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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 549
BY REPRESENTATIVE BALDONE
CRIMINAL/PROCESS: Authorizes the use of electronic signatures of offenders
AN ACT1
To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 233, relative to criminal procedure; to2
authorize the use of electronic signatures of offenders; to provide for the collection3
of electronic signatures; to provide for definitions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 233 is hereby enacted to read as6
follows: 7
Art. 233. Electronic signature of offender; requirements8
A. Law enforcement agencies are authorized to utilize the electronic9
signature of any offender. The signature may be captured by any generally accepted10
method or process of electronic signature capture, including the use of devices which11
capture and convert analog writing to electronic or digital form.12
B. If any provision of law requires a signature or any record, bail13
undertaking, summons, or affidavit to be signed, acknowledged, verified, or made14
under oath by a criminal offender, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic15
signature of the offender, together with all other information required to be included16
by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or17
record.18 HLS 10RS-1441 ORIGINAL
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C. For purposes of this Section, "electronic signature" shall mean an1
electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record2
and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.3
DIGEST
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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. 549
Abstract: Authorizes the collection and use of electronic signatures of criminal offenders.
Proposed law provides that law enforcement agencies are authorized to utilize the electronic
signature of any offender. The signature may be captured by any generally accepted method
or process of electronic signature capture, including the use of devices which capture and
convert analog writing to electronic or digital form.
Proposed law provides that electronic signatures may satisfy provisions of present law which
require a signature or any record, bail undertaking, summons, or affidavit to be signed,
acknowledged, verified, or made under oath by a criminal offender.
Proposed law defines "electronic signature" to mean an electronic sound, symbol, or process
attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with
the intent to sign the record.
(Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 233)