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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 319
BY SENATOR MARTINY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 344(C), relative to the right to notice2
of certain required appearances; to provide with respect to the right to notice of time3
and place of a defendant's required appearance to the personal surety or the4
commercial surety; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 344(C) is hereby amended and reenacted7
to read as follows: 8
Art. 344. Right to notice of time and place of defendant's required appearance9
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C. If the defendant appears as ordered and the proceeding is continued to a11
specific date, the defendant and the personal surety or the commercial surety or the12
agent or bondsman who posted the bond for the commercial surety and who has13
been given initial notice pursuant to Paragraph A or B of this Article, need not14
be given notice of the new appearance date. If the defendant fails to appear as15
ordered, or the proceeding is not continued to a specific date, the defendant or his16
duly appointed agent, the personal surety or the agent or bondsman who posted the17
bond for the commercial surety shall be given notice of the new appearance date.18
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 771