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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 423
BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLIOT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:544.1, relative to petitions for injunctive relief or declaratory judgments2
regarding the registration and notification requirements of sex offenders; to provide3
for the procedure by which such petitions must be filed; to provide for the4
jurisdiction where such petitions must be filed; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 15:544.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 7
ยง544.1. Petitions for injunctive relief or declaratory judgments8
Any petition for injunctive relief or for declaratory judgment regarding the9
registration and notification requirements of this Chapter as they apply to a particular10
offender convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for a sex offense as defined in R.S.11
15:541 or a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor as defined in R.S.12
15:541, regardless of the date of conviction, which are based on theories of relief or13
grounds not specifically provided for in the provisions of this Chapter, shall be filed14
through ordinary civil proceedings by the offender, the state, the Department of15
Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, or the office of the attorney16
general, in the district court for the parish where the state capitol is situated.17
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: