2016, No. 617, §2; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 528, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:85 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 85
Failure to satisfy judgment of bond forfeiture
Status: in_force

A. If a defendant fails to appear after January 1, 2017, and a judgment of bond forfeiture rendered against a commercial surety company has not been satisfied, nor has a suspensive appeal been timely perfected, the prosecuting attorney may file with the court, in the parish where the bail undertaking is forfeited, a rule to show cause why that commercial surety company should not be prohibited from executing criminal bail undertakings before the court issuing the judgment of bond forfeiture.

B. At the rule to show cause, the court may consider only issues which would interrupt the enforceability of the judgment. The court may issue an order enjoining the commercial surety company from posting criminal bail undertakings before the court issuing the judgment of bond forfeiture if the judgment has not been satisfied within ten days and if the court finds all of the following:

(1) A defendant failed to appear after January 1, 2017, and a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered against the commercial surety.

(2) Proper notice pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 339 has been mailed.

(3) The defendant has not been surrendered, constructively surrendered, nor appeared within one hundred eighty days of the execution of the certificate that notice of warrant for arrest was sent.

(4) The time delays for taking a suspensive appeal, as set forth in Code of Civil Procedure Article 2123, have run and no suspensive appeal has been taken.

(5) The judgment of bond forfeiture has not been satisfied by payment.

C. The burden of proof at the hearing shall be upon the commercial surety by a preponderance of evidence and shall be limited to documents contained in the official court record where the judgment was rendered. The surety company may use evidence not contained in the record to show that it did not receive notice of the signing of the judgment of bond forfeiture.

Acts 1966, No. 311 §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 579, §1; Acts 1979, No. 786, §1; Acts 1980, No. 639, §1; Acts 1982, No. 357, §1; Acts 1987, No. 728, §2; Acts 1987, No. 923, §1; Acts 1989, No. 191, §1; Acts 1990, No. 92, §1; Acts 1990, No. 520, §1; Acts 1993, No. 834, §4, eff. June 22, 1993; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 52, §3, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Acts 1997, No. 813, §1; Acts 1997, No. 815, §1; Acts 2001, No. 107, §1; Acts 2006, No. 466, §1, eff. June 15, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 699, §1; Acts 2006, No. 735, §1; Acts 2008, No. 415, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 710, §2; Acts 2010, No. 914, §3; Acts 2016, No. 613, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.

NOTE: Section 2 of Acts 2006, No. 699, provides that the provisions of the Act shall apply only to actions filed on or after Aug. 15, 2006. Actions pending before Aug. 15, 2006, shall be governed by prior law.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:867 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 867
Compensation for damage or injury occasioned by escape
Status: in_force

A. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections is hereby authorized to pay out of funds appropriated to any unit of the department compensation in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars for the property damage or personal injury sustained, and medical expenses incurred therewith, by any person assisting or forced to assist in the pursuit of any prisoner who has escaped from the custody of any adult or juvenile institution of the department immediately following such escape and while in hot pursuit; or any such damage or injury sustained by persons, caused by any adult or juvenile who is in the physical custody of the department while in the course of such escape from any institution owned and operated by the department or the vicinity thereof.

B. Any contract entered into by the department for operation of a half-way house or similar facility which allows for physical custody of inmates by persons other than the department shall provide, as a condition of the contract, that the person assuming custody of the inmates shall be responsible for payment of damages caused as described in this Section.

C. A notarized statement, and such other information as may be required by the secretary of the department, shall be submitted prior to any reimbursement under this Section.

Acts 1954, No. 205, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 447, §1; Acts 1987, No. 100, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.6.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.6.2
Supervised release; commuted sentences
Status: in_force

A.(1) Any offender who has received a commuted sentence and who is released on parole or because of diminution of sentence shall be evaluated through a validated risk assessment instrument approved by the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and shall have an approved residence plan prior to release.

(2) In approving the residence plan of the offender, the department shall consider the likelihood that the offender will be able to comply with all of the conditions of his parole.

B. The committee on parole may impose any special conditions of supervision which may include participation in additional programming by the offender as determined to be necessary by the validated risk-assessment instrument.

C. The department shall secure all relevant data and assist the offender in formulating a release plan that includes any necessary conditions as determined by the department.

D. Any offender who has received a commuted sentence and who is released shall be placed on supervised release for the remainder of his sentence.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who was placed upon supervised release pursuant to the provisions of this Section may petition the parole board for a termination of the supervision.

Acts 2024, No. 660, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:606 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 606
State DNA data bank
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the state DNA data bank. It shall serve as the repository of DNA samples collected under this Chapter.

Acts 1997, No. 737, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; H.C.R. No. 40, 1999 R.S., eff. June 21, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1510 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1510
Implementation
Status: in_force

A. The adult protection agency may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary in carrying out the provisions of this Chapter. Specifically, such rules shall provide for cooperation with local agencies, including but not limited to hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes, and cooperation with other states. The adult protection agency shall also be responsible for ongoing inservice training for its staff which assures adequate performance.

B. The adult protection agencies may enter into cooperative agreements with other state agencies or contractual agreements with private agencies to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. The immunity granted to the staff of the adult protection agencies shall extend to the staff of those agencies carrying out the provisions of this Chapter through cooperative or contractual agreement.

C. The adult protection agencies shall implement adult protective services for persons who are aged and adults with disabilities in accordance with an agency plan and shall submit an annual funding request in accordance with its plan. No funds shall be expended to implement the plan until the budget is approved by the commissioner of administration and by the legislature in the annual state appropriations act.

D. When the adult protection agency's staff is not sufficient to respond promptly to all reported cases, the adult protection agency shall set priorities for case response and allocate staff resources to cases in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with Subsection A of this Section. Absent evidence of willful or intentional misconduct or gross negligence in carrying out the investigative functions of the adult protective services program, caseworkers, supervisors, program managers, and agency heads shall be immune from civil or criminal liability in any legal action arising from any decision by the adult protection agency relative to the setting of priorities for cases and targeting of staff resources.

Acts 2008, No. 181, §2, eff. June 13, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 811, §7, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1101 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1101
St. Bernard Parish Juvenile Detention Center; fee for keeping juveniles
Status: in_force

A. The sheriff of St. Bernard Parish shall receive the sum of forty-five dollars per day for the keeping, feeding, clothing, care, supervision, schooling, and maintenance of each juvenile assigned to the juvenile detention center in St. Bernard Parish.

B. The sheriff shall notify the party responsible for the maintenance of each juvenile assigned to the juvenile detention center of its responsibility to contribute to the cost of care and shall bill the responsible party on a periodic basis, but not less than quarterly, for the amount due. The sheriff shall make every reasonable effort to notify such party of its liability under this Section as soon as possible after the placement of the juvenile; however, such notice or receipt thereof is not a condition for the imposition of liability for costs of care under this Section.

C. Such payments shall be made directly to the sheriff and shall be deposited in the sheriff's salary fund for the costs of care of juveniles assigned to the juvenile detention center.

D. If default occurs, the sheriff shall exercise all administrative and legal alternatives provided by law or regulation to enforce the provisions of this Section. This may include an imposition of reasonable administrative costs, costs of court, and reasonable attorney fees. The sheriff may enter into an agreement with other public agencies or private entities for collection of any debt owed to the sheriff under the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1992, No. 713, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:270 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 270
Interpreters for deaf or severely hearing-impaired persons
Status: in_force

A. In all criminal prosecutions, where the accused is deaf or severely hearing-impaired, he shall have the proceedings of the trial interpreted to him in a language that he can understand by a qualified interpreter appointed by the court. In all cases where the mental condition of a person is being considered and where such person may be committed to a mental institution, and where such person is deaf or severely hearing-impaired, all of the court proceedings pertaining to him shall be interpreted by a qualified interpreter appointed by the court. The qualification of an interpreter as an expert witness is governed by the Louisiana Code of Evidence.

B.(1) In any case where an interpreter is required to be appointed by the court under this Section, the court shall not commence proceedings until the appointed interpreter is in court.

(2) The interpreter appointed in accordance with this Section shall take an oath or affirmation that he will make a true interpretation to the deaf or severely hearing-impaired person accused or being examined of all the proceedings of his case in a language that he understands, and that he will repeat said deaf or severely hearing-impaired person's answer to questions to counsel, court or jury, to the best of his skill and judgment.

(3) Interpreters appointed in accordance with this Section shall receive for their services an amount to be fixed by the judge presiding. When travel of the interpreter is necessary, all of the actual expenses of travel, lodging, and meals incurred by the interpreter in connection with the case in which he is appointed to serve shall be paid at the same rate applicable to state employees.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 320, §1. Acts 1988, No. 515, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 109, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:902.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 902.3
Juvenile placement review process
Status: in_force

A. The legislature hereby finds that in order to improve our juvenile justice system it is necessary that every juvenile in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections be reviewed periodically in order to determine whether the juvenile is placed in the least restrictive placement most appropriate to their needs and consistent with the circumstances of the case and the protection of the best interests of society and the safety of the public within the state. In order to facilitate the transition of the Swanson Correctional Center for Youth-Madison Parish Unit and Jetson Center for Youth-East Baton Rouge Parish Unit to alternate adult offender utilization as provided in R.S. 15:902.2, and facilitate the conversion of Jetson Center for Youth-East Baton Rouge Parish Unit to a regional treatment facility, the provisions of this Section shall be applicable.

B. The placement review shall be conducted by the department through such multi-disciplinary review panel as the secretary of the department shall designate. This placement review shall include an assessment of the needs and progress of the individual juvenile, the risk of danger to society, and the community resources needed to serve the best interest of the child and society and a recommendation for placement and services.

C. The secretary of the department shall establish and promulgate rules, regulations, and procedures to govern the placement review process. Such rules shall include provisions for the department to notify appropriate law enforcement communities and any registered crime victim of the placement review recommendation at the time the recommendation is provided to the judge.

D. When the assessment results in a determination that the juvenile be transferred to a less restrictive setting, including but not limited to release pursuant to R.S. 15:906 or transfer pursuant to R.S. 15:907, the department shall develop recommendations for placement, care, and treatment in accordance with the assessment.

E. If the recommendation includes placement in a less restrictive setting, the department shall file a motion with the court and serve a copy of the motion on the district attorney in accordance with Children's Code Article 911. The motion shall include all of the following:

(1) The recommendation of the department.

(2) All relevant documentation supporting the recommendation including but not limited to the needs and risk assessments.

(3) An aftercare plan developed by the department when the recommendation is for release pursuant to R.S. 15:906.

F. The recommendations shall be implemented by the department unless the court, within fourteen legal days of receipt of the motion and accompanying documentation does any one of the following:

(1) Rejects the recommendations and denies the motion.

(2) Notifies the department in writing that there is no objection and the recommendations have been accepted as orders of the court.

(3) Schedules a hearing and issues an order rejecting or modifying the recommendations of the department.

G. Juveniles adjudicated delinquent and given a disposition under the provisions of Children's Code Article 897.1 shall not be eligible for consideration under the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2003, No. 1225, §2; Acts 2008, No. 565, §1; Acts 2009, No. 253, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:901.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 901.1
Juvenile substance abuse programs; locations
Status: in_force

A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish, operate, and maintain a juvenile substance abuse program on the premises of the Louisiana Training Institute in East Baton Rouge Parish, or at any other appropriate juvenile institution under the direction of the department, which shall be made available to all juveniles assigned to the institution.

B. The program shall be maintained as a specialized treatment service provided as a supplemental service to the regular rehabilitative counseling program being provided at the institution. The department shall assign appropriate staff with training and experience in the field of substance abuse counseling to design and implement this treatment service.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 126, §2; Acts 1986, No. 737, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:905.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 905.1
Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center; rates and fees
Status: in_force

A. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:11 et seq., responsibility for the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center, including all lands, property, facilities, equipment, or any other corporeal movable property which is part of the facility as of the effective date of this Section, shall be transferred from the Department of Education to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of juvenile justice.

B. In addition to the juvenile institutions, facilities, and programs under the administration and the affairs of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of juvenile justice, as provided in R.S. 15:905, the office of juvenile justice shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in connection with the management and operation of the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center in the city of Bunkie.

C. The deputy secretary for youth services may set rental rates and usage fees for the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center. Additionally, the deputy secretary for youth services shall establish all rules and regulations necessary for the operation of the facility consistent with the mission of the office of juvenile justice and to provide opportunities for youths.

Acts 2014, No. 725, §1, eff. July 1, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1185 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1185
Attorney fees
Status: in_force

A. In any prisoner suit in which attorney fees are authorized, such fees shall not be awarded, except to the extent that the fee was directly and reasonably incurred in proving an actual violation of the plaintiff's rights protected by a statute pursuant to which a fee may be awarded, and the amount of the fee is proportionately related to the court-ordered relief for the violation or the fee was directly and reasonably incurred in enforcing the relief ordered for the violation.

B. Whenever a monetary judgment is awarded in an action described in Subsection A, a portion of the judgment, not to exceed twenty-five percent, shall be applied to satisfy the amount of attorney fees awarded against the defendant. If the award of attorney fees is not greater than one hundred fifty percent of the judgment, the excess shall be paid by the defendant. No award of attorney fees in an action shall be based on an hourly rate greater than the hourly rate established for payment of court-appointed counsel.

C. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a prisoner from entering into an agreement to pay an attorney fee in an amount greater than the amount authorized under this Section, if the fee is paid by the individual rather than by the defendant.

Acts 1997, No. 731, §1, eff. July 9, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 110, §1, eff. May 5, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1223 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1223
Crime Victims Reparations Board
Status: in_force

The Crime Victims Reparations Board as further provided for in Chapter 21 of Title 46 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 is hereby placed under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.

Acts 1984, No. 844, §1, eff. July 13, 1984.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 186.6
Implementation of Safe Return Representation Fund
Status: in_force

A. Subject to appropriation, or the availability of other monies to the program, the board shall develop a program to establish a flexible delivery system that is responsive to jurisdictional variances and local community needs. The board may implement the program incrementally, but full statewide implementation shall be completed not later than July 1, 2017.

B. The board shall choose a method of implementation of the Safe Return Representation Program that is efficient, feasible, practicable, and appropriate to provide the best delivery of indigent parent representation.

Acts 2016, No. 617, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:613 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 613
Cancellation of authority to access or exchange DNA records
Status: in_force

The state police, for good cause shown, may revoke or suspend the right of a forensic DNA laboratory within this state to access or exchange DNA identification records with criminal justice agencies.

Acts 1997, No. 737, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; H.C.R. No. 40, 1999 R.S., eff. June 21, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:625 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 625
Material witness warrant data; reporting
Status: in_force

A. By February fifteenth of each year, each district attorney or other prosecution agency shall report all of the following information for the prior calendar year to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice:

(1) The number of material witness warrants applied for pursuant to this Section which has been filed into the record of any criminal prosecution proceeding within their jurisdiction.

(2) The number of material witness warrants signed by a judge.

(3) The number of material witness warrants executed.

(4) The number of victims as defined in R.S. 15:257.1(C) incarcerated pursuant to a material witness warrant.

B. By March first of each year, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice shall transmit the information required in Subsection A of this Section to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary C and the chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary and shall publish the information on the website of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration on Criminal Justice.

Acts 2019, No. 410, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1109.26 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1109.26
Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners shall be domiciled in the parish and shall have the power to sue and be sued. In the exercise of its powers to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district, the board may incur debt and issue bonds, and it may levy taxes in the manner provided in this Subpart and pursuant to Article VI, Sections 30 and 32 of the Constitution of Louisiana or any other constitutional or statutory authority. The board generally may perform any function and exercise any power necessary, requisite, or proper for the administration and management of the affairs of the commission, and it specifically may cooperate with juvenile courts and other courts and public agencies within the parish and aid and assist in all ways authorized by law to carry out the purposes and responsibilities for which it is established.

B. In addition to the general powers conferred by this Section, in order to obtain the necessary funds to carry out its purposes, duties, and responsibilities, and in order to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate a juvenile facility or facilities and related services and programs throughout the territorial jurisdiction of the parish, the commission may incur debt and issue general obligation bonds within the limitations prescribed by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable constitutional or statutory authority, but only when authorized by a majority of the electors in the district who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose in accordance with laws governing such elections.

Acts 2024, No. 767, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:829 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 829
Discipline of inmates
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall prescribe rules and regulations for the maintenance of good order and discipline for inmates sentenced to the legal custody of the department whether housed in local or state facilities, which rules and regulations shall include procedures for dealing with violations thereof. A copy of such rules and regulations shall be furnished each inmate. Corporal punishment is prohibited.

B. In state facilities the secretary shall maintain a record of charges of infractions of the rules and regulations by inmates, any punishments imposed therefor, and of any medical examinations of inmates.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 192, §1; Acts 2006, No. 60, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:825.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 825.1
Appointment of ex-officio notaries at state correctional institutions; scope of powers
Status: in_force

A. The secretary of corrections may designate, at each unit under the jurisdiction of the department, employees of the department to serve as ex-officio notaries public. All acts performed by such ex-officio notaries public as authorized herein shall be performed without charge or other compensation.

B. Appointees under this provision may take acknowledgements, administer oaths, and perform any other duty which notaries public are authorized by law to perform, provided that the authority of appointees under this provision is limited to acts and instruments to which the department of corrections or the secretary of corrections is a party, and to the administration of oaths, affidavits, and other documents concerning any matter in which the department of corrections has an interest.

C. The secretary of corrections may suspend or terminate any appointment made pursuant to this Section at any time. Separation from the employ of the department of corrections shall automatically terminate any authority granted pursuant to this Section.

D. The department of corrections shall pay the costs of notarial seals and bonds, if required, for ex-officio notaries public appointed pursuant to this Section.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 522, §1, eff. July 12, 1978.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:440.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 440.7
Admissibility in civil, family, and administrative proceedings; discovery; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A.(1) Courts with civil or family jurisdiction or administrative law judges may authorize the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum for the production of a videotape of a protected person made pursuant to this Section for good cause shown. The subpoena duces tecum shall order that the videotape of the protected person be returnable to the court for inspection. If the court determines that the videotape is relevant and necessary to the case under review, the court may order in writing that the videotape be disclosed to the attorneys of record for each party, subject to a protective order pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) The protective order shall include all of the following information:

(a) Names of the attorneys of record in the case and their regularly employed staff, paralegal, or expert witnesses, who are the only individuals permitted to view or be in possession of the videotape.

(b) The videotape is in the exclusive custody of the court and that the videotape shall not be copied, photographed, duplicated, or otherwise reproduced except as a written transcript that protects the identity of the protected person by the use of initials.

(c) If the party is not represented by an attorney, the party and the employees or retained expert witnesses of the party shall not be given a copy of the videotape but shall be given reasonable access to view the recording by the custodian of the recording.

(d) Attorneys and custodians of the videotape shall file their copy of the videotape under seal into the record of the proceedings upon termination of representation or upon disposition of the matter at the trial level.

(e) The unlawful possession, selling, duplicating, distributing, transferring, or copying of any videotape of protected persons is punishable pursuant to R.S. 14:81.5.

B. Any violation of this Section shall be punishable as contempt of court.

C. Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Department of Children and Family Services or law enforcement from sharing information as authorized or required by state or federal law.

Acts 2024, No. 654, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:903 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 903
Separate facilities for males and females
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is authorized to provide separate facilities for male and female juveniles committed to it. These separate facilities may be provided at whatever location or locations the Department of Corrections deems advisable.

Added by Acts 1970, No. 353, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:806 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 806
Budget and revenues
Status: in_force

A. The governing authorities of the parishes within the multiparish prison area shall appropriate, in proportion to the assessed valuation of the property of the parishes, an amount annually which, when added to the revenues of the multiparish prison will be sufficient to properly conduct the multiparish prison and to provide the necessary operational equipment. The first budget shall equal the amount expended for the keeping, feeding, and clothing of prisoners in each prison during the previous year and thereafter the annual budget shall be estimated on the basis of the budget of the preceding year.

B. The revenues derived from farming or other operations shall be applied to the operation of the multiparish prison. Any surplus revenues of the multiparish prison not needed for the succeeding calendar year may be paid into the general fund of the governing authorities of the parishes composing the multiparish prison area in proportion to the assessment of the parishes as shown by the last filed assessment roll of each.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 461, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:744.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 744.3
Restraint during childbirth
Status: in_force

A. Restraints shall not be used on a pregnant prisoner while she is in labor and during delivery unless a member of the medical staff orders therapeutic restraints for a prisoner who, due to a psychiatric or medical disorder, is a danger to herself, her child, her unborn child, or other persons. For purposes of this Section, "therapeutic restraints" shall not include metal handcuffs or shackles.

B. No restraints shall be used on a prisoner known to be pregnant during any pregnancy-related medical distress, or while she is being transported to a medical facility or the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women for delivery or any pregnancy-related medical distress, or during postpartum recovery, unless there are compelling grounds to believe that the prisoner presents either of the following:

(1) An immediate and serious threat of physical harm to herself, staff, or others.

(2) A substantial flight risk and the prisoner cannot be reasonably contained by other means.

C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection B of this Section:

(1) If the doctor, nurse, or other health professional treating the prisoner requests, based on his or her professional medical judgment, that restraints not be used, the prison staff accompanying the prisoner shall immediately remove all restraints.

(2) If restraints are used on the prisoner, the type of restraint applied and the application of the restraint shall be done in the least restrictive manner necessary.

(3) Under no circumstances shall waist restraints be used on any prisoner during transportation to a medical facility or postpartum recovery.

Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.71 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.71
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Subpart:

(1) "Alien" shall have the same meaning as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101.

(2) "Committee" means the Deportation Eligibility Hearing Committee, which shall be comprised of a three-member panel of the members of the committee on parole, and which shall hear and decide deportation eligibility cases as provided in this Subpart.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

(4) "Removal" means the deportation of an alien from the United States to another country.

Acts 2025, No. 158, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.38 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.38
Violation of electronic monitoring conditions
Status: in_force

A. It shall be unlawful for any person who is placed on electronic monitoring supervision pursuant to this Part, or any other provision of law, to intentionally do any of the following:

(1) Enter an exclusion zone.

(2) Fail to immediately exit an exclusion zone.

(3) Violate a curfew order.

B.(1) Whoever violates Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

(2) Whoever commits a felony while violating Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned, at hard labor, for one year.

(3) Whoever violates Subsection A of this Section, after being released on bail for a felony crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B), shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned, at hard labor, for one year.

C. As used in this Section:

(1) "Curfew" means a specified time period defined by court order during which a person is required to either be, or not be, in a specific location.

(2) "Exclusion zone" means a specified geographic area defined by court order that a person is prohibited from entering or remaining.

(3) "Inclusion zone" means a specified geographic area defined by court order in which a person is either allowed or required to be.

Acts 2025, No. 416, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:811 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 811
Inmate contact with persons outside of parish or multiparish prison; temporary release or furlough
Status: in_force

A. The sheriff of each parish prison and the administrator of each multiparish prison may authorize visits and correspondence under reasonable conditions, between an inmate and approved friends, relatives, and other persons. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the sheriff or administrator may authorize the temporary release of an inmate only for serious illness or death of a member of the inmate's family or for an interview of the inmate by a prospective employer. For purposes of this Section an inmate is a person serving a sentence pursuant to a court judgment.

B. The sheriff or administrator may authorize a furlough to an inmate of a parish or multiparish prison. Such a furlough is intended as a rehabilitative tool to assist an inmate in maintaining family relationships during his incarceration.

C. An inmate sentenced to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who is in the custody of the sheriff shall not be eligible for a furlough unless that inmate is in compliance with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections standards for such a furlough.

D. Failure to promptly report to destination or return from temporary release or furlough shall be considered an escape under the provisions of R.S. 14:110.

E. Except in cases of serious illness or death of a member of the inmate's family, or for an interview of the inmate by a prospective employer in which case the inmate may be released only in security escort with Department of Public Safety and Corrections authorized personnel, any inmate who has been convicted of first degree murder (R.S. 14:30), second degree murder (R.S. 14:30.1), aggravated or first degree rape (R.S. 14:42), attempted aggravated or first degree rape (R.S. 14:27 and 42), forcible or second degree rape (R.S. 14:42.1), aggravated kidnapping (R.S. 14:44), aggravated arson (R.S. 14:51), armed robbery (R.S. 14:64), attempted murder (R.S. 14:27 and 29), attempted armed robbery (R.S. 14:27 and 64), producing, manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing or possession with intent to produce, manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled dangerous substance classified in Schedule I or Schedule II of R.S. 40:964, and persons sentenced as habitual offenders under R.S. 15:529.1, shall be ineligible for temporary release or furloughs as provided for herein, except during the last six months of their terms.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 510, §2; Acts 1985, No. 786, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:656 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 656
F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory recommendations
Status: in_force

The F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory may recommend proposed legislation to the legislature regarding the collection and regulation of unidentified and missing persons information. In determining the need for any such recommendations, the F.A.C.E.S. Laboratory shall consider any provisions of forensic anthropological testing that may have a substantial impact on the detection and identification of unidentified human remains.

Acts 2006, No. 227, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:426 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 426
Proof of signature of articles of vessels
Status: in_force

A copy of the articles of any vessels, authenticated by the affidavit of the captain, shall be prima facie evidence that any seaman whose name appears subscribed thereto has actually signed articles.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:825.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 825.3
Criminal history review
Status: in_force

No operator, staff person, or employee of a juvenile detention, correction, or treatment facility shall be hired by the department until such person has submitted his fingerprints to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information so that it may be determined whether or not such person has been convicted of or has pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C). If it is determined that such person has such a conviction or has entered a plea of nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C), that person shall not be hired.

Acts 1986, No. 760, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, No. 14, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1204.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1204.3
Report to the system; duties of persons and agencies
Status: in_force

All law enforcement agencies, correctional agencies and institutions, district attorneys and municipal prosecutors, courts having criminal jurisdiction, or any other public agency dealing with crimes or criminals, when requested by the commission, shall:

(1) Install and maintain records needed for reporting crime incident and arrest information required by the commission.

(2) Report to the commission as and when the commission prescribes crime incident and arrest information as required by the commission.

(3) Give the commission access to closed criminal case records for purposes of inspection.

(4) Upon the request of the commission, provide any other such assistance, information, and data which are reasonable and available as will enable the commission to properly carry out its powers and duties.

Acts 1991, No. 509, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1204.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1204.1
Correctional coordination; duties of agency
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall serve as the central coordinating agency for adult and juvenile correctional systems, in conjunction with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, youth services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the sheriffs of the state, and local juvenile justice officials.

B. The duties of the commission with regard to correctional coordination shall be to:

(1) Maintain accurate and timely statistical information relative to the operation of state and local correctional systems.

(2) Report the status of state and local correctional facilities and programs to the governor and legislature by April first of each year.

(3) Review and conduct needs analyses upon all state or local correctional facility construction projects which add capacity in the system and which require the expenditure of state funds, and report the analyses results to the governor and the legislature prior to their consideration of such funding.

(4) Prepare and present to the governor and legislature a policy impact statement on each major change to correctional law.

(5) Maintain prison population projections for all state or local correctional institutions and state probation and parole caseloads.

(6) Evaluate the cost and effectiveness of all correctional experimental programs approved by the legislature on an experimental basis and report the findings of such evaluations to the legislature.

(7) Recommend practical and realistic improvements in the state correctional system to the governor and the legislature by April first of each year.

(8) Aid state and local government in the development and exchange of information concerning correctional policies and programs, including the development of correctional information systems.

(9) Maintain the Parish Prison Information System.

(10) Assist state and local government in improving correctional decision making.

(11) Conduct evaluations of existing corrections programs or studies of proposed corrections programs, as requested by the governor, legislature, youth services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

C. As used herein:

(1) "Agency" means the staff of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.

(2) "Commission" means the members of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.

(3) "Local government" means any political subdivision of the state.

(4) "State" means the state of Louisiana.

D. A majority vote of the commission membership present and voting shall be required for approval by the commission of a correctional construction or system improvement plan.

E. The agency shall have access to, and be provided upon request with, all statistical and other relevant information from any state or local correctional agency in order to perform the duties set forth in this Section. The agency shall also have access to all records maintained by any state agency for the purpose of correctional planning, policy decisions, and research activity. These records shall include information maintained by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections on adult and juvenile offenders, including inmate records, medical records, and student records. The agency shall maintain the confidentiality of any records required by law to be kept confidential.

Acts 1986, No. 159, §1; Acts 2004, No. 7, §2, eff. May 5, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:834.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 834.2
Plan for expansion of existing space or contracts for additional housing of individuals in the custody of the department; legislative approval
Status: in_force

A. Before the execution of any agreement or contract for the expansion of space for the housing of individuals in the custody of the department, either through improvements to an existing facility or construction of a new state facility, or through a contract or other agreement with a local government facility or private contractor, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, hereinafter referred to as "secretary", shall prepare a detailed analysis reflecting the need for the expansion as well as a recommended plan to remedy the shortage of housing, hereinafter referred to as "the plan". The secretary shall submit the plan to both the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and Senate Committee on Judiciary B for approval. The form and content of the plan shall be determined by the chairmen of the two committees, and shall also include the criteria provided for in Subsection B of this Section.

B. For purposes of the plan, the secretary shall consider the existing resources currently available for the housing of individuals committed to the custody of the department with an assessment of the sufficiency of those resources in enabling the department to comply with established treatment, training, and security needs. If it is determined that additional housing is needed, the secretary shall develop a plan for the expansion of housing space for such purpose. The plan shall include options for the expansion of a state facility, a contract or other agreement with a local correctional facility, and a contract or other agreement with a private correctional facility. The plan shall contain a comparison between the three methods of increasing the availability of housing by using state, local, and private facilities, and shall include consideration of the costs associated with feeding and housing individuals, the costs associated with employment of qualified personnel to properly secure and maintain the facility, and the availability of facilities to provide adequate healthcare for aged or infirm inmates. The plan shall include projected long-term price increases for contracts with private correctional facilities.

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply in West Carroll Parish.

Acts 2016, No. 561, §1, eff. July 1, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:745.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 745.4
Back on Track Louisiana Pilot Program; establishment
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the availability of funds and appropriate resources, the sheriff of each parish is hereby authorized to establish and administer a Back on Track Louisiana Pilot Program for inmates of any jail or prison under the jurisdiction of the sheriff.

B. The legislature recognizes that an essential component of reducing recidivism is providing an individual with the necessary skills to afford the individual with the opportunity to earn a living, support his family, and contribute to his community.

C. For purposes of this Section, "individual" shall mean an inmate sentenced to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who is in the custody of the sheriff.

D. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to assign a percentage value to each of the following criteria that an inmate satisfied while being confined in a parish jail:

(1) Attained a tenth grade reading level.

(2) Obtained a high school diploma or GED credential.

(3) Obtained an industry-based certificate.

(4) Established a bank account with at least two months of living expenses.

(5) Obtained a valid driver's license.

(6) Established a verified permanent address prior to release.

(7) Obtained a release or extinguishment of any prior wage garnishments or debts.

(8) Secured an employment opportunity prior to release.

E.(1) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall calculate one-half of the average number of days of incarceration of an inmate times the amount the department pays the sheriff each day for the housing of inmates in parish jails as provided by R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(a).

(2) The sheriff shall report to the department the criteria, as established pursuant to Subsection D of this Section, accomplished by each inmate.

(3) The department shall multiply the total percentage value of the criteria accomplished by each inmate times the value established by Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, and the department shall pay that amount to the sheriff for each inmate.

(4) The amount paid for each inmate pursuant to Paragraph (3) of this Subsection shall be in addition to the amount paid pursuant to R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(a).

F. The department shall be responsible for the tracking and collection of recidivism rates of inmates relative to the criteria in Subsection D of this Section and may adjust the criteria from time to time to reflect reduced recidivism.

G. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections is hereby authorized to provide inmates housed in parish jails with access to as many support services as possible to increase the likelihood of successful reentry into society and to reduce recidivism. If any inmate violates the conditions prescribed by the sheriff or the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the inmate's program privileges may be withdrawn.

H. The provisions of this Section shall be implemented only to the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose and to the extent that is consistent with available resources. If any funding for the program is not adequate to cover the costs of payments provided to the sheriff in Subsection E of this Section, payments may be reduced proportionately relative to available funding and the secretary may limit the number of participating parishes to serve as pilot locations for the program.

Acts 2022, No. 379, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:111 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 111
Parish of Orleans; salary of jury commissioners; vacancy; appointment of secretary
Status: in_force

Each of the jury commissioners for the Parish of Orleans shall receive a salary of not less than four thousand two hundred dollars per annum.

The commissioners shall select a secretary of the board of jury commissioners. The secretary of the board shall receive a salary of not less than four thousand dollars per annum.

The salaries of the jury commissioners and the secretary shall be payable monthly by the City of New Orleans; provided that the City of New Orleans shall be required to budget and continue to pay to the jury commissioners and the secretary the amount presently budgeted and that any increase in the amount of salaries presently paid by the City of New Orleans occasioned by the passage of this bill shall not be effective unless and until ratified and approved by the City Council.

If in the case of absence or inability to act for any cause, there shall be no quorum of the board of commissioners, the Governor shall appoint commissioners to fill said temporary vacancy or vacancies, who shall have the power of jury commissioner under the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.42 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.42
Withdrawal, default, termination, and judicial enforcement
Status: in_force

A.(1) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every compacting state provided that a compacting state may withdraw from the compact (withdrawing state) by enacting a statute specifically repealing the statute which enacted the compact into law. The effective date of withdrawal is the effective date of the repeal. The withdrawing state shall immediately notify the chairperson of the Interstate Commission in writing upon the introduction of legislation repealing this compact in the withdrawing state. The Interstate Commission shall notify the other compacting states of the withdrawing state's intent to withdraw within sixty days of its receipt thereof. The withdrawing state is responsible for all assessments, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the effective date of withdrawal, including any obligations, the performance of which extend beyond the effective date of withdrawal.

