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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 23
BY REPRESENTATIVE BALDONE
CORRECTIONS: Revises the definition of "contraband" to include component hardware
of telecommunications equipment
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:402(D)(9) and (E)(7), relative to contraband on the grounds2
of correctional institutions; to add component hardware of telecommunications3
equipment in the definition of "contraband"; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 14:402(D)(9) and (E)(7) are hereby amended and reenacted to read6
as follows: 7
ยง402. Contraband defined; certain activities regarding contraband in penal8
institutions prohibited; penalty; disposition of seized contraband9
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D. "Contraband" as used herein means:11
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(9) Any telecommunications equipment or component hardware, including13
but not limited to cellular phones, pagers, beepers, or global satellite system14
equipment, subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, portable memory chips,15
batteries, and chargers, whether or not such equipment may be intended for use in16
planning or aiding an escape or attempt to escape from any institution, unless17
authorized by the warden of the institution.18
E. It shall be unlawful to possess or to introduce or attempt to introduce into19
or upon the premises of any municipal or parish prison or jail or to take or send or20 HLS 10RS-540 ENGROSSED
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attempt to take or send therefrom, or to give or to attempt to give to an inmate of any1
municipal or parish prison or jail, any of the following articles which are hereby2
declared to be contraband for the purpose of this Section, to wit:3
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(7) Any telecommunications equipment or component hardware, including5
but not limited to cellular phones, beepers, or global positioning satellite system6
equipment, subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, portable memory chips,7
batteries, and chargers, whether or not such equipment may be intended for use in8
planning or aiding an escape or attempt to escape from any institution.9
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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)]
Baldone HB No. 23
Abstract: Adds component hardware of telecommunications equipment to the definition
of "contraband".
Present law prohibits the introduction or possession of contraband on the grounds of any
state correctional institution or any municipal or parish prison.
Present law defines "contraband" and includes in that definition any telecommunications
equipment, including but not limited to cellular phones, beepers, or global positioning
satellite system equipment, whether or not such equipment may be intended for use in
planning or aiding an escape or attempt to escape from any institution.
Proposed law retains the provisions of present law and further adds any component parts of
the telecommunications equipment including subscriber identity module (SIM) cards,
portable memory chips, batteries, and chargers.
(Amends R.S. 14:402(D)(9) and (E)(7))