SLS 10RS-780 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 331
BY SENATOR HEBERT
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Prohibit the district attorney and assistant district attorneys, of
the sixteenth judicial district, from being able to perform "private practice work" for local
governments that are represented by the district attorney's office. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 65.1, relative to district attorneys; to provide for2
the unlawful representation of a local governmental entity; to provide relative to3
certain officers; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 65.1 is hereby enacted to read as6
follows: 7
Art. 65.1. Private practice representation of local governmental entity unlawful8
It is unlawful for the district attorney or any assistant district attorney,9
of the sixteenth judicial district, or their law partners to engage in the private10
practice of representing or assisting in the representation of any local11
governmental entity which is represented by the district attorney's office.12 SB NO. 331
SLS 10RS-780 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell.
DIGEST
Proposed law prohibit the district attorney and any assistant district attorney, of the 16
th
judicial district, or their law partners to engage in the private practice of representing or
assisting in the representation of any local governmental entity when the district attorney's
office is the legal representative to the local governmental entity.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 65.1)