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First Extraordinary Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 7
BY SENATOR QUINN
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
and (3) of this Article is vested in the criminal district court for that parish or18
the Municipal Court of New Orleans.19
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Art. 407. Confidentiality of hearings21
A. With the exceptions of delinquency proceedings pursuant to Article 879,22
child support proceedings, traffic violations pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title IX in23
parishes with a population between three hundred eighty thousand and four hundred24
thousand East Baton Rouge Parish, and misdemeanor trials of adults pursuant to25
ACT No. 28 SB NO. 7 ENROLLED
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Chapter 4 of Title XV, proceedings before the juvenile court shall not be public.1
However, the court shall allow the proceedings to be open to the public when the2
alleged delinquent act committed by the child would be considered a crime of3
violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), or when the alleged delinquent act would be a4
second or subsequent felony-grade adjudication.5
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: