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LA Rev Stat § 15:574.39 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§574.39. Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission

RS 574.39 - Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution by the Interstate Commission 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 § 15:574.40 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§574.40. Finance

RS 574.40 - Finance A. The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities. B. The Interstate Commission shall levy on and collect an annual assessment from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internal operations and activities of the Interstate Commission and its staff, which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the Interstate Commission's annual budget as approved each year. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by the Interstate Commission, taking into consideration the population of the state and the volume of interstate movement of offenders in each compacting state and shall promulgate a rule binding upon all compacting states which governs said assessment. C. The Interstate Commission shall not incur any obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Interstate Commission pledge the credit of any of the compacting states, except by and with the authority of the compacting state. D. The Interstate Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the Interstate Commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the Interstate Commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the Interstate Commission. Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 15:574.41 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§574.41. Eligibility of compacting states, effective date, and amendment

RS 574.41 - Eligibility of compacting states, effective date, and amendment A. Any state, as defined in R.S. 15:574.32, is eligible to become a compacting state. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than thirty-five of the states. The initial effective date shall be the later of July 1, 2001, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-fifth jurisdiction. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding, as to any other compacting state, upon enactment of the compact into law by that state. The governors of nonmember states or their designees will be invited to participate in Interstate Commission activities on a nonvoting basis prior to adoption of the compact by all states and territories of the United States. B. Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the Interstate Commission for enactment by the compacting states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the Interstate Commission and the compacting states unless and until it is enacted into law by unanimous consent of the compacting states. Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 15:574.43 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§574.43. Severability and construction

RS 574.43 - Severability and construction The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provision of the compact shall be enforceable. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally constructed to effectuate its purposes. Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 15:574.44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§574.44. Binding effect of compact and other laws

RS 574.44 - Binding effect of compact and other laws A. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this compact. All compacting states' laws conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. B. All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all rules and bylaws promulgated by the Interstate Commission, are binding upon the compacting states. All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms. C. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the Interstate Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding such meaning or interpretation. D. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by such provision upon the Interstate Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time this compact becomes effective. Acts 2001, No. 606, §1, eff. June 19, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 15:574.45 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§574.45. Interstate transfer or travel of parolees or probationers; fees

RS 574.45 - Interstate transfer or travel of parolees or probationers; fees A. Any parolee or probationer under the supervision of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections who requests to transfer his residence to another state pursuant to the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision shall pay to the department an application fee of one hundred fifty dollars. B. Any funds collected pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be used to defray the costs of returning to this state parolees and probationers who violate the conditions of supervision. C. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules and procedures to implement the provisions of this Section. Acts 2011, No. 217, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:574.61 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§574.61. Short title

RS 574.61 - Short title  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 § 15:575 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§575. Legislative findings and objectives

RS 575 - Legislative findings and objectives  The legislature hereby finds and declares that:  (1) The improvement of public safety and sound law enforcement and administration of criminal justice requires the complete and timely collection, processing, and dissemination of available information on crime, offenders, and the operations of the criminal justice system through a centralized system.  (2) It is in the public interest that to the greatest extent possible, government agencies at all levels concerned with the detection, apprehension, prosecution, sentencing, confinement, and rehabilitation of criminal offenders share among themselves available information relating to such offenders.  (3) Available computer and communications technology now enables the coordination, collection, storage, and dissemination of relevant information heretofore dispersed in separate files throughout the state.  (4) The reduction of crime, the protection of citizens and enforcement officers, and the need to improve the efficiency of the criminal justice system mandates the development and operation of a computer-based criminal justice information system in Louisiana.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 15:576 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§576. Definitions

RS 576 - Definitions  As used in this Chapter:  (1) The term "bureau" means the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information.  (2) The terms "criminal history record" or "criminal history record information" mean information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, bills of information, or any formal criminal charges, and any disposition arising therefrom, including sentencing, correctional supervision, and release. The terms do not include intelligence or investigatory purposes, nor does it include any identification information which does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system. The terms do not include records of juvenile criminal conduct.  (3) The term "criminal justice agency" means any government agency or subunit thereof, or private agency which, through statutory authorization or a legal formal agreement with a governmental unit or agency has the power of investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, adjudication, treatment, supervision, rehabilitation or release of persons suspected, charged, or convicted of a crime; or which collects, stores, processes, transmits, or disseminates criminal history record or crime information.  (4) The term "criminal justice information system" means all agencies, procedures, mechanisms, media, and forms as well as the information itself which are or become involved in the origination, collection, transmittal, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information related to offenses or offenders in Louisiana.  (5) The term "criminal justice system" means that body of agencies at the federal, state, or local level, which may legally arrest, detain, prosecute, adjudicate, treat, supervise, rehabilitate or release, or collect, store, process, transmit, or disseminate criminal history record or crime information.  (6) The term "FBI rap back system" means a service maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide authorized noncriminal and criminal justice agencies ongoing status notifications of any criminal history subsequently reported to the FBI in its criminal history system after the initial criminal or civil transaction.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 2017, No. 362, §3; Acts 2020, No. 154, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 15:577 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§577. Bureau of criminal identification and information; creation and organization

RS 577 - Bureau of criminal identification and information; creation and organization  A. There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety as a part of the office of state police, the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. The bureau shall be administered by the deputy secretary who shall employ qualified commissioned officers of the state police to supervise the activities of the bureau under such terms and conditions as he may direct. The deputy secretary may appoint such other employees and employ such consultants as he deems necessary for the efficient operation of the bureau. The Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information shall assume the functions, powers, and duties of the Bureau of Identification which prior to July 1, 1981 operated as a part of the office of state police.  B. Within the bureau, the following sections are hereby established:  (1) Criminal Records and Identification Section.  (2) Field Services and Quality Assurance Section.  (3) Latent Fingerprint Section.  The bureau may establish such units within each section as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter.  C. All data processing and related communications needs of the bureau shall be provided by the Data Processing Center and other facilities of the Department of Public Safety unless otherwise agreed by the deputy secretary.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 15:578.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§578.1. Pretrial diversion program for driving while intoxicated; criminal history records

RS 578.1 - Pretrial diversion program for driving while intoxicated; criminal history records Pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 15:242, the prosecuting authority shall maintain a list of all persons arrested for a violation of R.S. 14:98, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, or a parish or municipal ordinance that prohibits operating a vehicle while intoxicated, while impaired, or while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any controlled dangerous substance, and placed by the prosecuting authority into a pretrial diversion program. The arrest record and placement into the pretrial diversion or intervention program shall become a public record when the person successfully completes the pretrial diversion or intervention program or is terminated from the program. Such record shall be maintained for a period of five years from the date of arrest and shall not be subject to expungement or destruction during the period. Acts 1997, No. 714, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:579 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§579. Rules and regulations

RS 579 - Rules and regulations   The bureau shall issue rules and regulations, consistent with United States Department of Justice requirements, the Constitution of Louisiana, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Children's Code, and the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, governing the maintenance of privacy and security of criminal history records and records of juvenile criminal conduct; governing access to and use of records maintained by the central repository; governing restrictions to access and use by authorized agencies or individuals of any state owned or operated system of communications utilized for transmitting criminal history record information to or from the bureau; and governing the purging of any information maintained by the bureau as permitted by law. Records of juvenile criminal conduct shall not be made a part of any state or local criminal background check.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 2017, No. 362, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 15:580 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§580. Forms; procedures; training; assistance

RS 580 - Forms; procedures; training; assistance  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 § 15:581 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§581. Authorized audits and investigations

RS 581 - Authorized audits and investigations With the written authorization of the deputy secretary, any employee or agent of the bureau, for purpose of audit or investigation of violations of any provisions herein, or any official rule or regulation of the bureau, shall be granted access by any public or private criminal justice agency collecting, processing, storing, or maintaining any documents, or automated, microfilmed, or manual records containing, or which may reasonably be expected to be used to substantiate and verify, any information or statistics the bureau is empowered to require from such public or private criminal justice agency. Upon written authorization of the deputy secretary, any employee or agent of the bureau may enter any institution to which persons have been committed, who have been convicted of crime, or declared to be criminally insane or to be delinquents with intellectual disabilities, to take or cause to be taken fingerprints or photographs or to make investigations relative to any person confined therein, for the purpose of obtaining information which will lead to the identification of criminals. Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 2014, No. 811, §7, eff. June 23, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 15:582 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§582. Civil identification files

RS 582 - Civil identification files  The bureau may accept and file the names, fingerprints, photographs, and other personal identification data submitted to local criminal justice agencies by the individuals or submitted by parents on behalf of their children for the purpose of securing a more certain and easy identification in case of death, injury, loss of memory, or change in appearance. Upon the application of a person identified under the provisions of this Section to the local criminal justice agency, all data received under this Section with relation to him shall be surrendered to the requesting criminal justice agency.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 15:583 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§583. Transmission of information

RS 583 - Transmission of information  The bureau may transmit any information in its possession which the deputy secretary shall designate, to any person or agency eligible to receive it under any provision of this Chapter. For this purpose the bureau shall operate and coordinate a modern system of communications which may be required in the normal conduct of its duties.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 15:584 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§584. Cooperation with federal and other state agencies

RS 584 - Cooperation with federal and other state agencies  A. The bureau shall cooperate with the United States Department of Justice and other federal criminal justice agencies and with similar agencies in other states and cities toward developing a comprehensive state, interstate, national, and international system of criminal information, identification, investigation, records, and statistics.  B.(1) The Legislature of Louisiana approves and ratifies the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact, 34 U.S.C. 40316, and the compact shall remain in effect in this state until legislation is enacted renouncing the compact.  (2) The bureau shall execute, administer, and implement the compact on behalf of the state and may adopt necessary rules, regulations, and procedures for the national exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes as those terms are defined by the compact.  (3) Ratification of the compact does not affect the obligations and responsibilities of the bureau as set forth in the provisions of this Chapter regarding the dissemination of criminal history record information within the state.  C.(1) For the sole purpose of assisting with the study and evaluation of the creation and implementation of a procedure for automated criminal history record-clearing in Louisiana, the bureau may cooperate with nonprofit partners providing technical assistance to the Clean Slate Task Force established by House Resolution No. 67 of the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature.  (2) This Subsection shall cease to be effective on August 1, 2022.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981; Acts 2018, No. 121, §1; Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 5, §1, eff. Oct. 20, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 15:585 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§585. Admissibility of bureau records in evidence

RS 585 - Admissibility of bureau records in evidence  Any original record including fingerprints, pictures, photographs, other documents or data, or any copy thereof, when certified by the deputy secretary or his authorized representative, shall be admissible as evidence in all criminal cases in courts of this state. Any certified record, or copy thereof, received by the court shall be received as prima facie proof of its contents and proper and accurate collection and custody; provided, when the record is presented for admission into evidence it is accompanied by a statement signed by the deputy secretary or his authorized representative which specifies:  (1) The date on which the record was received by the bureau.  (2) The agency of origin of each record.  (3) The nature or type of record received and by what method of transfer.  (4) The date the bureau compiles the record for the purpose of evidence.  (5) The name of the bureau employee who prepares the record for admission as evidence.  Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.