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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1356
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENRY BURNS
PARDON/PAROLE: Establishes a one-time fee for parole and probation to establish an
integrated criminal justice information system
AN ACT1
To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.1.1 and R.S. 15:574.4.3, relative to2
probation and parole; to establish a one time fee for offenders convicted of certain3
offenses; to provide for the use of funds collected by assessment of the fee; and to4
provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 895.1.1 is hereby enacted to read as7
follows: 8
Art. 895.1.1. Probation; additional fee for integrated criminal justice information9
system10
When the court places a defendant on supervised probation for a conviction11
of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as defined in R.S.12
15:541, it shall order as a condition of probation a one-time fee of fifteen dollars13
payable to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for the purpose of14
developing a single integrated criminal justice information system.15
Section 2. R.S. 15:574.4.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows:16
ยง574.4.3. Parole technology fee; integrated criminal justice information system17
A. A one-time fee of fifteen dollars shall be assessed for each case file18
existing on August 15, 2010, for an offender convicted of a crime of violence as19
defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, and for each new20 HLS 10RS-2820 ORIGINAL
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case file opened thereafter for an offender convicted of a crime of violence as1
defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 by a probation and2
parole officer of the office of adult services in the Department of Public Safety and3
Corrections. Such fee shall be collected at the offender's first meeting with any such4
officer after August 15, 2010, or, if provided for by rule promulgated by the5
department, over a time period not to exceed twelve months after the first meeting.6
B. All fees collected pursuant to this Section shall be remitted to the7
treasurer's office on a monthly basis and shall be used for the development of a8
single integrated criminal justice information system.9
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)]
Henry Burns HB No. 1356
Abstract: Establishes a one-time $15 probation and parole fee for developing a single
integrated criminal justice information system.
Proposed law provides for the assessment of a one-time $15 fee for each person placed on
parole or probation who has been convicted of a crime of violence or a sex offense.
Proposed law provides that the fee shall be used for the development of an integrated
criminal justice information system.
(Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 895.1.1 and R.S. 15:574.4.3)