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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, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 87
BY SENATOR PERRY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:34.5(A)(3), relative to the crime of battery of a correctional2
facility employee; to provide relative to the definition of battery of a correctional3
facility employee; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 14:34.5(A)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง34.5. Battery of a correctional facility employee7
A.(1) * * *8
(3) For purposes of this Section, "battery of a correctional facility employee"9
includes the use of force or violence upon the person of the employee by throwing10
water or any other liquid, feces, urine, blood, saliva, or any form of human waste11
by an offender while the offender is incarcerated and is being detained in any jail,12
prison, correctional facility, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, halfway13
house, or detention facility.14
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not16
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature17
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If18
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become19
effective on the day following such approval.20
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: