SLS 12RS-282 ENGROSSED
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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; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:823 is hereby repealed.6
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. DeJean.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 94)
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)