HLS 10RS-539 ORIGINAL
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 37
BY REPRESENTATIVE GARY SMITH
CORRECTIONS: Reduces the length of time DPS&C is required to retain certain records
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 44:36(D), relative to public records; to reduce the time required2
for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to retain records regarding adult3
offenders; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 44:36(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง36. Preservation of records7
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D. All existing records or records hereafter accumulated by the Department9
of Public Safety and Corrections, Correction Services corrections services, pertaining10
to any adult offender shall be retained and may not be destroyed until after ten six11
years from the date the full term sentence imposed upon such offender expires, or six12
years from the date of death of the offender, whichever occurs first.13
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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)]
Gary Smith HB No. 37
Abstract: Reduces the length of time DPS&C has to retain records regarding adult
offenders.
Present law provides that all DPS&C records pertaining to any adult offender shall be
retained and may not be destroyed until 10 years from the date the full-term sentence
imposed upon such offender expires. HLS 10RS-539 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 37
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Proposed law changes present law to require the records be kept for six years from the date
the full term of the sentence imposed expires, or from the death of the offender, whichever
occurs first.
(Amends R.S. 44:36(D))