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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 203
BY SENATORS KOSTELKA, GUILLORY AND WHITE
CRIME/PUNISHMENT. Provides relative to the crime of monetary instrument abuse.
(gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:72.2(A) and (C)(3)(a), relative to the crime of monetary2
instrument abuse; to provide that monetary instrument abuse includes the unlawful3
manufacture or transfer with intent to deceive of monetary instruments of the United4
States; to provide for definitions; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 14:72.2(A) and (C)(3)(a) are hereby amended and reenacted to read7
as follows: 8
ยง72.2. Monetary instrument abuse9
A. Whoever makes, issues, possesses, sells, or otherwise transfers a10
counterfeit or forged monetary instrument of the United States, a state, or a political11
subdivision thereof, or of an organization, with intent to deceive another person,12
shall be fined not more than one million dollars but not less than five thousand13
dollars and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years but14
not less than six months, or both.15
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C. For purposes of this Section:17 SB NO. 203
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(3) "Monetary instrument" means:2
(a) A note, stock certificate, treasury stock certificate, bond, treasury bond,3
debenture, certificate of deposit, interest coupon, warrant, debit or credit instrument,4
access device or means of electronic fund transfer, United States currency, money5
order, bank check, teller's check, cashier's check, traveler's check, letter of credit,6
warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, certificate of interest in or participation7
in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre-organization8
certificate of subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting trust9
certificate, or certificate of interest in tangible or intangible property.10
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not12
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature13
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If14
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become15
effective on the day following such approval.16
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
Kostelka (SB 203)
Present law provides that it is a crime to make, issue, possess, sell, or otherwise transfer a
counterfeit or forged monetary instrument of a state or a political subdivision thereof, or of
an organization, with intent to deceive another person.
Present law provides that a person convicted of monetary instrument abuse is to be fined not
more than $1,000,000 but not less than $5,000 and imprisoned, with or without hard labor,
for not more than 10 years but not less than six months, or both.
Present law defines a "monetary instrument" as a note, stock certificate, treasury stock
certificate, bond, treasury bond, debenture, certificate of deposit, interest coupon, warrant,
debit or credit instrument, access device or means of electronic fund transfer, money order,
bank check, teller's check, cashier's check, traveler's check, letter of credit, warehouse
receipt, negotiable bill of lading, certificate of interest in or participation in any profit-
sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre-organization certificate of subscription,
transferable share, investment contract, voting trust certificate, or certificate of interest in
tangible or intangible property.
Proposed law retains present law and adds credit instruments and United States currency to
the definition of "monetary instrument". SB NO. 203
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Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 14:72.2(A) and (C)(3)(a))