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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 349
BY REPRESENTATIVE PRICE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIME/ESCAPE: Provides relative to simple escape from a work release program
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:110(B)(1), relative to the crime of simple escape; to provide2
relative to simple escape by a participant in a work release program; to provide for3
sentencing for the crime of simple escape by participants in a work release program;4
and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 14:110(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
§110. Simple escape; aggravated escape 8
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B.(1) A person who is participating in a work release program as defined in10
Paragraph A(2) (A)(2) of this Section and who commits the crime of simple escape11
shall may be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than six months nor12
more than one year and any such sentence shall not run concurrently with any other13
sentence.14
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HB NO. 349
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Price HB No. 349
Abstract: Provides the court with discretion in imposing a sentence of imprisonment for
the crime of simple escape from a work release program and removes the prohibition
against that sentence running concurrently with any other sentence.
Present law defines the crime of simple escape and provides that if a person who is
participating in a work release program commits the crime of simple escape, the court shall
sentence the person to imprisonment for not less than six months nor more than one year.
Present law further prohibits that sentence from running concurrently to any other sentence
imposed.
Proposed law amends present law by providing the court with discretion as to whether to
impose a sentence of imprisonment and by removing the provision which prohibits any
sentence imposed for the simple escape from a work release program from running
concurrently to any other sentence imposed.
(Amends R.S. 14:110(B)(1))