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SENATE BILL NO. 769
BY SENATOR CHEEK
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1563.1(A)(16) and to enact R.S. 14:51.1 and 62.9 and R.S.2
40:1563.1(A)(17), relative to the crimes of arson and burglary; to provide relative3
to injury to persons; to provide relative to injury to firefighters, law enforcement4
officers, and first responders; to provide for the crime of simple burglary of a law5
enforcement or emergency vehicle; to provide definitions; to provide for authority6
to make arrests; to provide penalties and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 14:51.1 and 62.9 are hereby enacted to read as follows:9
§51.1. Injury by arson10
A. Injury by arson is the intentional damaging by any explosive11
substance or the setting fire to any structure, watercraft, or other movable12
belonging to another if either of the following occurs:13
(1) Any person suffers great bodily harm, permanent disability, or14
disfigurement as a result of the fire or explosion.15
(2) A firefighter, law enforcement officer or first responder who is16
present at the scene and acting in the line of duty is injured as a result of the fire17
or explosion.18
B. Whoever commits the crime of injury by arson shall be imprisoned19
at hard labor for not less than six nor more than twenty years, and shall be20
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fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars. Two years of such1
imprisonment at hard labor shall be without benefit of parole, probation, or2
suspension of sentence.3
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§62.9. Simple burglary of a law enforcement or emergency vehicle5
A. Simple burglary of a law enforcement or emergency vehicle is the6
unauthorized entering of any law enforcement or emergency vehicle with the7
intent to commit a felony or any theft therein.8
B. For the purposes of this Section, "law enforcement or emergency9
vehicle" means a marked vehicle with fully visual and audible warning signals10
operated by a fire department, a state, parish, or municipal police department,11
a sheriff's office, or such ambulances and emergency medical response vehicles12
certified by the Department of Health and Hospitals that are operated by13
certified ambulance services, and emergency vehicles of municipal departments14
or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the secretary15
of the Department of Transportation and Development, or by the chief of police16
of any incorporated municipality.17
C. Whoever commits the crime of simple burglary of a law enforcement18
or emergency vehicle shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars,19
imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than twenty years, or both.20
Section 2. R.S. 40:1563.1(A)(16) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.21
40:1563.1(A)(17) is hereby enacted to read as follows:22
§1563.1. Authority to make arrests and carry firearms; arson task force23
A. The fire marshal, the first assistant fire marshal, each deputy fire marshal,24
certified local authorities, and state or municipal arson investigators, while engaged25
in the performance of their duties as such, shall have the authority to investigate and26
cause the arrest of individuals suspected of having violated the following criminal27
laws:28
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(16) (17) Any other criminal laws making unlawful an attempt or conspiracy1
to commit the foregoing offenses.2
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: