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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. 519
BY SENATOR MARTINY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 412(H)(1), relative to juvenile proceedings;2
to provide relative to the confidentiality of delinquency hearings and the records3
thereof; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. Children's Code Article 412(H)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to6
read as follows:7
Art. 412. Confidentiality of records; disclosure exceptions; sanctions8
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H. The district attorney, law enforcement agency, or court may release to the10
public the following identifying information concerning an alleged or adjudicated11
delinquent child, provided the child was at least fourteen years old at the commission12
of the delinquent act:13
(1) The name, age, and delinquent act for which the child is being charged14
whenever, in accordance with Article Articles 813 or 820, the court has found15
probable cause that the child committed a crime of violence as defined by R.S.16
14:2(B) or a second or subsequent felony-grade offense.17
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 792