(2) Reinstatement following withdrawal of any compacting state shall occur upon the withdrawing state's reenacting the compact or upon such later date as determined by the Interstate Commission.

B.(1) If the Interstate Commission determines that any compacting state has at any time defaulted (defaulting state) in the performance of any of its obligations or responsibilities under this compact, the bylaws or any duly promulgated rules, the Interstate Commission may impose any or all of the following penalties:

(a) Fines, fees, and costs in such amounts as are deemed to be reasonable as fixed by the Interstate Commission.

(b) Remedial training and technical assistance as directed by the Interstate Commission.

(c) Suspension and termination of membership in the compact. Suspension shall be imposed only after all other reasonable means of securing compliance under the bylaws and rules have been exhausted. Immediate notice of suspension shall be given by the Interstate Commission to the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, the attorney general, the president of the Louisiana Senate, and the speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

(2) The grounds for default include but are not limited to failure of a compacting state to perform such obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by this compact, Interstate Commission bylaws, or duly promulgated rules. The Interstate Commission shall immediately notify the defaulting state in writing of the penalty imposed by the Interstate Commission on the defaulting state pending a cure of the default. The Interstate Commission shall stipulate the conditions and the time period within which the defaulting state must cure its default. If the defaulting state fails to cure the default within the time period specified by the Interstate Commission, in addition to any other penalties imposed herein, the defaulting state may be terminated from the compact upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the compacting states and all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred by this compact shall be terminated from the effective date of suspension. Within sixty days of the effective date of termination of a defaulting state, the Interstate Commission shall notify the governor and the officials designated in Subparagraph (B)(1)(c) of this Section. The defaulting state is responsible for all assessments, obligations, and liabilities incurred through the effective date of termination including any obligations, the performance of which extends beyond the effective date of termination. The Interstate Commission shall not bear any costs relating to the defaulting state unless otherwise mutually agreed upon between the Interstate Commission and the defaulting state. Reinstatement following termination of any compacting state requires both a reenactment of the compact by the defaulting state and the approval of the Interstate Commission pursuant to the rules.

C. The Interstate Commission may, by majority vote of the members, initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or, at the discretion of the Interstate Commission, in the Federal District where the Interstate Commission has its offices to enforce compliance with the provisions of the compact, its duly promulgated rules and bylaws, against any compacting state in default. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation including reasonable attorney fees.

D. The compact dissolves effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the compacting state which reduces membership in the compact to one compacting state. Upon the dissolution of this compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and the business and affairs of the Interstate Commission shall be completed and any surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the bylaws.

Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571
Proces verbal of execution; attesting and filing
Status: in_force

When the sentence shall have been executed, the warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, or his deputy performing the execution, shall make a proces verbal of said execution immediately thereafter, which proces verbal shall recite the manner and date of said execution and shall be attested by said warden, or his deputy, and by all of the witnesses, and said proces verbal, when so signed, shall be filed with the clerk of court of the parish in which the sentence shall have been imposed.

Amended by Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 18, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.15 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.15
Venue
Status: in_force

Venue in any action in which an individual committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections contests the computation of his sentence or sentences, discharge, good time dates, or any action concerning parole shall be in the parish of East Baton Rouge. Venue in a suit contesting the actions of the committee on parole shall be controlled by this Part and R.S. 15:574.2 and 574.11 and not by the Code of Criminal Procedure, Title XXXI-A, Post Conviction Relief, or Title IX, Habeas Corpus, regardless of the captioned pleadings stating the contrary.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 720, §2, eff. July 20, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 670, §1; Acts 2012, No. 714, §8.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.10
Conviction of a felony while on parole
Status: in_force

When a person is convicted in this state of a felony committed while on parole or is convicted under the laws of any other state or of the United States or any foreign government or country of an offense committed while on parole, and which if committed in this state would be a felony, his parole shall be deemed revoked as of the date of the commission of the felony or such offense under the laws of the other jurisdiction. His parole officer shall inform the sentencing judge of the fact that the convicted defendant is a parole violator. The term for which the defendant shall be imprisoned as a parole violator shall be the same as that provided in cases of revocation of parole for violation of the conditions of parole. The new sentence of imprisonment shall be served consecutively to the term of imprisonment for violation of parole unless a concurrent term of imprisonment is directed by the court. An appeal by the defendant on the new conviction or sentence shall not suspend the revocation provisions of this Section, unless the defendant has been admitted to post-conviction bail on the new sentence of imprisonment. In the event of a successful appeal of the new conviction or sentence, the state shall be liable for any loss of income sustained by the defendant due to such revocation of parole.

Acts 1968, No. 191, §1; Acts 1987, No. 95, §1; Acts 1993, No. 104, §1; Acts 2008, No. 144, §1.

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NOTE: See Acts 1987, No. 95, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:253 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 253
Witnesses not residents of parish
Status: in_force

Witnesses who are summoned to testify in prosecutions pending in other parishes than those in which they reside, shall receive a compensation of five cents for every mile they may necessarily travel in going and returning, and five dollars for every day they may be necessarily in attendance upon the court.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:714 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 714
Letters of incarceration
Status: in_force

A. Any person who was or is confined in any prison, jail, work release facility, or correctional institution or who was or is under probation or parole supervision is entitled to receive, upon request, a letter of incarceration which provides documentation, verification, or proof of the person's confinement in the prison, jail, work release facility, or correctional institution or supervision while on probation or parole.

B. A request for a letter of incarceration shall be made by the person to the prison, jail, facility, or institution where the person was confined or to the person's local office of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole. A request for a letter of incarceration providing proof of probation and parole supervision shall be made by the person to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole.

C. A letter of incarceration requested pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be issued no later than seven days after the date of receipt of the request.

D. A letter of incarceration issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall contain, at a minimum, the name of the person who was or is confined or under supervision, the dates of incarceration or supervision, the admit date and release date, and the last location of incarceration.

Acts 2020, No. 108, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:41 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 41
Disposition of property seized in connection with criminal proceedings
Status: in_force

A. If there is a specific statute concerning the disposition of the seized property, the property shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions thereof.

B. If there is no such specific statute, the following governs the disposition of property seized in connection with a criminal proceeding, which is not to be used as evidence or is no longer needed as evidence:

(1) The seized property shall be returned to the owner, unless a statute declares the property to be contraband, in which event the court shall order the property destroyed if the court determines that its destruction is in the public interest; otherwise, Paragraph (2) of this Section shall apply.

(2) If the seized property is contraband, and the court determines that it should not be destroyed, or if the owner of noncontraband property does not claim it within six months after its seizure, the court shall order:

(a) A sale of the property at a nonjudicial public sale or auction, if the court concludes that such a sale will probably result in a bid greater than the costs of the sale. The proceeds of the sale shall be administered by the court and used exclusively for the maintenance, renovation, preservation, or improvement of the court building, facilities, or records system.

(b) If the court concludes that the cost of a public sale would probably exceed the highest bid, the court may order the property transferred to a public or a nonprofit institution or destroyed or may make such other court ordered disposition as it deems appropriate.

C. Where the release of seized property is sought by a person claiming to be the owner, it shall be released only upon motion contradictorily with the clerk of court. In all other cases the court may either render an ex parte order for the disposition of the property as herein provided on motion of any interested person, or on its own motion, or the court may require a motion contradictorily with the apparent owner or the person in possession of the property at the time of the seizure.

D. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an official criminalistics laboratory may destroy any controlled dangerous substance, controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia, or both, in its possession without an order of court after a period of five years from the date of seizure. Any criminalistics laboratory intending to destroy a controlled dangerous substance, controlled dangerous substance paraphernalia, or both, pursuant to this Subsection shall give the seizing agency and the district attorney thirty days notice prior to such destruction. In the case that the seizing agency or the district attorney object to such destruction, no destruction shall occur.

Acts 1983, No. 300, §1; Acts 1987, No. 614, §1; Acts 1989, No. 479, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1195, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1212.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1212.1
Report to the system; duties of persons and agencies
Status: in_force

A. All law enforcement agencies, correctional agencies, and institutions shall provide the required data as provided for in R.S. 15:1212(B)(4) in accordance with the rules adopted by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice.

B. All law enforcement agencies shall provide any other such assistance, information, and data which are reasonable and available to enable the commission to properly carry out its powers and duties.

C. A law enforcement agency shall obtain and certify to the commission that it has received the required information as provided in R.S. 15:1212(B)(4) from the database before hiring a law enforcement officer.

D. Except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct or gross negligence, the commission, Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or a law enforcement agency, correctional agency, or institution shall not be civilly or criminally liable for the release or reporting of information provided in R.S. 15:1212(B)(4) when released or reported pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

E. The personal information of a peace officer including the peace officer's home address, home telephone number, birth date, Social Security number, driver's license number, and username for P.O.S.T. electronic data/training systems contained in the database central depository shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure by the commission or Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training pursuant to the Public Records Law but may be disclosed to a requesting law enforcement agency in this or another state, accredited training academies of the Council on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and to councils on peace officer standards and training in other states.

F. The information received by the commission as provided in R.S. 15:1212(B)(4), other than certification and training records of a law enforcement officer, shall be used for hiring or revocation purposes only and shall not be disclosed to any persons other than a qualifying law enforcement agency.

G.(1) Failure by a law enforcement agency to provide the data required by R.S. 15:1212(B)(4) within forty-five days of the change in employment status of a law enforcement officer shall result in a civil fine on the agency of up to five hundred dollars per day until the data is provided. Monies collected from such fines shall be directed to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.

(2) Fines proposed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection may be waived or reduced by the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice in the event of force majeure or exigent circumstances for good cause shown.

Acts 2015, No. 331, §1; Acts 2017, No. 272, §1, eff. June 16, 2017; Acts 2021, No. 418, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:304 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 304
Expenses to be paid by parishes; juror's fee in city of New Orleans
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred in the different parishes of the state or in the city of New Orleans by the arrest, confinement, and prosecution of persons accused or convicted of crimes, their removal to prison, the pay of witnesses specifically provided for by law, jurors and all prosecutorial expenses whatever attending criminal proceedings shall be paid by the respective parishes in which the offense charged may have been committed or by the city of New Orleans, as the case may be. The expenses shall be paid by the parish treasurer or by the city of New Orleans after an account of the expenses shall be duly certified to be correct by the presiding judge and the clerk of court. The fees, salaries, and expenses to be paid shall be fixed and regulated by the parish or city authority unless otherwise provided by law; however, those persons serving as jurors in the trial of criminal cases in the city of New Orleans shall be entitled to compensation of sixteen dollars for each and every day or part of a day on which they serve as jurors in any criminal case to be paid by the city of New Orleans; provided further that this shall not become effective until the council of the city of New Orleans will have appropriated sufficient funds for this purpose. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the city of New Orleans shall only pay the above expenses after the special account created pursuant to R.S. 15:571.11(D), and to the extent authorized thereby, shall have been depleted. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to make the parishes or the city of New Orleans responsible for the expenses associated with the costs, expert fees, or attorney fees of a defendant in a criminal proceeding.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 541, §1; Acts 1975, No. 233, §2; Acts 1979, No. 156, §1, eff. July 3, 1979; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 81, §1, eff. July 7, 1994.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.33
The Interstate Commission; membership; creation of the executive committee
Status: in_force

A. The compacting states hereby create the "Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision". The Interstate Commission shall be a body corporate and joint agency of the compacting states. The Interstate Commission shall have all the responsibilities, powers, and duties set forth herein, including the power to sue and be sued, and such additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent action of the respective legislatures of the compacting state in accordance with the terms of this compact.

