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ACT No. 626
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1269
BY REPRESENTATIVE GIROD JACKSON AND SENATOR DORSEY
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
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: