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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 220
BY SENATOR MARTINY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PROBATION/PAROLE. Provides for eligibility for parole consideration for certain
offenders. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:574.4(A)(4), relative to parole eligibility; to provide for eligibility for2
parole consideration for certain offenders; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(A)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility6
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(4)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person8
committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for a term or9
terms of imprisonment with or without benefit of parole for thirty years or10
more shall be eligible for parole consideration if the following conditions are11
satisfied:12
(i) The person committed has served at least ten years of the term or13
terms of imprisonment in actual custody.14
(ii) The person committed has served at least two years in a minimum15
security facility immediately prior to the time of appearance before the Board16
of Parole.17 SB NO. 220
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(iii) The person committed is forty-five years of age or older.1
(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not2
apply to a person serving a life sentence unless either:3
(i) The sentence has been commuted to a fixed term of years.4
(ii) The sentence was issued pursuant to provisions of Act 1245 of the5
1995 Regular Session of the Legislature.6
(c) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply7
to any person who has been convicted under the provisions of R.S. 14:64.8
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Martiny (SB 220)
Present law provides for parole eligibility for certain offenders.
Proposed law retains present law and makes an exception to present law to provide that a
person committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for a term or terms
of imprisonment with or without benefit of parole for 30 years or more shall be eligible for
parole consideration if the following conditions are satisfied:
(1)The person committed has served at least ten years of the term or terms of
imprisonment in actual custody.
(2) The person committed has served at least two years in a minimum security facility
immediately prior to the time of appearance before the Board of Parole.
(3)The person committed is 45 years of age or older.
Proposed law is not applicable to a person serving a life sentence unless the sentence has
been commuted to a fixed term of years or the sentence was issued pursuant to provisions
of Act 1245 of the 1995 Regular Session of the Legislature (habitual offender law). Any
person convicted of armed robbery shall not be eligible for parole consideration as provided
for in proposed law.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Adds R.S. 15:574.4(A)(4))