B. The Interstate Commission shall consist of commissioners selected and appointed by resident members of a state council for interstate adult offender supervision for each state. In addition to the commissioners who are the voting representatives of each state, the Interstate Commission shall include individuals who are not commissioners but who are members of interested organizations. Such noncommissioner members must include a member of the national organizations of governors, legislators, state chief justices, attorneys general, and crime victims. All noncommissioner members of the Interstate Commission shall be ex officio nonvoting members. The Interstate Commission may provide in its bylaws for such additional, ex officio, nonvoting members as it deems necessary.

C. Each compacting state represented at any meeting of the Interstate Commission is entitled to one vote. A majority of the compacting states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger quorum is required by the bylaws of the Interstate Commission. The Interstate Commission shall meet at least once each calendar year. The chairperson may call additional meetings and, upon the request of a majority of the compacting states, shall call additional meetings. Public notice shall be given of all meetings and meetings shall be open to the public.

D. The Interstate Commission shall establish an executive committee which shall include commission officers, members, and others as shall be determined by the bylaws. The executive committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the Interstate Commission during periods when the Interstate Commission is not in session, with the exception of rulemaking and amendment to the compact. The executive committee oversees the day-to-day activities managed by the executive director and Interstate Commission staff, administers enforcement and compliance with the provisions of the compact, its bylaws and as directed by the Interstate Commission, and performs other duties as directed by commission or set forth in the bylaws.

Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1181 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1181
Definitions
Status: in_force

In this Part the terms enumerated have the following meanings:

(1) "Consent decree" means any relief entered by the court that is based in whole or in part upon the consent or acquiescence of the parties but does not include private settlements.

(2) "Civil action with respect to prison conditions" or "prisoner suit" means any civil proceeding with respect to the conditions of confinement or the effects of actions by government officials on the lives of persons confined in prison, but does not include post conviction relief or habeas corpus proceedings challenging the fact or duration of confinement in prison.

(3) "Expert" means any person appointed by a court to exercise the powers of an expert, regardless of the title or description given by the court.

(4) "Fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted" means the petition does not allege a set of facts in support of a claim which would entitle the petitioner to relief on that claim.

(5) "Prison" means any state or local jail, prison, or other correctional facility that incarcerates or detains juveniles or adults accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for violations of criminal law.

(6) "Prisoner" means any person subject to incarceration, detention, or admission to any prison who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for a violation of criminal law or the terms or conditions of parole, probation, pretrial release, or a diversionary program. Status as a "prisoner" is determined as of the time the cause of action arises. Subsequent events, including post trial judicial action or release from custody, shall not affect such status.

(7) "Prisoner release order" includes any order, including a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctive relief, that has the purpose or effect of reducing or limiting the prison population, or that directs the release of prisoners from or prohibits the admission of prisoners to a prison.

(8) "Private settlement agreement" means an agreement entered into among the parties that is not subject to judicial enforcement other than the reinstatement of the civil proceeding that the agreement settled.

(9) "Prospective relief" means all relief other than compensatory monetary damages.

(10) "Relief" means all relief in any form that may be granted or approved by the court, and includes consent decrees but does not include private settlement agreements.

Acts 1997, No. 731, §1, eff. July 9, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 110, §1, eff. May 5, 1998.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 31
Confiscation and destruction of gambling devices
Status: in_force

A.(1) All law enforcement officers of municipal police forces, sheriffs' departments, and the division of state police are hereby authorized and empowered and it is made mandatory and compulsory on their part to confiscate and immediately destroy all gambling devices or machines used for gambling that come to their attention.

(2) Any gaming device or equipment in possession of a licensed manufacturer, seller, distributor, transporter, or repairman in this state shall not be subject to confiscation and destruction unless such device or equipment is being used for unlawful gambling activities. If such confiscated device or equipment is considered an antique under Louisiana law, the device may be sold and such proceeds shall go to the office of state police fund as provided in R.S. 47:7001.

B. As used in this Section the term "gambling device" means:

(1) any slot machine; or (2) any machine, mechanical or electronic device of any sort whatsoever with a cash automatic payout device; or (3) a pinball or other ball machine, mechanical or electronic device equipped with a mechanism to release the number of free games or replays and a mechanism to record the free games or free plays so released.

C. Whenever any other machine, mechanical or electronic device, including but not limited to roulette wheels and similar devices, designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and (1) which, when operated, may deliver, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (2) by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, is used to conduct gambling, then following the conviction of any person for the crime of gambling by use of any such machine or device, the court wherein the verdict of guilty was returned shall order the immediate destruction of the machine or device by the proper law enforcement agency of the parish wherein the machine or device was used for gambling.

D. Whenever any machine or other mechanical or electronic device of any kind whatsoever, not designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, including specifically but not limited to coin-operated bowling games, shuffle alleys, mechanical baseball games, pinball games, mechanical guns, electronic ray guns, digger type machines, iron claws, and all similar types of coin-operated games, is used to conduct gambling, then following the conviction of any person for the crime of gambling by use of any such machine or device, the court wherein the verdict of guilty was returned shall order the immediate destruction of the machine or device by the proper law enforcement agency of the parish wherein the machine or device was used for gambling.

E. The ownership of a federal gambling stamp for any machine or device, other than a machine commonly known as an "iron claw" or a "digger" machine, shall be absolute proof of its use for purposes of gambling, and neither the State of Louisiana nor any subdivision, agency, agent or enforcement officer shall be liable civilly or criminally for the destruction of any gambling device or gambling machine for which a federal gambling stamp has been issued.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; Amended by Acts 1972, No. 130, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1973; Acts 1987, No. 443, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:425 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 425
Recitals in report of lunacy commissions
Status: in_force

The report of every commission of lunacy shall be prima facie evidence of the facts recited in such report and of the correctness of the findings of such commission.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1098.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1098.1
Construction of Subpart; controlling law
Status: in_force

A. To the extent that the provisions of this Subpart are inconsistent with any other statutory law, the provisions of this Subpart shall be considered controlling, except that all provisions of the Children's Code relative to the placement of juveniles in shelter care facilities and detention centers shall be considered controlling.

B. This Subpart does and shall be construed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. No notice to, consent, or approval by any governmental body or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the entering into of any lease or lease-purchase contract which contains an annual appropriation dependency clause, nor to the issuance of any participation certificates with respect thereto, or to the exercise of any other public function or corporate power of a governing authority except as is provided in this Subpart.

Acts 1989, No. 19, §1, eff. June 13, 1989; Acts 2021, No. 158, §3.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1255 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1255
Applications for grants; eligibility; standards; procedures
Status: in_force

A. Any parish governmental agency that has responsibility for a jail facility is eligible to apply for participation in the grant program herein authorized. Participation by any agency is voluntary; however, each recipient agency must comply with standards promulgated under this Chapter. The governmental agencies of adjoining parishes or two or more governmental agencies in the same parish which have responsibility for jail facilities may join together in implementing the provisions of this Section.

B. The commission shall promulgate the rules, regulations, and procedures by which the grants shall be distributed. Application forms shall be developed and submitted by the appropriate parish agency, and reviewed by the commission.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 753, §1, eff. July 31, 1980.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:974 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 974
Eligibility for participation
Status: in_force

A. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection B of this Section, juveniles who are eleven years of age or greater, but less than eighteen years of age who have been adjudicated delinquent pursuant to the provisions of Title VIII of the Children's Code may be eligible to participate in the pilot program established pursuant to the provisions of this Part.

B. The following juveniles shall not be eligible for participation in the pilot program:

(1) A juvenile who is subject to the jurisdiction of the criminal court or has been transferred to the criminal court for prosecution as an adult.

(2) A juvenile who is accused of committing a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.

(3) A juvenile who is accused of committing a crime of violence as defined in or as enumerated in R.S. 14:2.

Acts 2009, No. 170, §1, eff. when sufficient funds are appropriated.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1199.21 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1199.21
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be referred to and may be cited as the "Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program".

Acts 2018, No. 273, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:604 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 604
Powers and duties of state police
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers and duties conferred in this Chapter, the state police shall:

(1) Be responsible for the policy management and administration of the state DNA identification record system to support law enforcement agencies and other criminal justice agencies.

(2) Promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.

(3) Provide for liaison with the FBI and other criminal justice agencies in regard to the state's participation in CODIS or in any DNA data base designated by the state police.

Acts 1997, No. 737, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; H.C.R. No. 40, 1999 R.S., eff. June 21, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:941 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 941
Purpose and policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy and intent of the state of Louisiana to promote public safety and expend taxpayer funds responsibly through the use of evidence-based treatment programs and practices at the local level and to reinvest a portion of juvenile justice savings into community-based programs and services.

Acts 2016, No. 499, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1228.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1228.3
Membership
Status: in_force

The membership of the policy board shall consist of the following members or the member's designee:

(1) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee.

(2) The deputy secretary for public safety services or his designee.

(3) One member designated by the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police.

(4) One member designated by the Louisiana Sheriff's Association.

(5) One member designated by the Louisiana District Attorneys' Association.

(6) One member designated by the Louisiana District Court Judges Association.

(7) One member designated by the Louisiana Association of Clerks of Court.

(8) The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana or his representative.

(9) The attorney general of Louisiana or his designee.

(10) The executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice.

(11) A member of the Senate designated by the president of the Senate.

(12) A member of the House of Representatives designated by the speaker of the House of Representatives.

(13) One member designated by the governor.

(14) The deputy secretary of youth services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee.

Acts 1999, No. 864, §1; Acts 2004, No. 7, §2, eff. May 5, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 141
Short title
Status: in_force

This Part may be referred to and cited as the "Louisiana Public Defender Act".

Acts 2007, No. 307, §1; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:587.1.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 587.1.1
Portability of criminal history information for licensed child care facilities
Status: in_force

A. When a prospective employer requests criminal history information pertaining to an individual applying for a position of supervisory or disciplinary authority over children in a child care facility in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:587.1, or to an independent contractor who performs work in a child care facility, the individual applicant shall receive a certified copy of his criminal history information upon written request to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. A certified copy of the criminal background check shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of R.S. 15:587.1 for each facility requesting criminal history information for a period of one year from the date of issuance of the certified copy. To defer the costs of providing the certified copy, the bureau may collect a fee in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:588.

B. For purposes of this Section, "independent contractor" means any person who renders professional, therapeutic, or enrichment services such as educational consulting, athletic, or artistic services within a child care facility, whose services are not integral to either the operation of the child care facility or to the care and supervision of children. Independent contractors may include but are not limited to dance instructors, gymnastic or sports instructors, computer instructors, speech therapists, licensed health care professionals, state-certified teachers employed through a local school board, art instructors, and other outside contractors. A person shall not be deemed an independent contractor if he is considered an employee or statutory employee of the child care facility pursuant to Chapter 10 of Title 23 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

Acts 2010, No. 508, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1095.5 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1095.5
Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds
Status: in_force

A. The board of commissioners shall be domiciled in the city of Hammond and shall have the power to sue and be sued. In the exercise of its powers to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district, the board may incur debt and issue bonds, and it may levy taxes in the manner provided in this Subpart and pursuant to Article VI, Sections 30 and 32, of the Constitution of Louisiana or any other constitutional or statutory authority. The board generally may perform any function and exercise any power necessary, requisite, or proper for the administration and management of the affairs of the commission, and it specifically may cooperate with juvenile courts and other courts and public agencies within the Twenty-First Judicial District and aid and assist them in all ways authorized by law to carry out the purposes and responsibilities for which it is established.

B. In addition to the general powers conferred herein, in order to obtain the necessary funds to carry out its purposes, duties, and responsibilities, and in order to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate a juvenile facility or facilities and related services and programs throughout the Tangipahoa Parish Juvenile Justice District, the commission may incur debt and issue general obligation bonds within the limitations prescribed by Article VI, Section 33, of the Constitution of Louisiana and other applicable constitutional or statutory authority, but only when authorized by a majority of the electors in the district who vote thereon in an election held for that purpose in accordance with laws governing such elections.

Acts 1986, No. 733, §1, eff. July 8, 1986.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:764 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 764
Parish jail overcrowding; state of emergency
Status: in_force

A. If the prisoner population of a parish jail exceeds the rated design capacity of the parish jail for seven consecutive days, the sheriff of that parish shall certify that fact in writing, by first class mail or personal delivery, to each district, municipal and traffic court judge in the parish, to the district attorney and the chief of police of any municipality within the parish, and to the senior official of the parish governing authority. If this condition exists for seven consecutive days after notification of said officials, the sheriff shall declare a parish jail overcrowding state of emergency and shall notify such officials.

B. After the declaration of emergency is made in accordance with Subsection A of this Section, the sheriff may reduce overcrowding in the parish jail by any or all of the following means:

(1) The substitution of appearance tickets or summons for booking at the parish jail and the release or furlough of pre-trial arrestees, based on factors included in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 317 and on any other factors related to public safety or the likelihood of court appearance, however only persons charged with violations of municipal ordinances which are nonviolent offenses shall be eligible for such release.

(2) The furlough of individuals who have been convicted under municipal ordinance for nonviolent offenses who are within one year of release.

Acts 1988, No. 556, §1; Acts 1990, No. 397, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:807 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 807
Municipalities may send prisoners to multiparish prisons for confinement
Status: in_force

A. A municipality, whenever it so desires, may have prisoners convicted by the municipal courts of violations of municipal ordinances sentenced to work on or be confined at the multiparish prison upon agreement by the governing authority of the municipality and the governing authorities of the parish farm for the charges and expenses of keeping the prisoners.

B. The governing authority of a municipality may enter into a contract with the governing authorities of a multiparish prison to determine the costs to be paid by the municipality to the multiparish prison for the keeping of prisoners. The charges shall be determined by mutual agreement.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 461, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:744.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 744.6
Notice
Status: in_force

All prisoners potentially affected by the provisions of this Part shall be advised in writing of the requirements of this Part upon admission to the prison and when known to be pregnant.

Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:573.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 573.2
Teleconference communications by certain persons
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, persons providing testimony may appear before the Board of Pardons by means of teleconference or telephone communication.

Acts 1997, No. 870, §1; Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 6, §1, eff. Oct. 20, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 254.9
Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; parish of Plaquemines
Status: in_force

A. Any Plaquemines Parish deputy sheriff required to be present, in his official capacity, to testify in a traffic, criminal, or juvenile case before the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court in Plaquemines Parish during any time when such officer is not required to report to work or perform the duties of his office, shall be paid the sum of fifty dollars per case, but not more than one hundred fifty dollars in any one day, regardless of the number of cases for which he is required to be present or whether he actually testified in the case, and which sum shall be paid from those costs of court collected pursuant to R.S. 15:255(D)(1) and (2).

B.(1) Witness fees provided for in this Section shall be paid from costs collected in individual cases tried in the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court and which shall be assessed as a part of the costs of court to be collected in such cases and shall be collected for each case in which there is a plea of guilty, nolo contendere, or in which there is a conviction. The Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court judges shall adopt a schedule of costs that shall be applicable in each case before that court to which such costs are applicable. All of such costs shall be placed as they are collected into a special fund that shall be maintained and be administered by the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office. The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office shall pay out of such fund the witness fees provided in this Section, and any other benefits for the employees of the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office, as deemed appropriate by the sheriff.

(2) The judges shall, as the needs of the special fund require, adjust the schedule of the costs to insure that the proceeds are adequate to fully pay the witness fees required by this Section.

C. If the sheriff elects to pay the deputy sheriff overtime for the court appearance, the sum paid by the Plaquemines Parish sheriff's office shall be the witness fee, which shall be paid from the costs of court collected pursuant to the provisions of Paragraphs (B)(1) and (2) of this Section.

D. The Plaquemines Parish sheriff's office shall be responsible for calculating and withholding all requisite deductions for taxes derived from the deputy sheriff's response to the subpoena and for transferring or remitting all sums of employee withholdings to the appropriate taxing authorities, on behalf of the deputy and, within thirty days after receipt of the funds, for making payment of the appropriate net amount to the deputy.

E.(1) Compensation allowed law enforcement officers as witnesses in accordance with the provisions of this Section where the sheriff elects to pay overtime shall constitute the normal compensation paid to such law enforcement officers for the performance of the duties of their jobs when earning overtime pay, the payment of such overtime shall be taken into consideration in determining the salary, any salary increase, or any supplemental pay by the state to which any law enforcement officer is or becomes entitled.

(2) The maximum allowable fee to be received by an officer on any given day when he is summoned in an off-duty status will be the amount of his normal overtime pay, no matter how many summons he receives for that specific day. Said sum shall be in addition to any other compensation the law enforcement officer is eligible to receive.

(3) If the sheriff elects not to pay overtime compensation any such fees received by the law enforcement officers as witnesses in accordance with the provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to be in lieu of, or to constitute any portion of, the salary or compensation paid to such law enforcement officers for the performance of the duties of their jobs, nor shall the payment of such witness fees be taken into consideration in determining the salary, any salary increase or any supplemental pay by the state to which any law enforcement officer is or becomes entitled.

F. As a condition precedent to receipt of the compensation provided in this Section, the law enforcement officer and his superior shall be required to certify to the payroll office of the Plaquemines Parish sheriff's office 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.

Acts 2007, No. 375, §1, eff. July 10, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 567, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:840.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 840.1
Access to records; cooperation by other agencies; confidentiality; disclosure
Status: in_force

A. During the course of any investigation which the Department of Corrections is authorized by law to conduct, or any investigation necessary to the rehabilitation of persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections, said department shall have access to information and records under the control of any state or local agency which are reasonably related to the rehabilitation of the individual, which information shall be maintained in the file or case record of the offender. This information shall include circumstances attending the commission of the offense for which the offender was or is to be incarcerated, placed on probation, or released on parole, subsequent offenses that occur while under supervision, the offender's history of delinquency, or criminality as a juvenile and adult, his family situation and background, economic and employment status, education, personal habits, the condition of the offender's physical and mental health, and other matters deemed relevant to his rehabilitation.

B. Local and state law enforcement agencies, courts, welfare and social service agencies, juvenile agencies and mental, health and correctional institutions shall furnish to the Department of Corrections criminal or delinquency records, mental or health records, and such other relevant information as the department requests.

C. All information obtained under this provision shall be held as confidential and shall not be disclosed directly or indirectly to anyone except in accordance with R.S. 15:574.12.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 201, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1199.13 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1199.13
Removal from program
Status: in_force

A. An inmate may be removed from the program for any of the following:

(1) Willful failure to comply with the rules of the program.

(2) Willful failure to participate in any educational or skills development component of the program.

(3) Any action taken which results in disciplinary proceedings by the department.

(4) Failure to take examinations necessary to receive certification or licensing as a skilled craftsman.

(5) Failure to submit to random drug testing as provided for by the department.

(6) Testing positive for any controlled dangerous substances as provided for by the provisions of this Part.

(7) Any other reason deemed by the department to render the inmate ineligible to complete the program.

B. Removal from the program shall be at the discretion of the department based upon criteria developed by rules or regulations adopted by the department.

C. An inmate removed from the program shall be returned to the custody of the department for the remainder of his sentence.

D. An inmate removed from the program shall forfeit any diminution of sentence or good time earned as a result of participation in the program.

Acts 2008, No. 106, §1, eff. June 6, 2008.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.1
Expenses of members of Board of Pardons; reimbursement
Status: in_force

Except for the ex officio member, members of the Board of Pardons, whose expenses are not now provided for by law, shall be reimbursed their actual traveling expenses and hotel bills incurred in attending meetings of the Board of Pardons. The reimbursement shall be made on the warrant of the member, in the same manner and from the same source as that from which he receives his salary.

Acts 2011, No. 153, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.33 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.33
Extension or alteration of pilot; approval of the budget committee; statewide implementation
Status: in_force

The pilot project undertaken as required in this Part may be varied, extended, or dissolved prior to evaluation only if approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the governor.

Acts 1990, No. 553, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:574.39 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 574.39
Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission
Status: in_force

A. The Interstate Commission shall oversee the interstate movement of adult offenders in the compacting states and shall monitor such activities being administered in noncompacting states which may significantly affect compacting states. The courts and executive agencies in each compacting state shall enforce this compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. In any judicial or administrative proceeding in a compacting state pertaining to the subject matter of this compact which may affect the powers, responsibilities, or actions of the Interstate Commission, the Interstate Commission shall be entitled to receive all service of process in any such proceeding and shall have standing to intervene in the proceeding for all purposes.

B. The compacting states shall report to the Interstate Commission on issues or activities of concern to them and cooperate with and support the Interstate Commission in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities. The Interstate Commission shall attempt to resolve any disputes or other issues which are subject to the compact and which may arise among compacting states and noncompacting states. The Interstate Commission shall enact a bylaw or promulgate a rule providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution for disputes among the compacting states.

C. The Interstate Commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions of this compact using any or all means set forth in R.S. 15:574.42.

D. In accordance with the laws of the United States, the duly accredited officers of a sending state may at all times enter a receiving state and there apprehend and retake any person on probation or parole. For that purpose no formalities will be required other than establishing the authority of the officer and the identity of the persons to be retaken. All legal requirements to extradition of fugitives from justice are hereby expressly waived on the part of states party hereto, as to such persons. The decision of the sending state to retake a person on probation or parole shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state; however, if at the time when a state seeks to retake a probationer or parolee there should be pending against him within the receiving state any criminal charge, or he should be suspected of having committed within such state a criminal offense, he shall not be retaken without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or from imprisonment for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending state will be permitted to transport prisoners being retaken through any and all states that are parties to this compact without interference.

Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.34 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.34
Alternative to traditional imprisonment; prisoners who are elderly or infirm
Status: in_force

A. Not later than October 1, 1997, contingent upon legislative appropriation, the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall implement a pilot project using an alternative mode of incarceration to traditional imprisonment involving electronic monitoring for executing the sentences of certain offenders who are elderly or infirm as determined by the department. The project shall provide for active electronic monitoring of the prisoner.

B.(1) The pilot project undertaken pursuant to this Section shall be implemented in not less than three areas of the state. Each area shall be unique from the others regarding its location and the size of its population.

(2) The pilot project undertaken pursuant to this Section shall include the use of electronic monitoring devices.

C.(1) The pilot project undertaken pursuant to this Section shall be evaluated with regard to security, beneficial and detrimental effects on the prisoner, projected probable effects on deterrence, cost, labor intensiveness, and other relevant measures of effectiveness. Such evaluation shall provide the required information on a project basis as well as in comparison with traditional imprisonment.

(2) All evaluations shall be presented to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Section C, as well as to the governor. The first such evaluation shall be reported not later than thirty days prior to the first day of the 1998 Regular Session of the Legislature.

Acts 1997, No. 1180, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2014, No. 811, §7, eff. June 23, 2014.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.31 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.31
Alternatives to traditional imprisonment; findings; purposes
Status: in_force

A. The legislature finds that the safety and welfare of the people of this state; the interests of the criminal justice community in prisoner security, humane and just conditions for prisoners, reduced recidivism, and rehabilitation of criminal offenders; and the need for more efficient and effective use of limited state resources may all be well served by the use of nontraditional approaches to the incarceration of prisoners.

B. In view of Subsection A of this Section, it is the purpose of this Part to assure that a practical examination of the use of such nontraditional approaches is undertaken by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and considered by the legislature and the governor.

Acts 1990, No. 553, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:847 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 847
Additional facilities
Status: in_force

Any prison, correctional institute, or other type of prison facility which is operated by the Concordia or Catahoula Parish Police Jury may be made available by said police jury to the Northeast Louisiana Correctional Center on a per prisoner fee basis. When any such facility is made available, the facility shall become a part of the Northeast Louisiana Correctional Center and subject to all the requirements of this Part.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 690, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 678, §2; Acts 1985, No. 447, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:572.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 572.4
Board of Pardons; rules, regulations, and procedures; notice; restrictions on applications; time periods for additional review
Status: in_force

A. Written rules, regulations and procedures for consideration or clemency applications shall be adopted by the Board of Pardons by January 1, 1980. Such rules, regulations, and procedures shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures of R.S. 49:961(A)(1) and (2) and shall become effective upon approval of the governor.

B.(1) Before considering the application for pardon or commutation of sentence of any person, the board shall give written notice of the date and time at which the application will be heard and considered, at least ninety days prior to the hearing, to the following:

(a) The attorney general, the district attorney, the sheriff of the parish in which the applicant was convicted, and in Orleans Parish, the superintendent of police.

(b) The applicant.

(c) The victim or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim. The notice is not required when the victim, or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim, advises the board in writing that such notification is not desired. The notice shall advise the victim, or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim, of their rights with regard to the hearing.

(d) Any other interested person on whose behalf a written request for such notification has been made by any other person who has a right, under law, to present testimony.

(2)(a) The victim, or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim, shall be allowed to testify at the hearing and shall be allowed to present such testimony in executive session at his request.

(b) The victim, or the spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim, shall be allowed to testify directly, or in rebuttal to testimony or evidence offered by or on behalf of the offender, or both. The victim, or spouse or next of kin of a deceased victim, shall be allowed to present such testimony in executive session at his request.

(3) The attorney general, the district attorney, and any other persons who desire to do so shall be given a reasonable opportunity to attend the meeting and be heard.

C. Before setting a hearing on an application for pardon or commutation of sentence, notice of application to the board for pardon or commutation of sentence shall be published on three separate days within a thirty-day period of time, without cost to the state, in any newspaper recognized, at any time during the six-month period prior to or following the publication of the first notice, as the official journal of the governing authority of the parish where the offense occurred for which the person was convicted.

D.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, any applicant who has been sentenced to life imprisonment shall not be eligible to apply to the board for a pardon or commutation of sentence for a period of fifteen years after being sentenced by the trial court, except that periods of time prior to the imposition of the sentence in which the defendant was in actual custody for the offense for which the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment shall be included in computing the fifteen-year period.

(2) Any applicant who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for an offense that is either a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 shall not be eligible to apply to the board for a pardon or commutation of sentence for a period of twenty-five years after being sentenced by the trial court, except that periods of time prior to the imposition of the sentence in which the defendant was in actual custody for the offense for which the defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment shall be included in computing the twenty-five-year period. A person who is serving a life sentence resulting from a commutation of a sentence of death shall not thereafter be eligible to apply for commutation of sentence to a specific number of years.

(3) If the application is denied, the applicant shall be notified in writing of the reason for the denial and thereafter may file a new application to the board no earlier than five years from the date of action by the board. Any subsequent applications shall not be filed earlier than five years after the immediately preceding action taken by the board.

(4) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply when the board determines that new and material evidence that, notwithstanding the exercise of reasonable diligence by the applicant, was not discovered before or during his trial, is available, and if it had been introduced at the trial, it would probably have changed the verdict or judgment of guilty.

E.(1) When no action is taken by the governor for pardon or commutation of sentence issued by the board, the person seeking pardon or commutation of sentence shall be required to reapply to the board, and the recommendation shall expire upon the governor leaving office or upon the expiration of the governor's term.

(2) The board shall adopt rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the provisions of this Subsection.

F. The board shall, to the extent feasible, schedule hearings for pardon or commutation of sentence in the order in which the applications are filed.

G. When the board notifies the governor that it has granted a favorable recommendation of an application for pardon or commutation of sentence, the board shall also provide simultaneous notice to the persons listed in Subsection B of this Section that this favorable recommendation has been sent to the governor for his approval.

Acts 1975, No. 593, §2, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 490, §1; Acts 1986, No. 402, §1; Acts 1986, No. 369, §1; Acts 1988, No. 381, §1; Acts 1990, No. 535, §1; Acts 1997, No. 822, §1; Acts 1997, No. 828, §1; Acts 1999, No. 448, §§1, 2; Acts 2004, No. 331, §1; Acts 2014, No. 6, §1; Acts 2017, No. 267, §1; Acts 2018, No. 561, §1; Acts 2024, No. 660, §1; Acts 2025, No. 128, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:580 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 580
Forms; procedures; training; assistance
Status: in_force

The bureau shall develop, print, and distribute forms and/or related procedures and regulations for the collection of any information or statistics which it is empowered to obtain to insure the correct reporting of data to the bureau. The bureau shall provide necessary technical assistance and training to all eligible reporting agencies in the appropriate procedures for completion of all forms and for submission of all information or statistics which the bureau may require. Upon request, the deputy secretary may direct employees or agents of the bureau to assist any criminal justice agency to establish a local system of identification and record management.

Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1311 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1311
Reports concerning intercepted wire, electronic, or oral communications
Status: in_force

A. Within twenty days after the expiration of an order, or such extension thereof, entered under R.S. 15:1310 or the denial of an order approving an interception, the issuing or denying judge shall report to the judicial administrator of the supreme court:

(1) The fact that an order or extension was applied for.

(2) The kind of order or extension applied for.

(3) The fact that the order or extension was granted as applied for, was modified, or was denied.

(4) The period of interceptions authorized by the order, and the number and duration of any extensions of the order.

(5) The offense specified in the order or application, or extension of an order.

(6) The identity of the applying investigative or law enforcement officer and agency making the application and the person authorizing the application.

(7) The nature of the facilities from which or the place where communications were to be intercepted.

B. In January of each year the district attorneys shall report to the attorney general and in March of each year the attorney general shall report to the judicial administrator of the supreme court the following information:

(1) The information required by Paragraphs (1) through (7) of Subsection A of this Section with respect to each application of an order or extension made during the preceding calendar year.

(2) A general description of the interceptions made under such order or extension, including:

(a) The approximate nature and frequency of incriminating communications intercepted,

(b) The approximate nature and frequency of other communications intercepted,

(c) The approximate number of persons whose communications were intercepted, and

(d) The approximate nature, amount, and cost of the manpower and other resources used in the interceptions.

(3) The number of arrests resulting from interceptions made under such order or extension, and the offenses for which arrests were made.

(4) The number of trials resulting from such interceptions.

(5) The number of motions to suppress made with respect to such interceptions, and the number granted or denied.

(6) The number of convictions resulting from such interceptions and the offenses for which the convictions were obtained and a general assessment of the importance of the interceptions.

(7) The information required by Paragraphs (2) through (6) of this Subsection with respect to orders or extensions obtained in the preceding calendar year.

C. In April of each year the judicial administrator of the supreme court shall transmit to the legislature a full and complete report concerning the number of applications for orders authorizing or approving the interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications and the number of orders and extensions granted or denied during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall include a summary and analysis of the data required to be filed with the judicial administrator. The judicial administrator may issue binding regulations dealing with the content and form of the reports required to be filed by Subsections A and B of this Section.

Acts 1985, No. 859, §1, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 2012, No. 727, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:291 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 291
Right of accused to have testimony taken down; provision for paying
Status: in_force

The testimony of the witnesses on the question of guilt or innocence may be taken down under the supervision of the court and in order to explain any bill of exception which may be taken by counsel for the accused, the accused shall have the right, if he chooses, to have all of the testimony so taken made a part of the transcript; provided, that any accused desiring to send up the testimony of all of the witnesses so taken, shall pay for the same, and provided further, that the said testimony shall be considered only in explanation of the bills of exception reserved during the trial on behalf of the accused.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:744.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 744.4
Monitoring
Status: in_force

Consistent with established policy and practice, it shall be the duty and responsibility of the prison operator to provide adequate personnel to monitor a pregnant prisoner during transport to and from a medical facility and during the prisoner's stay at the medical facility. Such personnel shall have the ability to release any restraint should a release from restraint become medically necessary.

Acts 2012, No. 761, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1403 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1403
Criminal street gangs and patterns of criminal street gang activity; prohibitions and criminal penalties
Status: in_force

A. Any person who intentionally directs, participates, conducts, furthers, or assists in the commission of a pattern of criminal gang activity as defined in this Chapter shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than one-half of the maximum term of imprisonment provided for an underlying offense committed in a pattern of criminal gang activity and may be fined an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars. Any sentence of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this Section shall be in addition and consecutive to any sentence imposed for an underlying offense committed in the pattern of criminal gang activity.

B. Any person who is convicted of a felony or an attempted felony which is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the intent to promote, further, or assist in the affairs of a criminal gang, shall, upon conviction of that felony, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which he or she has been convicted, be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than one-half of the maximum term of imprisonment provided for that offense.

C. Any person who is convicted of an offense other than a felony which is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote, further, or assist in any criminal conduct or enterprise by gang members, shall, in addition and consecutive to the penalty provided for that offense, be imprisoned for an additional period of six months.

D. The court may elect to suspend all or a part of any additional mandatory punishment or enhanced punishment provided for in this Chapter only in an unusual case where the interests of justice would best be served, and if the court specifies on the record and enters into the minutes the circumstances and reasons that the interests of justice would best be served by that suspension of punishment.

Acts 1990, No. 230, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1093.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1093.1
Immunity from civil liability
Status: in_force

A. The members of the regional juvenile justice commissions shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred within the scope of regional juvenile justice commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that nothing in this Section shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability for any damage, loss, injury or liability caused by the intentional or willful and wanton misconduct of any such person.

B. The immunity provided by this Section is in addition to any other immunity provided by law.

Acts 2008, No. 190, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 455
Effect of declarations and acts of coconspirators
Status: in_force

Each coconspirator is deemed to assent to or to commend whatever is said or done in furtherance of the common enterprise, and it is therefore of no moment that such act was done or such declaration was made out of the presence of the conspirator sought to be bound thereby, or whether the conspirator doing such act or making such declaration be or be not on trial with his codefendant. Such evidence is controlled by the provisions of the Louisiana Code of Evidence.

Amended by Acts 1988, No. 515, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:261 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 261
Disposition of witness or appearance fees for off-duty law enforcement officers
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever by reason of the enforcement or imposition of any federal law or rule or for any other reason, an off-duty municipal law enforcement officer is compensated by his governmental employer for an appearance in court in his official capacity as a witness in any criminal case or delinquency adjudication in any city or district court during any time he would not otherwise be required to report to work or perform the duties of his office, then the officer of the court responsible for the disposition of any witness or appearance fee provided in law to compensate or reimburse for the cost of such officer's appearance shall pay the fee to the fiscal officer or other person designated by the officer's governmental employer to receive revenues on behalf of the governmental body.

B. The governmental employer may retain such portion of the appearance fee as is necessary to reimburse it for salary, benefits, and other expenses it expends in making its employee available for the appearance. If the witness or appearance fee exceeds the amount the employer is required to pay in salary, benefits, and expenses for such appearance, the employer shall transmit the difference to the officer who made the appearance. In no case, however, shall the officer receive less than he would have been compensated if he had received the fee directly.

Acts 1997, No. 918, §1; Acts 1999, No. 552, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:82 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 82
Guaranteed arrest bond certificates as cash bail; forfeiture; sureties
Status: in_force

A. A guaranteed arrest bond certificate with respect to which a fidelity and surety company has become surety as provided in Subsection B of this Section, when posted by the person whose signature appears thereon, shall be accepted in lieu of cash bail in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars, as a bail bond, to guarantee the appearance of such person in any court in this state at such time as may be required by the court, when such person is arrested for violation of any motor vehicle law of this state or ordinance of any municipality or parish in this state, except for the offense of driving while intoxicated or for any felony, and the alleged violation was committed prior to the date of expiration shown on such guaranteed arrest bond certificate.

Any such guaranteed arrest bond certificate so posted as a bail bond in any court in this state shall be subject to the forfeiture and collection provisions of law applicable to a bail bond, except that any judgment forfeiting a guaranteed arrest bond certificate rendered under said forfeiture and collection provisions shall, at any time within thirty days after rendition, be set aside upon the surrender, or the appearance and trial and conviction or acquittal of the defendant, or upon a continuance granted upon motion of the district attorney after such appearance.

B. Any domestic or foreign insurance company which has qualified to transact fidelity and surety insurance business in this state may, in any year, become surety in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars with respect to each guaranteed arrest bond certificate issued in such year by an automobile club, automobile association or insurance company authorized to transact automobile liability insurance business within this state or by the fidelity and surety company itself.

The term "guaranteed arrest bond certificate," as used herein, means a printed card or other certificate issued by an automobile club, automobile association, insurance company authorized to transact automobile liability insurance business within this state, or an insurance company authorized to transact fidelity and surety insurance business within this state to any of its members or insureds, which is signed by such member or insured, and contains a printed statement that a fidelity and surety company authorized to do business in this state guarantees the appearance of the person whose signature appears on the card or certificate, and that such company will, in the event of the failure of said person to appear in court at the time of trial, pay any fine or forfeiture imposed on such person in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars.

The issuance of a "guaranteed arrest bond certificate," as hereinabove defined, by an automobile club, automobile association or insurance company not authorized to transact fidelity and surety insurance business in this state shall not be construed as engaging in fidelity and surety insurance business in this state by such automobile club, automobile association or insurance company.

Acts 1966, No. 290, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:560 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 560
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

A. The Legislature of Louisiana has long recognized the need to protect our most innocent and defenseless citizens from sex offenders, sexually violent predators, and child predators and has enacted statutory provisions to provide one of the most extensive sex offender registration and notification laws in the United States.

B. The legislature has enacted provisions requiring lifetime registration of sexually violent predators and has legislatively created the sexually violent predator commission as the entity which would determine which offenders are sexually violent predators. However, those provisions have rarely been utilized.

C. The legislature finds that sexually violent predators and child sexual predators often pose a high risk of engaging in sex offenses and crimes against victims who are minors after being released from incarceration or commitment and that the protection of the public from sexually violent predators is of paramount governmental interest.

D. In consideration of the potentially high rate of recidivism and the harm which can be done to the most defenseless members of the public by sexually violent predators and child sexual predators, the state has a compelling interest in ensuring compliance with the provisions of law regarding sex offender registration and notification to protect the public from harm as those offenders are released from incarceration and are returned to their communities.

E. The state also has a compelling interest in using its limited resources wisely and monitoring those offenders who pose the greatest risk to the health and safety of our citizens.

F. Therefore, it is the policy of this state to facilitate the identification of those offenders who are sexually violent predators and child sexual predators and to require that those offenders register as sex offenders for life to ensure compliance with those registration and notification requirements by enactment of sex offender assessment panels to evaluate all sex offenders prior to their release from incarceration as provided for in this Chapter.

Acts 2006, No. 186, §2, eff. June 2, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:1105.6 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 1105.6
Funding for the authority; criminal court costs
Status: in_force

In the parishes within the jurisdiction of the authority, in all felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or municipal ordinance, in any district, parish, city, or mayor's court, special costs in the amount of seven dollars and fifty cents shall be levied against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits bond. However, in lieu of imposing the special costs, the court may direct that a like amount be deducted from any fine imposed prior to disposition of the fine in accordance with other laws, but in either event any amounts so collected shall be remitted, by the tenth of the month following the month in which collected, by the proper officer of the court to the board to be used for the expenses of its operations as provided in this Subpart.

Acts 1997, No. 1445, §1, eff. July 15, 1997.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:113 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 113
Duty of Orleans registrar to furnish jury commission lists of voters added to or deleted from rolls
Status: in_force

The registrar of voters for the Parish of Orleans shall prepare and furnish to the jury commission for the Parish of Orleans quarterly a list containing the names of persons added to and deleted from the voter registration rolls for the Parish of Orleans during the preceding quarter, which list the jury commission may use, together with other information, for the purpose of discharging its duties.

Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 186.4
Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent children in custody; rulemaking
Status: in_force

A. The board shall adopt all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Part.

B. The rules shall include mandatory statewide standards and guidelines for the representation of indigent children in the custody of the office of juvenile justice to be provided in a uniform manner and consistent throughout the state.

C. All rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and subject to legislative oversight by the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.

Acts 2016, No. 617, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:571.44 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 571.44
Stipulations; advice by court
Status: in_force

A. In offering a defendant the opportunity to request entry into the job intervention program, the court shall advise the defendant of the following:

(1) If the defendant is accepted into the job intervention program, then the defendant shall waive the right to a trial. The defendant shall enter a plea of guilty to the charge, with the stipulation that sentencing be deferred or that sentence be imposed, but suspended, and the defendant be placed on supervised probation under the usual conditions of probation and under specified conditions of probation related to the completion of the job intervention program ordered by the court.

(2) If the defendant makes a request to enter the program and is accepted, the defendant shall be placed in the supervised court-ordered program for a period of not less than twelve months.

(3) The court may impose any conditions reasonably related to the reform of the defendant.

(4)(a) If the defendant completes the job intervention program, and successfully completes all other requirements of his court-ordered probation, the conviction may be set aside and the prosecution dismissed in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894. If the defendant was sentenced at the time of the entry of the plea of guilty, the successful completion of the job intervention program and the other requirements of probation will result in his discharge from supervision.

(b) If the defendant does not successfully complete the program, the judge may revoke the probation and impose sentence, or the judge may revoke the probation and order the defendant to serve the sentence previously imposed and suspended, or the court may impose any sanction provided by Code of Criminal Procedure Article 900, and extend probation and order that the defendant continue the program for an additional period, or both.

B. The defendant has the right to be represented by counsel at any court hearing relating to the job intervention program. The defendant shall be represented by counsel during the negotiations to determine eligibility to participate in such program, and shall be represented by counsel at the time of the execution of the probation agreement, and at any hearing to revoke the defendant's probation and discharge him from the program, unless the court finds and the record shows that the defendant has knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel.

C. The defendant shall agree to participation in the job intervention program.

D. The court shall inform the defendant that the program employer or district attorney may request that the defendant provide the following information to the court:

(1) Information regarding prior criminal charges.

(2) Education, work experience, and training.

(3) Family history, including residence in the community.

(4) Medical and mental history, including any psychiatric or psychological treatment or counseling.

(5) Any other information reasonably related to the success of the program.

E. The judge and district attorney shall consider the following factors in determining whether a job intervention program of probation would be in the interests of justice and of benefit to the defendant and the community:

(1) The nature of the crime charged and the circumstances surrounding the crime.

(2) Any special characteristics or circumstances of the defendant.

(3) Whether the defendant is a first-time offender.

(4) Whether there is a probability that the defendant will cooperate with and benefit from probation through job intervention.

(5) Whether the program is appropriate to meet the needs of the defendant.

(6) The impact of the defendant's probation upon the community.

(7) Recommendations, if any, of the involved law enforcement agency.

(8) Recommendations, if any, of the victim.

(9) Provisions for and the likelihood of obtaining restitution from the defendant over the course of his probation.

(10) Any mitigating circumstances.

(11) Any other circumstances reasonably related to the individual defendant's case.

F. In order to be eligible for the job intervention program, the defendant shall satisfy each of the following criteria:

(1) The crime charged is not a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), a crime of domestic abuse as defined in the R.S. 46:2132(3), a crime of simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling as defined in R.S. 14:62.2, a crime of aggravated kidnapping of a child as defined in R.S. 14:44.2, or a crime of operating a vehicle while intoxicated as defined by R.S. 14:98 and R.S. 14:98.1 that resulted in death.

(2) Other criminal proceedings alleging commission of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) cannot be pending against the defendant.

(3) Has pled guilty to the charge.

G.(1) The judge shall make the final determination of eligibility. If, based on the recommendations of the district attorney and the defense counsel, the judge determines that the defendant should be enrolled in the job intervention program, the court shall accept the defendant's guilty plea and suspend or defer the imposition of sentence and place the defendant on probation under the terms and conditions of the job intervention program. The court also may impose sentence and suspend the execution thereof, placing the defendant on probation under the terms and conditions of such program.

(2) If the judge determines that the defendant is not eligible to participate, the judge shall state for the record the reasons for that determination.

Acts 2003, No. 803, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:620 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 620
Authority of law enforcement officers
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Chapter shall limit or abrogate any existing authority of law enforcement officers to take, maintain, store, and utilize DNA samples for law enforcement purposes.

Acts 1997, No. 737, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; H.C.R. No. 40, 1999 R.S., eff. June 21, 1999.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:850.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 850.1
Establishment; purpose and title
Status: in_force

The governing authority of Union Parish may create, establish, and construct a centralized, single-parish jail and prison for the purpose of providing for the maintenance and upkeep of all persons lawfully incarcerated in Union Parish. If created, established, and constructed, under this Part, this jail and prison shall be known as the "Union Parish Detention Center". No other provision of this Part shall be effective or operative unless and until the Union Parish Detention Center is created and established by the Union Parish Police Jury under this Part.

Acts 1989, No. 539, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:562.2 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 15 / Section 562.2
Powers and duties of state fire marshal
Status: in_force

A. In addition to any other powers and duties conferred in this Chapter, the state fire marshal shall:

(1) Be responsible for the policy management and administration of the registration of persons who commit offenses involving arson to support investigations, enforcement and prevention of activities involving arson.

(2) Have the authority to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.

B. The state fire marshal may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Chapter.

Acts 2010, No. 796, §1; Acts 2014, No. 140, §1.