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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 142
BY SENATOR BROWN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. Waives certain licensure requirements for certain juvenile
detention centers. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1110(E), relative to juvenile detention centers; to provide for2
limited waivers on particular requirements for certain juvenile detention facilities;3
to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:1110(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1110. Detention standards; licensing; fees7
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E.(1) On or before January 1, 2013, all juvenile detention facilities, including9
facilities owned or operated by any governmental, profit, nonprofit, private, or public10
agency, shall be licensed pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C of this Section.11
(2) Notwithstanding Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, any juvenile12
facility located in a parish with a population of not less than twenty-three13
thousand three hundred nor more than twenty-three thousand five hundred14
according to the most recent decennial census shall be granted a waiver from15
any structural standards developed in accordance with rules promulgated16
pursuant to the provisions of Subsection C of this Section for a period of one17 SB NO. 142
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year from the date of the initial application for licensure. Further, a waiver1
from structural standards shall be granted for an additional one year if such2
facility has substantially completed construction necessary to attain compliance3
with the structural requirements by the end of the initial one-year waiver. For4
the purposes of this Paragraph, "substantially completed construction" shall5
mean the construction or renovation of such facility is over fifty percent6
complete.7
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not9
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature10
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If11
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become12
effective on the day following such approval.13
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Dawn Romero Watson.
DIGEST
Present law requires that, on or before January 1, 2013, all juvenile detention facilities are
to be licensed pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Department of Children and
Family Services.
Present rules provide extensive licensure requirements and penalties for persons who operate
a juvenile detention facility without a valid license after January 1, 2013.
Proposed law provides that any juvenile detention facility located in a parish with a
population between 23,300 and 23,500 shall be granted a one-year waiver from structural
standards from the date of initial application for licensure. Authorizes an additional one-
year waiver if such facility has substantially completed construction necessary to attain
compliance with the structural standards.
Proposed law defines "substantially completed construction" as having over 50% of the
construction complete.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 15:1110(E))