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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 413
BY SENATOR JACKSON
PROBATION/PAROLE. Provides that a majority vote of the Board of Parole is required
to grant a parole. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.2(B)(2), relative to the Board of Parole; to provide for2
the voting requirements to grant a parole; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.2(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:5
ยง574.2. Board of Parole; membership; qualifications; vacancies; compensation;6
domicile; venue; meetings; quorum; panels; powers and duties;7
transfer of property to board; representation of applicants before the8
board; prohibitions9
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B.(1) * * *11
(2) The board shall meet in a minimum of three-member panels at the adult12
correctional institutions on regular scheduled dates, not less than every three months.13
Such dates are to be determined by the chairman. Three votes A majority vote of a14
three-member panel shall be required to grant parole, or, if the number exceeds a15
three-member panel, a unanimous vote of those present shall be required to grant16
parole. Notwithstanding any other provision of law in this Section, no person17 SB NO. 413
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convicted of a crime of violence against any peace officer as defined in R.S.1
14:30(B), shall be granted parole except after a meeting, duly noticed and held on a2
date to be determined by the chairman, at which at least five of the seven members3
of the board are present and all members present vote to grant parole.4
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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
Present law requires three votes of a three-member panel to grant parole, or, if the number
exceeds a three-member panel, a unanimous vote of those present to grant parole.
Proposed law requires for the majority of the panel to approve a parole request.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.2(B)(2))