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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 761 (Substitute of Senate Bill No. 517 by Senator Morrell)
BY SENATOR MORRELL
JUVENILES. Requires certain data to be reported. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact Children's Code Article 412.1, relative to children; to require the collection and2
remittance of certain data; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. Children's Code Article 412.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
Art. 412.1. Data collection and remittance6
A. Each special juvenile court created by law with exclusive original7
juvenile jurisdiction shall biennially report, by respective section or division, to8
the Louisiana Supreme Court and their local district attorney and sheriff the9
aggregate number of preadjudication and postadjudication court interventions10
resulting from taking a child into custody for the alleged commission of a11
delinquent act for each child who is:12
(1) Released to the custody of their parents or other suitable persons.13
(2) Placed on probation.14
(3) Committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and15
Corrections.16
(4) Referred for appropriate placement at detention, shelter, or other17 SB NO. 761
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treatment facilities.1
(5) Referred to an alternative formal processing program.2
B. In addition, such courts shall also report by respective section or3
division to the Louisiana Supreme Court and the local district attorney and4
sheriff the aggregate number of times each statute was allegedly violated by a5
child, the number of cases in which adjudicated juveniles violated probation,6
and the number of times a specific term of probation was violated, including but7
not limited to curfews, ankle bracelets, and house arrests.8
C. The Louisiana Supreme Court may develop a form to be used by the9
courts for such reporting and provide by policy for the uniform definitions of10
terms so as to allow statistical analysis of the data and information submitted.11
D. The local district attorney or sheriff, at their expense, may publish the12
data received in the official journal of the locality.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy R. Wells.
DIGEST
Proposed law requires the juvenile courts of Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson and
Orleans to biennially report by section or division to the Louisiana Supreme Court and the
local district attorney and sheriff the aggregate number of preadjudication and
postadjudication court interventions resulting from taking a child into custody for the alleged
commission of a delinquent act for each child who is:
1.Released to the custody of their parents or other suitable persons.
2. Placed on probation.
3. Committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
4. Referred for appropriate placement at detention, shelter, or other treatment facilities.
5. Referred to an alternative formal processing program.
Proposed law also requires the courts to report the aggregate number of times each statute
was allegedly violated by a child, the number of cases in which adjudicated juveniles
violated probation, and the number of times a specific term of probation was violated,
including but not limited to curfews, ankle bracelets, and house arrests.
Proposed law authorizes the La. Supreme Court shall develop a form to be used by the courts
for such reporting and shall provide by policy for uniform definitions of terms so as to allow
statistical analysis of the data and information submitted. SB NO. 761
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Proposed law allows the district attorney or sheriff, at his expense, to publish the date
received in the official journal of the locality.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds Ch.C. Art. 412.1)