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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 589
BY SENATOR GUILLORY
PROBATION/PAROLE. Provides for good behavior credit while on parole. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:571.5(C) and 574.9(E), relative to criminal procedure; to2
allow good behavior credit while on parole; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 15:571.5(C) and 574.9(E) are hereby amended and reenacted to read5
as follows: 6
§571.5. Supervision upon release after diminution of sentence for good behavior;7
conditions of release; revocation8
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C. If such person's parole is revoked by the parole board for violation of the10
terms of parole, the person shall be recommitted to the department for the remainder11
of the original full term. , subject to credit for time served for good behavior12
while on parole.13
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§574.9. Revocation of parole for violation of condition; board panels; return to15
custody hearing; duration of reimprisonment and reparole after16
revocation; credit for time served; revocation for a technical violation17 SB NO. 589
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E. When the parole of a parolee has been revoked by the board for the2
violation of the conditions of parole, the parolee shall be returned to the physical3
custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of corrections4
services, and serve the remainder of his sentence as of the date of his release on5
parole, subject to consideration by the board of any commutation of the sentence,6
and any diminution of sentence earned for good behavior while in the institution.7
credit for time served for good behavior while on parole. The parolee shall be8
given credit for time served prior to the revocation hearing whether such time is9
served in a local detention facility, state institution, or out-of-state institution10
pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 880. The parolee shall not11
receive credit for such time served prior to the revocation hearing where the12
revocation is based on the subsequent conviction of a crime, in which case the13
parolee will receive credit for time served for the subsequent conviction pursuant to14
Code of Criminal Procedure Article 880.15
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Heyward Jeffers.
DIGEST
Guillory (SB 589)
Present law provides that when an offender released on parole upon diminution of sentence
violates a condition imposed by the parole board, and the offender's parole is revoked, that
the offender is committed to the department for the remainder of the original full term.
Proposed law provides that offenders, whose parole is revoked for violations of conditions
imposed by the parole board, and subsequently recommitted to the department for the
remainder of the original full term, shall be given credit for time served for good behavior
while on parole.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 15:571.5(C) and 574.9(E))