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ACT No. 520
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 376
BY REPRESENTATIVES WOOTON, ARMES, AUSTIN BADON, BALDONE, BILLIOT,
HENRY BURNS, CARMODY, CHANDLER, CROMER, HARRI SON, HAZEL,
HENRY, HINES, HOWARD, JOHNSON, LEBAS, LIGI, LITTLE, LORUSSO,
MILLS, POPE, RICHARDSON, ROBIDEAUX, SMILEY, JANE SMITH, ST.
GERMAIN, TEMPLET, THIERRY, TUCKER, AND WHITE
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
imposed technical revocation sentence, the offender shall return to active parole20
supervision for the remainder of the original term of supervision. The provisions of21 ENROLLEDHB NO. 376
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this Subsection shall apply only to an offender's first revocation for a technical1
violation.2
(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply to3
the following offenders:4
(i) Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a crime of violence5
as defined in R.S. 14:2(B).6
(ii) Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a sex offense as7
defined in R.S. 15:541.8
(iii) Any offender released on parole who is subject to the sex offender9
registration and notification requirements of R.S. 15:541 et seq.10
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: