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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 7
BY SENATOR QUINN
CENSUS. Provides relative to provisions in the Children's Code which are limited in
applicability to political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population
characteristics.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Children's Code Articles 312(B) and 407(A), relative to provisions2
of the Children's Code which are limited in applicability to certain political3
subdivisions or local areas based upon population classifications; to specify4
applicability to one or more political subdivisions or local areas; and to provide for5
related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Children's Code Articles 312(B) and 407(A) are hereby amended and8
reenacted to read as follows: 9
Art. 312. Juvenile jurisdiction over adults; criminal proceedings10
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B.(1) In any parish with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more12
East Baton Rouge Parish and Jefferson Parish, jurisdiction pursuant to13
Subparagraphs A(A)(1) and (3) of this Article is vested in the district court, or, in the14
parish of Orleans, in the criminal district court for that parish or the Municipal Court15
of New Orleans.16
(2) In Orleans Parish, jurisdiction pursuant to Subparagraphs (A)(1)17 SB NO. 7
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and (3) of this Article is vested in the criminal district court for that parish or1
the Municipal Court of New Orleans.2
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Art. 407. Confidentiality of hearings4
A. With the exceptions of delinquency proceedings pursuant to Article 879,5
child support proceedings, traffic violations pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title IX in6
parishes with a population between three hundred eighty thousand and four hundred7
thousand East Baton Rouge Parish, and misdemeanor trials of adults pursuant to8
Chapter 4 of Title XV, proceedings before the juvenile court shall not be public.9
However, the court shall allow the proceedings to be open to the public when the10
alleged delinquent act committed by the child would be considered a crime of11
violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), or when the alleged delinquent act would be a12
second or subsequent felony-grade adjudication.13
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry G. Jones.
DIGEST
Proposed law, contained in Children's Code, legislates with regard to classifications of
parishes, municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas according to population
by enacting local bills to limit the application of laws based upon specific classifications to
one or more parishes, municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas, by
adjusting the population ranges affected by the 2010 census, and by repealing certain
provisions based upon certain population classification ranges, as follows:
CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
Article 312(B) -
Juvenile jurisdiction
over adults; criminal
proceedings
Any parish with a
population of 350,000 +
East Baton
Rouge Parish,
Jefferson
Parish, and
Orleans Parish
(all 2000
census)
East Baton
Rouge Parish,
Jefferson
Parish, and
Orleans
Parish
Article 407(A) -
Confidentiality of
hearings
In parishes with a
population of 380,000 -
400,000
East Baton
Rouge Parish
(1990 census)
East Baton
Rouge Parish
(Amends Ch.C. Arts. 312(B) and 407(A))