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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 376
BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOTON
PARDON/PAROLE: Provides with respect to parole revocation for certain sex offenders
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.9(G)(1), relative to parole; to provide with respect to2
"technical violations" of parole for certain sex offenders; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.9(G)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง574.9. Revocation of parole for violation of condition; board panels; return to7
custody hearing; duration of reimprisonment and reparole after revocation;8
credit for time served; revocation for a technical violation9
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G.(1)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, any Any11
offender who has been released on parole for the conviction of an offense other than12
a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or of a sex offense as defined in R.S.13
15:541, and whose parole supervision is being revoked under the provisions of this14
Subsection for his first technical violation of the conditions of parole as determined15
by the Board of Parole, shall be required to serve not more than ninety days without16
diminution of sentence or credit for time served prior to the revocation for a17
technical violation. The term of the revocation for the technical violation shall begin18
on the date the Board of Parole orders the revocation. Upon completion of the19
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supervision for the remainder of the original term of supervision. The provisions of1
this Subsection shall apply only to an offender's first revocation for a technical2
violation.3
(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply to4
the following offenders:5
(i) Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a crime of violence6
as defined in R.S. 14:2(B).7
(ii) Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a sex offense as8
defined in R.S. 15:541.9
(iii) Any offender released on parole who is subject to the sex offender10
registration and notification requirements of R.S. 15:541 et seq.11
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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)]
Wooton HB No. 376
Abstract: Provides with respect to parole revocation for offenders who are subject to the
sex offender registration and notification requirements.
Present law provides that any offender who has been released on parole and whose parole
supervision is being revoked for his first technical violation of the conditions of parole, as
determined by the Board of Parole, shall be required to serve a maximum of 90 days without
diminution of sentence or credit for time served prior to the revocation.
Present law defines "technical violation".
Present law provides that the following offenders are not eligible for the 90-day parole
revocation period:
(1)Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a crime of violence as defined
in R.S. 14:2(B).
(2)Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a sex offense as defined in R.S.
15:541.
Proposed law retains present law and adds that any offender who is subject to the sex
offender registration and notification requirements is ineligible for the 90-day parole
revocation period.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.9(G)(1))