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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 685
BY SENATOR MURRAY
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 14:110.1.1, relative to jumping bail; to create the crime of out of state bail2
jumping; to provide for certain criteria; to provide for penalties; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 14:110.1.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง110.1.1. Out-of-state bail jumping7
A. Out-of-state bail jumping is the intentional failure to appear, by8
leaving the state to avoid appearing in court, at the date, time, and place as9
ordered by the court before which the defendant's case is pending. If the state10
proves notice has been given to the defendant as set forth in Code of Criminal11
Procedure Articles 322 and 344, a rebuttable presumption of notice shall apply,12
and the burden of proof shifts to the defendant to show that he did not receive13
notice.14
B. Whoever commits the crime of out of state bail jumping, when the bail15
is to assure the presence of the defendant for those cases defined as16
misdemeanors and felonies in this Title and in the Uniform Controlled17
Dangerous Substances Law shall be fined two thousand dollars and imprisoned18
at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than three years. 19
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: