HLS 10RS-1051 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 218
BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON
PAROLE: Authorizes the warden of an institution where an inmate is incarcerated to
contact the Board of Parole regarding an inmate seeking parole
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.2.1(A)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S.2
15:574.2.1(G), relative to contact with the Board of Parole; to authorize the warden3
of the institution where an inmate is incarcerated to contact the Board of Parole for4
certain purposes; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.2.1(A)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and7
reenacted and R.S. 15:574.2.1(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง574.2.1. Prohibited contact with Board of Parole; exception; penalties; public9
record10
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 15:574.12, or any other provision11
of law to the contrary, and except as provided for in Subsection G of this Section, no12
person shall contact or communicate with the Board of Parole or any of its members13
urging parole, or otherwise regarding any inmate except in the following ways:14
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G. In addition to the information provided for in R.S. 15:574.3, the warden16
of the institution where an inmate is incarcerated may contact or communicate with17
the Board of Parole to oppose the granting of parole, to urge the granting of parole,18
or to otherwise provide information regarding any inmate seeking parole.19 HLS 10RS-1051 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 218
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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)]
Norton HB No. 218
Abstract: Authorizes the warden of an institution where an inmate is incarcerated to
contact the Board of Parole regarding an inmate seeking parole.
Present law provides that no person shall contact or communicate with the Board of Parole
or any of its members urging parole or otherwise regarding any inmate except in the
following ways:
(1)In an open hearing.
(2)By written letter addressed to the Board of Parole.
Present law further provides that any communication with the Board of Parole regarding an
inmate shall be deemed a public record and subject to public inspection.
Present law provides that any person who violates present law shall be fined not more than
$500, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Proposed law creates an exception to present law by providing that the warden of the
institution where the offender is incarcerated may contact or communicate with the Board
of Parole to oppose the granting of parole, to urge the granting of parole, or to otherwise
provide information regarding any inmate seeking parole.
Present law further provides that in an application for pardon or commutation, DPS&C shall
provide the Board of Pardons and the governor with such records of the facts and
circumstances of the offense for which the offender was confined, the offender's past
criminal record and his social history, the prison record, the physical, mental, or psychiatric
condition of the offender, and any other records or other reports that may be requested.
Proposed law retains this provision of present law.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.2.1(A)(intro. para.); Adds R.S. 15:574.2.1(G))