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ACT No. 317
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1459 (Substitute for House Bill No. 533 by Representative Mills)
BY REPRESENTATIVE MILLS
AN ACT1
To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 573.1, relative to time limitations for initiating2
prosecutions; to provide relative to time limitations in which to institute prosecution3
for the crime of exploitation of the infirmed; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 573.1 is hereby enacted to read as6
follows: 7
Art. 573.1. Running of time limitations; exception; exploitation of the infirmed8
The time limitations established by Article 572 shall not commence to run9
as to the crime of exploitation of the infirmed (R.S. 14:93.4) until the crime is10
discovered by a competent victim, or in the case of an incompetent victim, by a11
competent third person. 12
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: