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ACT No. 71
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 248
BY REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:571.35.1(C)(2)(e), relative to the Lafourche Parish Pretrial2
Home Incarceration Program; to authorize the earning of credit for time served3
participating in the program under certain conditions; and to provide for related4
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 15:571.35.1(C)(2)(e) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows:8
ยง571.35.1. Pilot program; Lafourche Parish Pretrial Home Incarceration Program;9
electronic monitoring10
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C.12
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(2) Such rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to the14
following:15
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(e) The defendant shall not receive credit for time served while participating1
in the pilot program. Notwithstanding the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure2
Article 880, the defendant may receive credit for time served while participating in3
the pilot program only with the approval of the sentencing court.4
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: