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LA Rev Stat § 15:241 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§241. Medical, psychological, psychiatric examination of certain victims under age eighteen; polygraph examinations; prohibition

RS 241 - Medical, psychological, psychiatric examination of certain victims under age eighteen; polygraph examinations; prohibition A. If the defendant is charged with a violation of R.S. 14:93 or any provision of Subpart C of Part II, Subpart B of Part IV, or Subpart A(1) or A(4) of Part V of Chapter 1 of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and the victim was under the age of eighteen at the time of the offense, the defendant shall not be entitled to compel the victim to submit to a medical, psychological, or psychiatric examination, unless the court finds, after a contradictory hearing with the state, that such an examination is necessary and appropriate and will not cause the victim undue emotional stress and is not being sought for the purpose of harassing or intimidating the victim. At such a hearing the defendant shall not be entitled to compel the attendance of the victim. B. No law enforcement officer, prosecutor, or other governmental official shall request or require any victim, regardless of age, of an alleged sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 to submit to a polygraph examination or other device used to measure the truthfulness of the victim as a condition of proceeding with the investigation of the offense. C. The refusal of a victim of an alleged sex offense to submit to an examination described in Subsection B of this Section shall not prevent the investigation, charging, or prosecution of the offense. Acts 1995, No. 754, §1; Acts 2008, No. 816, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:242 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§242. Pretrial diversion for driving while intoxicated; reporting

RS 242 - Pretrial diversion for driving while intoxicated; reporting Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a person is placed into a pretrial diversion program following an arrest 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, then the prosecuting authority shall maintain a record consisting of the name of the person, the arrest date, and a description of the pretrial intervention or diversion program into which the person was placed. Such record shall become a public record when the person has successfully completed the intervention program or is terminated from the program. Acts 1997, No. 714, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:243 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§243. Buyer Beware Program; post-conviction program for offenders; pre-trial diversion program for defendants; individuals engaged in the purchase of sexual activity and solicitation of prostitutes

RS 243 - Buyer Beware Program; post-conviction program for offenders; pre-trial diversion program for defendants; individuals engaged in the purchase of sexual activity and solicitation of prostitutes  A.(1) 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 program for defendants charged, or offenders convicted, with an offense in which the defendant engaged in the purchase of sexual activity, including those charged or convicted pursuant to R.S. 14:82.2 or 83. The program shall educate the defendants or offenders about the harms, exploitation, and negative effects of prostitution. The district attorney, at his discretion, may choose to be the operator of the program using his own office personnel or may choose a vendor as the operator of the program.  (2) The program may be offered, at the discretion of the district attorney, to an offender as part of a pre-trial diversion program unless the offense involves the purchase of sexual activity from a minor.  B. At the discretion of the district attorney, after any costs associated with the administration of the program are paid, a portion of all monies collected pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be distributed to entities within their judicial district, or within the judicial districts participating in the program, that provide rehabilitative services and treatment to victims of offenses involving human trafficking and trafficking of children for sexual purposes.  C. If the district attorney fails to develop a program, alone or in conjunction with the district attorney of an adjacent judicial district, the court shall order that the offender, who is sentenced pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 14:82.2 or 83, attend a certain number of meetings for sexual addiction recovery with a local recovery group.  D. If the district attorney fails to develop a program, alone or in conjunction with the district attorney of an adjacent judicial district and there is no local recovery group for sexual addiction within the judicial district or within a fifty-mile radius of the offender's home, the court shall order the offender, who is sentenced pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 14:82.2 or 83, to complete an online course which educates the offenders about the harms, exploitation, and negative effects of prostitution.  E. The program provided for in this Section shall be known as the "Buyer Beware Program".  Acts 2014, No. 564, §2; Acts 2018, No. 663, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 15:244 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§244. Military pretrial diversion program

RS 244 - Military pretrial diversion program  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 § 15:251 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§251. Blank

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LA Rev Stat § 15:252 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§252. Witnesses' fees and mileage

RS 252 - Witnesses' fees and mileage  Witnesses subpoenaed in all preliminary criminal trials or proceedings, for attendance before grand juries and upon final trials shall receive a per diem of three dollars per day and mileage of not more than five cents for each mile necessarily traveled in going to and returning from court, the exact amount to be fixed by the police juries of the several parishes, provided, however, that in the parishes of Acadia and Vermilion witnesses shall not be allowed any fees, per diem or mileage in all preliminary criminal trials or proceedings and for attendance before grand juries, provided further, however, that witnesses subpoenaed in the parishes of Acadia and Vermilion upon final trials shall receive a per diem of three dollars per day and mileage of not more than five cents for each mile necessarily travelled in going to and returning from court, the exact amount to be fixed by the police juries of the parishes of Acadia and Vermilion.  Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1969, No. 167, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:253 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§253. Witnesses not residents of parish

RS 253 - Witnesses not residents of parish  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 § 15:254 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§254. Sheriffs, jurors and law enforcement officers not entitled to witness fees

RS 254 - Sheriffs, jurors and law enforcement officers not entitled to witness fees  No sheriff, deputy sheriff or juror, and no law enforcement officer except as otherwise provided by R.S. 15:254.1 and R.S. 15:255 while attending court as such, shall be allowed any compensation for attendance as a witness in any criminal case.  Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 568, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:254.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§254.1. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of New Iberia

RS 254.1 - Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of New Iberia A. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a traffic, criminal, or juvenile case before the City Court of New Iberia or on a date or at a time when such an officer is off duty shall be paid the sum of fifty dollars per case per day by the clerk of the city of New Iberia. The clerk of the city of New Iberia shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the law enforcement officer's employer within thirty days after the officer qualifies for the fee. The employer shall be responsible for calculating and withholding all requisite deductions for taxes and for transferring or remitting all sums of employee withholdings to the appropriate taxing authorities, on behalf of the law enforcement officer and, within thirty days after receipt of the funds, for making payment of the appropriate net amount to the law enforcement officer. Compensation allowed 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. B.(1) The maximum allowable fee to be received by an officer on any given day when he is summoned in an off-duty status shall be one hundred fifty dollars per day, no matter how many summonses he receives per specific day. Said sum shall be in addition to any other compensation the law enforcement officer is eligible to receive from his or her employer. (2) Witness fees provided by this Subsection shall be paid from costs of court which shall be assessed and collected in individual cases in which there is a plea of guilty or a conviction, in accordance with a schedule of costs adopted by the judge or judges of the City Court of New Iberia. The costs so collected shall be placed in a special fund maintained and administered by the governing authority, the city of New Iberia, and from which the governing authority shall pay the witness fees provided for herein. (3) The judge or judges of the City Court of New Iberia may adjust the schedule of costs from time to time as the need for funds may require. C. 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 clerk of the City Court of New Iberia 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 1985, No. 981, §1; Acts 1992, No. 667, §1; Acts 2005, No. 96, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 15:254.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§254.2. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish

RS 254.2 - Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case in Lafayette Parish before the Fifteenth Judicial District Court on a date or at a time when such officer is off duty shall be paid the sum of fifteen dollars per day by the clerk of court of Lafayette Parish. The clerk of court of Lafayette Parish shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the law enforcement officer's employer within thirty days after the officer qualifies for the fee. The employer shall be responsible for calculating and withholding all requisite deductions for taxes and for transferring or remitting all sums of employee withholdings to the appropriate taxing authorities, on behalf of the law enforcement officer and, within thirty days after receipt of the funds, for making payment of the appropriate net amount to the law enforcement officer. Said sum shall be in addition to any other compensation the aforesaid law enforcement officer is eligible to receive. Provided that as a condition precedent to receipt of the compensation provided in this Section, the aforesaid law enforcement officer and his superior shall be required to certify to the clerk of court issuing the subpoena 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. Said sum shall not be taxed as court costs. Added by Acts 1979, No. 293, §1; Acts 2005, No. 96, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 15:254.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§254.3. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of Lafayette

RS 254.3 - Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of Lafayette Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a traffic or criminal case before the City Court of Lafayette on a date or at a time when such officer is off duty shall be paid the sum of five dollars per day by the clerk of the City Court of Lafayette. The clerk of the City Court of Lafayette shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the law enforcement officer's employer within thirty days after the officer qualifies for the fee. The employer shall be responsible for calculating and withholding all requisite deductions for taxes and for transferring or remitting all sums of employee withholdings to the appropriate taxing authorities, on behalf of the law enforcement officer and, within thirty days after receipt of the funds, for making payment of the appropriate net amount to the law enforcement officer. Provided that as a condition precedent to receipt of the compensation provided in this Section, the aforesaid law enforcement officer and his superior shall be required to certify to the clerk of the City Court of Lafayette 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. 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 five dollars, no matter how many summons he receives for the specific day. Said sum shall be in addition to any other compensation the aforesaid law enforcement officer is eligible to receive. Said sum shall not be taxed as court costs. Added by Acts 1979, No. 294, §1; Acts 2005, No. 96, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 15:254.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§254.7. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of East St. Tammany

RS 254.7 - Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of East St. Tammany  Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a traffic, criminal, or juvenile case before the City Court of East St. Tammany on a date or at a time when such officer is off duty shall be paid the sum of twenty-five dollars per subpoena per day by the clerk of the City Court of East St. Tammany. The clerk of the City Court of East St. Tammany shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the law enforcement officer's employer within thirty days after the officer qualifies for the fee. The employer shall be responsible for calculating and withholding all requisite deductions for taxes and for transferring or remitting all sums of employee withholdings to the appropriate taxing authorities, on behalf of the law enforcement officer and, within thirty days after receipt of the funds, for making payment of the appropriate net amount to the law enforcement officer. Compensation allowed 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. 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 clerk of the City Court of East St. Tammany 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. 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 seventy-five dollars, 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. When the fee is for the testimony of an off-duty law enforcement officer employed by public safety services of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the fee shall be paid directly to public safety services.  Added by Acts 2001, No. 46, §1; Acts 2005, No. 96, §2, eff. January 1, 2006; Acts 2020, No. 205, §2, eff. June 11, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 15:255.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§255.1. Witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers

RS 255.1 - Witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers A. Unless otherwise provided for by law for a particular jurisdiction, whenever a retired or former law enforcement officer is required to be present, as a witness in any criminal case or delinquency adjudication in any district or parish court or any court exercising juvenile jurisdiction, to testify as to events which occurred during his employment as a law enforcement officer, the retired or former law enforcement officer shall be paid the sum of fifty dollars for each day 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 the provisions of R.S. 15:255(D)(1) and (2). B. The retired or former law enforcement officer shall submit to the parish governing authority an application for payment of the fee, accompanied by documentation verifying service as a witness. Within sixty days of receipt of the application for the fee, along with accompanying documentation, the governing authority of the parish shall transmit the fees due under this Section to the retired or former law enforcement officer. Acts 2014, No. 4, §1
LA Rev Stat § 15:256 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§256. Fees where more than one case on same day

RS 256 - Fees where more than one case on same day  Except as provided in R.S. 15:255, no person shall be allowed, for attendance as a witness in criminal cases, more than is allowed in one case on the same day, or mileage for more than one case at a time. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the city of New Orleans.  Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 690, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 15:257 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§257. Placing material witness under bond; exception for victims

RS 257 - Placing material witness under bond; exception for victims  Except as provided in R.S. 15:257.1, whenever it shall appear, upon motion of the district attorney or upon motion of a defendant supported by his affidavit, that the testimony of any witness is essential to the prosecution or the defense, as the case may be, and it is shown that it may become impracticable to secure the presence of the person by subpoena, a judge, as defined in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 931, shall issue a warrant for the arrest of the witness. The witness shall be arrested and held in the parish jail, or such other suitable place as shall be designated by the court, until he gives an appearance bond as provided for defendants when admitted to bail, or until his testimony shall have been given in the cause or dispensed with.  Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 149, §1; Acts 2010, No. 485, §1; Acts 2019, No. 410, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 15:258 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 15 - Criminal Procedure|§258. Taking deposition of witness imprisoned in default of bond

RS 258 - Taking deposition of witness imprisoned in default of bond  When any witness in any criminal case, imprisoned in default of giving bond for his appearance, shall wish to have his testimony taken and to be enlarged, he shall apply to the judge of the court in which such prosecution is pending to have his testimony taken in writing; and thereupon the judge shall order said testimony to be taken in writing before him in court or in chambers or before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths, after giving forty-eight hours personal notice to the accused and to the district attorney to be present at the time and place of the taking of said testimony; provided, that with the consent of the district attorney and of the accused any and all delays for the taking of said testimony may be waived. If the accused is in jail, the sheriff shall be notified and shall produce the accused at the time and place designated to be confronted with the witness. The testimony when so taken shall be sworn to and signed by the witness if he knows how to write, if not, by his ordinary mark attested by the officer taking the testimony; and the said testimony so certified to shall be without delay returned by the officer taking the same into the court in which said prosecution is pending, together with the said notice and the officer's return of service annexed thereto, and thereupon the said witness shall be discharged from custody.  The taking of this testimony shall be without expense to the witness, but shall be taxed as a part of the costs of the prosecution.  Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.