SLS 12RS-282 ORIGINAL
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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
SENATE BILL NO. 94
BY SENATOR MORRELL
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT. Repeals reference to director of corrections in the
Department of Corrections. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To repeal R.S. 15:823, relative to corrections services; to provide relative to the director of2
corrections; to repeal reference to the director of corrections; to provide for an3
effective date; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:823 is hereby repealed. 6
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on August 1, 2012; if vetoed by the7
governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on8
August 1, 2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.9
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. DeJean.
DIGEST
Present law provides that the director of corrections shall be the chief executive,
administrative, budgetary and fiscal officer of the Department of Corrections and defines the
responsibilities of the position.
Proposed law repeals this provision of present law.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Repeals R.S. 15:823)