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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 94
BY SENATOR MURRAY AND REPRESENTATI VES BROSSETT, HINES AND
STIAES
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 14:72.5, relative to a fraudulent postsecondary education degree; to create the2
crime of the unlawful production, manufacture, distribution, or possession of a3
fraudulent postsecondary education degree; to provide for definitions; to provide for4
an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 14:72.5 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง72.5. Unlawful production, manufacture, distribution or possession of8
fraudulent postsecondary education degree9
A. No person shall knowingly or intentionally buy, sell, produce,10
manufacture, or distribute for any purpose a fraudulent postsecondary11
education degree or other document purporting to confer any degree or certify12
the completion in whole or in part of any course of study.13
B. For purposes of this Section:14
(1) "Distribute a fraudulent postsecondary education degree" means to15
sell, give, transport, issue, provide, lend, deliver, transfer, transmit, distribute,16
or disseminate a fraudulent postsecondary education degree for any purpose.17
(2) "Fraudulent postsecondary education degree" means a credential18
presented as a degree which provides information that is false, forged, altered,19
or counterfeit and signifies the satisfactory completion of the requirements of20
a postsecondary education program.21
(3) "Produce or manufacture fraudulent postsecondary education22
degree" means to develop, prepare, design, create, or process a fraudulent23
postsecondary education degree for any purpose.24
ACT No. 206 SB NO. 94 ENROLLED
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C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not1
more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or2
both.3
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: