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ACT No. 222
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 36
BY REPRESENTATIVE BALDONE
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:709(C), relative to prisoners; to provide for the housing of2
certain prisoners convicted and sentenced in another state; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:709(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
§709. Prisoners convicted in other states and housed in Louisiana7
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C. A private correctional facility may house prisoners prisoner convicted and9
sentenced by another state shall not be housed in a local jail or private correctional10
facility if the prisoners prisoner would not be classified as maximum custody by the11
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections classification procedure.12
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: