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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 119
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
CORRECTIONS: Provides relative to the assessment and collection of certain parole and
probation fees
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:571.21(B) and to enact R.S. 15:571.21(C), relative to2
probation and parole fees; to amend provisions relative to monetary assessments3
imposed as conditions of probation or parole; to provide for the assessment of a4
collection fee for certain funds due; to provide for the reinvestment of certain5
collected funds; to authorize the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and6
Corrections to enter into certain fee collection contracts; and to provide for related7
matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 15:571.21(B) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.10
15:571.21(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 11
ยง571.21. Deposit of fees and assessments 12
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B. Twelve percent of the amount of any For all monetary assessments14
imposed as a condition of probation or parole except fines, any court costs,15
restitution, or compensation to the victim or his family, collected by supervision fees,16
the division of probation and parole for disbursement to any governmental or judicial17
entity shall be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury. shall assess18
a collection fee of ten percent of the funds due, which shall be added to the total19
amount of funds due. The ten percent collection fee shall be appropriated to the20 HLS 12RS-507 ORIGINAL
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Department of Public Safety and Corrections to be reinvested in additional resources1
for the division of probation and parole.2
C. In addition to the provisions set forth in R.S. 47:299.21, the secretary of3
the department is authorized to enter into contracts with private collection4
contractors to collect past due fees owed to the department by offenders, regardless5
of whether the offenders are currently on active supervision. Nothing in this6
Subsection shall prohibit the department from utilizing its own personnel to collect7
fees that are past due. 8
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Lopinto HB No. 119
Abstract: Requires the assessment of collection fees on certain funds due and authorizes
the secretary of DPS&C to enter into certain fee collection contracts.
Present law provides for the assessment of certain fees imposed as a condition of probation
and parole to be collected by DPS&C, division of probation and parole.
Present law provides that 12% of certain monetary assessments that are collected by the
division of probation and parole for disbursement to any governmental or judicial entity shall
be deposited immediately upon receipt into the state treasury.
Proposed law removes this present law provision and provides that a 10% collection fee shall
be assessed on all monetary assessments imposed as a condition of probation or parole,
except supervision fees, which shall be appropriated to DPS&C to be reinvested in additional
resources for the division of probation and parole.
Proposed law authorizes the secretary of DPS&C to enter into contracts with private
collection contractors to collect fees that are past due.
(Amends R.S.15:571.21(B); Adds R.S.15:571.21(C))