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ACT No. 6
Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 512
BY REPRESENTATIVE MORENO
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 579(C), relative to time limitations for2
criminal trials; to provide relative to the time limitations for the commencement of3
a criminal trial; to provide relative to the interruption of time limitations for the4
commencement of a criminal trial; to provide for definitions; and to provide for5
related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 579(C) is hereby enacted to read as8
follows:9
Art. 579. Interruption of time limitation10
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C. If the defendant fails to appear in court pursuant to any provision of this12
Article and the defendant is subsequently arrested, the periods of limitations13
established by Article 578 of this Code shall not commence to run anew until the14
defendant appears in person in open court where the case on the original charge is15
pending, or the district attorney prosecuting the original charge has notice of the16
defendant's custodial location. For purposes of this Paragraph, "notice" shall mean17
either of the following:18
(1) Filing in the court record by either the defendant or his counsel advising19
the court of his incarceration with a copy provided to the district attorney and20
certification of notice provided to the district attorney.21 ENROLLEDHB NO. 512
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(2) Following the seventy-two hour hearing provided by Article 230.1 of this1
Code, actual notice of arrest is provided to the district attorney and filed in the record2
of the proceeding of which the warrant against the defendant was issued.3
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: