HLS 10RS-1981 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1269
BY REPRESENTATIVE GIROD JACKSON
JUVENILES: Provides with respect to the solicitation of children for membership in a
criminal street gang
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1403.1(B), relative to criminal street gangs; to provide with2
respect to the crime of solicitation of membership in a criminal street gang; to3
provide for penalties; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:1403.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1403.1. Solicitation of membership in a criminal street gang; penalty7
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B.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned,9
with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or fined not more than five10
thousand dollars, or both.11
(2) Any person over the age of seventeen who violates the provisions of this12
Section by knowingly soliciting, recruiting, enabling, encouraging, or otherwise13
causing a child under the age of seventeen to become a member of a criminal street14
gang, when there is a difference in age of at least three years between the solicitor15
and the person being solicited, shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for16
not more than four years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both. Lack of17
knowledge of the child's age shall not be a defense. 18 HLS 10RS-1981 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1269
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Girod Jackson HB No. 1269
Abstract: Provides for penalties relative to the solicitation of children under the age of 17
to become a member of a criminal street gang.
Present law provides that no person shall knowingly solicit, recruit, enable, encourage, or
otherwise cause another person to become a member of a criminal street gang.
Present law provides that whoever violates the provisions of present law shall be imprisoned,
with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, fined not more than $5,000, or both.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that whoever solicits a person under the age
of 17 to become a member of a criminal street gang, when there is a difference in age of at
least three years between the solicitor and the person being solicited, shall be imprisoned,
with or without hard labor, for not more than four years, fined not more than $10,000, or
both.
(Amends R.S. 15:1403.1(B))