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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1107.1. Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

RS 15:1107.1 - Board of commissioners; appointment; terms
A.(1) The Feliciana Juvenile Justice Commission is hereby created to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district.
(2) The commission shall be composed of a board of seven commissioners, who shall be qualified electors domiciled and residing in the district. Each commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four years.
(a) Two commissioners shall be appointed by the judges of the Twentieth Judicial District.
(b) One commissioner shall be appointed by the district attorney of the Twentieth Judicial District.
(c) One commissioner shall be appointed by the sheriff of East Feliciana Parish.
(d) One commissioner shall be appointed by the sheriff of West Feliciana Parish.
(e) One commissioner shall be appointed by the judges of the Twentieth Judicial District from a list of not less than three nor more than five names submitted by the police jury of East Feliciana Parish.
(f) One commissioner shall be appointed by the judges of the Twentieth Judicial District from a list of not less than three nor more than five names submitted by the police jury of West Feliciana Parish.
B. The members of the board of commissioners shall serve without salary or per diem, but the board may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties.
Acts 1999, No. 333, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1107.2. Purpose

RS 15:1107.2 - Purpose
The purpose of the commission shall be to assist and afford opportunities to children who enter the juvenile justice system, or who are children in need of care or supervision, to become productive, law-abiding citizens of the community, parish, and state by the establishment of rehabilitative programs within a structured environment and to provide physical facilities and related services for children throughout the parishes of East and West Feliciana.
Acts 1999, No. 333, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1107.3. Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

RS 15:1107.3 - Board of commissioners; officers; meetings
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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1107.4. Board; general authority

RS 15:1107.4 - Board; general authority
A. 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, 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.
B. The board may also 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.
Acts 1999, No. 333, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1107.5. Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds

RS 15:1107.5 - Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, issue bonds
A. The board of commissioners shall be domiciled in the parish of East Feliciana 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 shall cooperate with juvenile courts and other courts and public agencies within the Twentieth 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 Feliciana 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 1999, No. 333, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1107.6. Court costs; Twentieth Judicial District; funding for drug and alcohol awareness programs

RS 15:1107.6 - Court costs; Twentieth Judicial District; funding for drug and alcohol awareness programs
In the parishes within the jurisdiction of the district, in addition to any fines or costs imposed by law, in all felony and misdemeanor prosecutions, including traffic offenses, under state law or parish or local ordinance, in any district or mayor's court, as may be applicable, special court costs in the amount of five dollars shall be assessed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits bond. The monies from such costs shall be collected by the sheriff or magistrate of the mayor's court and submitted to the district attorney's office for the Twentieth Judicial District, who shall distribute the funds to each drug and alcohol awareness program in the parishes of East Feliciana and West Feliciana, whereby each program shall receive two dollars from each special court cost collected. The district attorney shall retain one dollar of the special court cost to defray the costs of administrative fees and any other expenses associated with the collection and distribution of the funds.
Acts 2007, No. 321, §1; Acts 2015, No. 14, §1.
NOTE: Section 2 of Act 321, 2007 R.S., states that no increase in special court costs provided for in Act 321 shall become effective without approval of the Judicial Council, unless the council fails to approve or reject such increase within 30 days after the effective date of the Act.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109. Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District; creation; definitions; domicile

RS 15:1109 - Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District; creation; definitions; domicile
A. The Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District is hereby created as a political subdivision of the state having a territorial jurisdiction throughout the parishes of Acadia, Allen, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion.
B. As used in this Subpart, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates and requires another or different meaning or intent:
(1) "Board" means the board of commissioners of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.
(2) "Commission" means the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District Commission.
(3) "District" means the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.
(4) "Facility" means any juvenile detention facility, shelter care facility, or any other similar juvenile justice facility.
(5) "Governing authority" means the governing authority of a parish.
(6) "Lease-purchase contract" means the financing and acquisition of property by a person pursuant to an arrangement under which such person acquires title to property, constructs a facility on the property, and enters into a lease-purchase contract with the commission providing for the leasing of the property, including a facility on the property, to the commission and the acquisition of title to the property by the commission at the end of the lease period. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term "lease-purchase contract" also means any agreement between a person and the commission providing for the acquisition, lease, custody of juveniles, or other form of operation of a newly constructed facility as may be provided in such agreement, provided that all policies, procedures, and matters related to management shall be determined by the commission.
(7) "Participating parish" means any parish which has entered into a participation agreement with the commission by which certain space is subleased to house juveniles from the participating parish.
C. The domicile of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile District shall be the parish seat of the parish in which the juvenile justice facility is located unless changed by two-thirds vote of the membership of the board of commissioners of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District.
Acts 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.2. Purpose

RS 15:1109.2 - Purpose
A. The purpose of the commission shall be to assist and afford opportunities to pre-adjudicatory and post-adjudicatory children who enter the juvenile justice system, or who are children in need of care or supervision, to become productive, law-abiding citizens of the community, parish, and state by the establishment of rehabilitative programs within a structured environment and to provide physical facilities and related services including the housing, care, supervision, maintenance, and education of children under the age of eighteen years, and for individuals who were under eighteen years of age when they committed an alleged offense, throughout the district and in other participating parishes.
B. In addition to any other authority and power granted by law, the board is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements or cooperative endeavor agreements with any other state, parish, or local agency, entity, or individual to provide for the establishment and maintenance of evidence-based or best practices juvenile services and programs, including but not limited to a district attorney's early intervention program.
C. In association with any such evidence-based or best practices services and programs, and other such qualified programs, the board is specifically authorized to expend any and all funds collected and to pay any and all negotiated costs and expenses for juvenile services and programs provided within the district or to other participating parishes.
Acts 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.3. Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

RS 15:1109.3 - Board of commissioners; officers; meetings
A. The board of commissioners shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman, and a treasurer from among its members whose duties, in addition to those provided by this Subpart, shall be established by the board. The treasurer shall furnish bond in an amount and in accordance with the terms and conditions fixed by the board. The board of commissioners may also appoint a person who may, but is not required to, be a member of the board to serve as the secretary.
B. The board shall fix a time and place for the holding of its regular meetings in at least every other calendar month. Additional regular or special meetings may be held upon the call of the chairman or of three of the commissioners. All meetings of the board may be conducted at any location approved by 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 quorum present.
Acts 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.5. Power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds

RS 15:1109.5 - Power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds
A. In the exercise of its powers to administer, control, 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 and any other constitutional or statutory authority.
B. 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 throughout the district, the commission may incur debt and issue general obligation bonds within the limitations prescribed in Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of Louisiana and any 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 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.6. Use of facilities

RS 15:1109.6 - Use of facilities
The facility shall be used for the temporary detention of children under the age of eighteen years and for individuals eighteen years of age and older who were under eighteen years of age when they committed an alleged offense from the parishes within the district while awaiting trial or other disposition of their cases, runaways from parishes within the district, those awaiting transfer to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or the office of juvenile justice, and any other purpose or use provided in R.S. 15:1109.2 or any other constitutional or statutory law. The facility may also be used to operate post-adjudication programming, including treatment and rehabilitation. Subject to the approval of the commission, juveniles from parishes outside of the district may be accepted for housing and care in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board and pursuant to a participation agreement between the district and the governing authority of the participating parishes, but only upon agreement of the participating parish to pay the charges established for the sublease of space in the facility and for the care and maintenance of each such juvenile.
Acts 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.7. Immunity from civil liability

RS 15:1109.7 - Immunity from civil liability
A. The members of the board of commissioners of the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District 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, connected to, or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the course and scope of their actions, duties, or responsibilities for or on behalf of the district or commission. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability for any damage, injury, liability, or loss 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 2023, No. 166, §1, eff. June 7, 2023.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.11. River Parishes Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction

RS 15:1109.11 - River Parishes Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction
The River Parishes Juvenile Justice District is hereby established as a political subdivision of the state, with a territorial jurisdiction throughout the Twenty-Third, Twenty-Ninth, and Fortieth Judicial Districts, including the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist.
Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.12. Board of commissioners; appointment; terms

RS 15:1109.12 - Board of commissioners; appointment; terms
A. The River Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission is hereby created to control, administer, and manage the affairs of the district. The commission shall be composed of a board of fourteen commissioners, who shall be qualified electors domiciled and residing in the district. Five commissioners shall be jointly appointed, for terms of four years, by the sheriffs of the Twenty-Third Judicial District; two commissioners shall be appointed, for terms of four years, by the sheriff of St. Charles Parish; one commissioner shall be appointed, for a term of four years, by the sheriff of St. John the Baptist Parish; one commissioner shall be appointed, for a term of four years, by the district attorney of the Twenty-Third Judicial District; one commissioner shall be appointed, for a term of four years, by the district attorney of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District; one commissioner shall be appointed, for a term of four years, by the district attorney of the Fortieth Judicial District; one commissioner shall be appointed, for a term of four years, by the chief judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District; one commissioner shall be appointed, for a term of four years, by the chief judge of the Twenty-Ninth Judicial District; and one commissioner shall be appointed, for a term of four years, by the chief judge of the Fortieth Judicial District. All appointments shall be confirmed by the Senate.
B. The members of the board of commissioners shall serve without salary or per diem, but the board may authorize a reasonable travel allowance for its members in the performance of their official duties.
Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.13. Purpose

RS 15:1109.13 - Purpose
The purpose of the commission shall be to assist and afford opportunities to children who enter the juvenile justice system, or who are children in need of care or supervision, to become productive, law-abiding citizens of the community, parish, and state by the establishment of rehabilitative programs within a structured environment and to provide physical facilities and related services for children throughout the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist.
Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.14. Board of commissioners; officers; meetings

RS 15:1109.14 - Board of commissioners; officers; meetings
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.
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 five 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 current members of the board shall constitute a quorum. A quorum shall be required to transact business, and any action of the board shall require approval by a majority of the quorum present.
Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.15. Board; general authority

RS 15:1109.15 - Board; general authority
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, 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) The diagnostic facilities, dormitories, and other residential facilities may also be used to operate post-adjudication programming, including treatment and rehabilitation.
B. The board may also 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.
Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.16. Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds

RS 15:1109.16 - Board; domicile; power to levy taxes, incur debt, and issue bonds
A. The board of commissioners shall be domiciled in the parish of St. James 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 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, specifically, may cooperate with juvenile courts and other courts and public agencies within the Twenty-Third, Twenty-Ninth, and Fortieth Judicial Districts to aid and assist in all ways authorized by law for the purposes and responsibilities for which the commission 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 River Parishes 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 2023, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1109.17. Funding for the commission; criminal court costs

RS 15:1109.17 - Funding for the commission; criminal court costs
A. In the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist, 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 an amount not to exceed five dollars shall be levied against every defendant who is convicted after trial, enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or 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 of the River Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission to be used for the expenses of its operations as provided in this Subpart.
B. In the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist, in all courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction, special costs in an amount not to exceed five dollars shall be levied against every juvenile who is found to have committed a traffic violation, under state law or parish or municipal ordinance, and special costs in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars shall be levied against every juvenile who is adjudicated a delinquent. All or part of the costs may be suspended, but any amounts collected shall be remitted, by the tenth of the month following the month in which collected, by the proper officer of the court in which the matter was heard to the board of the River Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission to be used for the expenses of its operations pursuant to this Subpart.
Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1110.2. Employment prohibition; previous finding of abuse or neglect

RS 15:1110.2 - Employment prohibition; previous finding of abuse or neglect
A. Any owner, operator, current or prospective employee, or volunteer of a juvenile detention facility that is requesting licensure or is licensed by the Department of Children and Family Services is prohibited from being employed by the facility if that individual's name is recorded on the state central registry as a perpetrator for a justified finding of abuse or neglect of a child.
B. If the individual's name is or was entered on the state central registry, that individual may make a formal written request to the division of administrative law for an administrative appeal of the justified determination, in accordance with Children's Code Article 616.1.1 and the procedures promulgated by the department.
C. The department shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, all rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
D. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 348, §5.
E. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 348, §5.
NOTE: §1110.2 as repealed by Acts 2023, No. 445, eff. July 1, 2024.
RS 15:1110.2 - Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 445, §3, eff. July 1, 2024.
Acts 2012, No. 814, §1, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2017, No. 348, §§2, 5, see Act; Acts 2023, No. 445, §3, eff. July 1, 2024.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1113. Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals participating in work release or workforce development work release programs administered by the department

RS 15:1113 - Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals participating in work release or workforce development work release programs administered by the department
A. No facility that provides housing or temporary residence for individuals who are participating in work release programs as authorized by the provisions of R.S. 15:1111 or 1199.9 shall be located within one thousand feet of any school or child day care center property.
B.(1) In municipalities and unincorporated areas which are divided into subdivisions with streets, blocks, and sidewalks, this distance shall be measured as a person walks using the sidewalk from the nearest point of the property line of the school or day care center to the nearest point of the premises to be used to provide housing or temporary residence.
(2) Outside of municipalities and unincorporated areas which are not divided into subdivisions with streets, blocks, or sidewalks, the measurement of this distance shall be a straight line from the nearest point of the premises to provide housing or temporary residence to the nearest point of the school or day care center property.
C.(1) The prohibitions provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall not apply to any facility that provides housing or temporary residence and has been in operation for a year or longer prior to August 15, 2009.
(2) The subsequent construction, erection, development, or movement of a school or day care center which causes the facility providing housing or temporary residence to be located within the prohibited distance as provided for in Subsection A of this Section shall not be cause for a violation of the provisions of this Section.
D. For purposes of this Section the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Child day care center property" means property on which is located a facility licensed as a day care center under the provisions of the Child Care Facility and Child-Placing Agency Licensing Act (R.S. 46:1401 et seq.) or licensed as a group child day care home under the provisions of the Child Care Registration Law (R.S. 46:1441 et seq.).
(2) "Premises" includes that land and any improvements thereon.
(3) "School property" means the property of any public elementary or secondary school or any nonpublic elementary or secondary school.
E. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 2009, No. 151, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1132. Pre-sentence investigations

RS 15:1132 - Pre-sentence investigations
A. If a defendant is convicted of an offense, the court may order a pre-sentence investigation in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 875. This investigation shall undertake educational, medical, physical fitness, psychiatric, and social studies of the defendant.
B. The Department of Corrections or, with court approval, the pre-sentence and probation officers of the various courts are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with professional personnel to perform the tests. The report of the investigation shall make recommendations to the court as to the rehabilitation potential of the defendant, the stages required to make the defendant useful and productive, and as to whether the defendant should be placed on probation and the terms thereof or whether the defendant should be committed to a community rehabilitation center or prison, or to the Department of Corrections for assignment to an appropriate penal or correctional facility.
C. The court may postpone sentence until this report is received.
D. Any expenses of these tests may be assessed and taxed as costs and shall be payable by the defendant benefiting by them. An additional civil action to collect these costs shall not prescribe for five years.
Acts 1970, No. 441, §1; Acts 1983, No. 641, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1133. Sentence to community rehabilitation centers

RS 15:1133 - Sentence to community rehabilitation centers
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a court may order that an offender sentenced to not more than five years without hard labor be placed in a community rehabilitation center under terms and conditions established by the court, provided such placement receives the consent of the offender and the administrators in charge of the center. Upon the written request of the administrators of a community rehabilitation center, the court shall order that an offender placed pursuant to this Subsection be removed, and shall issue such other orders regarding the custody of the offender as are appropriate under the original sentence.
B.(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a court may recommend that an offender sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections be placed in a community rehabilitation center. Upon such a recommendation, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or his designee may place the offender in a community rehabilitation center provided the following conditions are met:
(a) The placement is recommended in a presentence investigation report.
(b) The offender agrees to the placement.
(c) The sentence to imprisonment at hard labor is for five years or less.
(d) The offender has never been convicted of a sex-related offense.
(e) The offender has not exhibited and his record does not reveal an habitual or compulsive use of violence against persons.
(f) The secretary or his designee concludes, based upon evaluation conducted by the department, that the offender is likely to respond affirmatively to placement in a community rehabilitation center.
(2) Any offender placed in a community rehabilitation center pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection may be removed from the center and placed in a Department of Public Safety and Corrections facility at the discretion of the secretary or his designee.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to a defendant who was convicted of any violation of R.S. 14:98.
Acts 1970, No. 441, §1; Acts 1988, No. 610, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Mar. 13, 1989.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1134. Staff and facilities of community rehabilitation centers

RS 15:1134 - Staff and facilities of community rehabilitation centers
A. The Department of Corrections may employ psychiatrists, neurologists, special educators, school counselors, psychologists, nurses, technicians, social workers, occupational therapists, physicians and other professional personnel to staff community rehabilitation centers, or may contract for the services of such persons with community service organizations, religious groups, universities and medical schools.
B. The Department of Corrections and/or the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans, as the case may be may enter into contracts with other state agencies, local agencies, community service organizations or religious groups for the operation and maintenance of community rehabilitation centers or for the leasing of space for such facilities, or both. In addition, the criminal sheriff of the parish of Orleans, for the purposes of operating and maintaining such rehabilitation centers, programs and/or services for prisoners under his jurisdiction, shall have full power and authority as is provided for in Subsection A hereof, to retain such personnel as may be required for these purposes.
C. All community rehabilitation centers shall be minimum security structures and no such facility shall contain cells or barred windows, and no inmate of any such facility shall be locked in any room thereof. There shall be no armed guards at any such facility.
Added by Acts 1970, No. 441, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 723, §1; Acts 2021, No. 275, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1151. Definitions

RS 15:1151 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following words shall have the following meanings ascribed to them:
(1) "Board" means the Prison Enterprises Board.
(2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
(3) "Secretary" means the secretary of corrections.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1983, NO. 691, REGARDING THE PRISON ENTERPRISES FUND.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1152. Prison enterprises

RS 15:1152 - Prison enterprises
The department may engage in any agricultural, aquacultural, silvicultural, industrial enterprise, or service in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 2007, No. 289, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1983, NO. 691, REGARDING THE PRISON ENTERPRISES FUND.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1153. Purposes

RS 15:1153 - Purposes
A. The department shall operate prison enterprises for the following purposes, which shall be given priority in the order listed:
(1) To utilize the resources of the department in the production of food, fiber, and other necessary items used by the inmates in order to lower the cost of incarcerating the inmates.
(2) To provide products and services to state agencies and agencies of parishes, municipalities, other political subdivisions, and public employees.
(3) To provide work opportunities for inmates in accordance with law.
B.(1) The department may enter into cooperative endeavors with and request studies or reports from private citizens, the Louisiana State University Cooperative Extension Service, and the public colleges and universities in this state for the purposes of encouraging and facilitating production and marketing of agricultural commodities and research in the area of production of agricultural commodities and for the purpose of acquiring advice on the most cost effective utilization of the products of its agricultural system.
(2) Should the department enter into such cooperative endeavors or receive such studies or reports as provided in Subsection A of this Section it shall do the following:
(a) Prepare an annual written summary of any recommendations made within three years preceding the date of the summary by any person or entity who has participated or is participating in a cooperative endeavor or who is making or has made a study or report, excluding any recommendations made prior to July 1, 1984, which summary shall be co-signed by such person or entity.
(b) Prepare a report of the specific actions taken by the department with regard to such recommendations.
(c) Prepare a report of the reasons why any such recommendation was not fully implemented.
(d) Transmit the summary and the reports to the House and Senate Committees on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development, the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Fiscal Office, and the persons or entities which made the recommendations by the first of April of each year.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 1985, No. 983, §1; Acts 2003, No. 116, §2, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2007, No. 289, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1983, NO. 691, REGARDING THE PRISON ENTERPRISES FUND.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1154. Administration

RS 15:1154 - Administration
A. The secretary shall administer the provisions of this Part.
B. The Prison Enterprises Board shall advise the secretary on all aspects of the administration of this Part.
C. The secretary shall administer the provisions of this Part in a manner which will insure the best long-range utilization of the resources of the department.
D. In the administration of the forest lands under the control of the department, no trees shall be cut or planted except in accordance with best management practices determined after consultation with the Louisiana State University School of Forestry or a professional timber management consultant.
E. The secretary shall develop the budgets and the plans of operation for the prison enterprises for the various institutions with the advice of the board and with the concurrence of one of the following as determined by the secretary, the undersecretary, the assistant secretary, or the chief of operations. At the secretary's discretion, the undersecretary, the assistant secretary, or the chief of operations shall consult with the warden of each institution under his jurisdiction concerning proposed prison enterprises at the institutions. The warden at each institution shall have the necessary authority and budgetary responsibility with respect to his respective institution to implement and execute the prison enterprises and for achieving the quantitative and qualitative production goals established by the secretary within the resources provided to each warden.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 2007, No. 289, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1983, NO. 691, REGARDING THE PRISON ENTERPRISES FUND.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1155. Prison Enterprises Board

RS 15:1155 - Prison Enterprises Board
A. The Prison Enterprises Board is hereby created within the Department of Corrections.
B. The board shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge.
C. The board shall consist of seven members who shall be appointed by the governor in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) One member shall be knowledgeable in agronomy and shall have experience as a farmer or farm manager in the actual production of field crops for commercial purposes.
(2) One member shall have technical and practical knowledge and experience in forest management.
(3) One member shall have knowledge and experience in livestock management, dairy operations, or both.
(4) One member shall be an owner or operator of a facility engaged in the processing of the types of agricultural products produced by prison enterprises.
(5) One member shall have knowledge of and experience in manufacturing.
(6) One member shall be appointed from a list of three nominees submitted by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.
(7) One member shall be appointed from a list of three members nominated by the Louisiana AFL-CIO.
D. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.
E. Members shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
F. Members shall receive a per diem of seventy-five dollars and shall be reimbursed for mileage at the rate established for state employees.
G. Four members shall constitute a quorum and all actions of the board shall require the affirmative vote of at least four members.
H. The board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members who shall serve for terms of one year.
I. The board shall meet at least quarterly and may meet upon the call of the chairman or any three members. Meetings of the board shall be open to the public in accordance with law.
J. The secretary shall provide the board with necessary clerical personnel.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 1991, No. 137, §1; Acts 2003, No. 774, §3.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1983, NO. 691, REGARDING THE PRISON ENTERPRISES FUND.}}
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1156. Rules

RS 15:1156 - Rules
A. The secretary, with the advice of the board, shall make such rules and regulations as are necessary to administer the provisions of this Part. All rules and regulations shall be made in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
B. In addition, the secretary with the advice of the board, shall make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the implementation and administration of the provisions of R.S. 15:708(A)(4). These rules and regulations shall include but shall not be limited to guidelines for transportation to and from work projects, supervision, custody, and control of such inmates, necessary security and safety provisions, and establishment and maintenance of inmate compensation and savings accounts.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 1997, No. 509, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1157. Sales of goods and services; contractual powers

RS 15:1157 - Sales of goods and services; contractual powers
A.(1) Except as provided in Subparagraph (2) of this Paragraph, state agencies shall purchase, if available, goods and services from prison enterprises, or products manufactured in a certified Private Sector/Prison Industry Enhancement Program, if the prices are less than those of central purchasing.
(2) State agencies which operate a state prison may purchase, if available, goods and services from vendors located in the parish in which the prison facility is located, if the prices are less than those of central purchasing or prison enterprises, and the vendor meets the requirements of the Hudson Initiative, as provided in R.S. 39:2001 et seq., or the Veteran Initiative, as provided in R.S. 39:2171 et seq.
(3) Goods and services may be sold to the governing authorities of parishes, municipalities, other political subdivisions, and public employees.
(4) Services shall be provided at a cost that is not less than the cost to the department for providing the services. Manufactured products shall be provided at a cost that is not less than the cost of the raw materials used to manufacture the product. If the manufactured product is deemed to be spoiled, overstocked, obsolete or otherwise not salable at a cost equal to or greater than the raw material cost of the manufactured product and can be documented as such, the director may authorize a sale at less than the raw material cost. Sales of manufactured products to public employees shall be priced at the current prison enterprises contract price or based on established and documented pricing methodologies. B. Agricultural, aquacultural, and silvicultural commodities may be sold on the open market in accordance with rules adopted by the secretary when the sale will further the purposes of this Part.
C. The secretary may enter into contracts with private entities or governmental agencies for the sale, purchase, or barter of commodities to effectuate the purposes of this Part in accordance with rules adopted by the secretary.
D. Products of the type which are produced in foreign countries that are labor intensive may be produced and sold on the open market.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1, eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 1986, No. 1009, §1; Acts 1995, No. 644, §1; Acts 2007, No. 289, §1; Acts 2017, No. 248, §1, eff. June 14, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 15 - Criminal Procedure › §15:1158. Inmate labor

RS 15:1158 - Inmate labor
The department may use inmate labor to maintain existing production and service facilities.
Added by Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 59, §1. eff. Feb. 7, 1983; Acts 2007, No. 289, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1983, NO. 691, REGARDING THE PRISON ENTERPRISES FUND.}}