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ACT No. 416
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1412
BY REPRESENTATIVE RICHMOND
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:571.36, relative to electronic monitoring equipment; to require the2
Department of Public Safety and Corrections to develop policies and procedures for3
the availability, storage, and use of the equipment; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:571.36 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง571.36. Electronic monitoring equipment7
The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall develop written8
policies and procedures governing the availability, storage, and use of electronic9
monitoring equipment, which shall include all of the following:10
(1) Secure storage, making equipment inaccessible to a monitored individual.11
(2) Visual inspection of equipment worn by the monitored individual to12
determine its condition not less than once per month.13
(3) A master listing and inventory.14
(4) Availability of at least one complete backup unit for every twenty-five15
units in use.16
(5) Responses to system malfunctions.17 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1412
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(6) Restricted password access to authorized staff of base station hardware.1
(7) Maintenance and cleaning of equipment.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: