HLS 12RS-546 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 432
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
CORRECTIONS: Repeals the statutory authority for the La. Risk Review Panel
AN ACT1
To repeal R.S. 15:308(C) and 574.22, relative to the Louisiana Risk Review Panel; to repeal2
the statutory authority for the panel.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 15:308(C) and 574.22 are hereby repealed in their entirety.5
DIGEST
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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. 432
Abstract: Repeals statutory authority for the La. Risk Review Panel.
Present law provides for the risk review panel within DPS&C. Further provides for the
composition and duties of the panel.
Present law requires the risk review panel to evaluate the risk of danger to society posed by
each person convicted of a crime who is confined in a prison facility if released from
confinement.
Present law excludes the following persons from this evaluation by the panel:
(1)A person convicted of a crime of violence.
(2)A person convicted of a sex offense when the victim is under the age of 18 at the
time of commission of the offense.
(3)Certain controlled dangerous substance violations.
(4)A person sentenced as a habitual offender where one or more of the crimes for which
the person was convicted is a crime of violence.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals R.S. 15:308(C) and 574.22)