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ACT No. 332
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 413
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4(A)(2), relative to parole eligibility; to provide that2
offenders convicted of certain offenses are not eligible for parole consideration after3
having served a certain number of years; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility7
A.8
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(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or any10
other law to the contrary, unless eligible for parole at an earlier date, a person11
committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for a term or terms12
of imprisonment with or without benefit of parole for thirty years or more shall be13
eligible for parole consideration upon serving at least twenty years of the term or14
terms of imprisonment in actual custody and upon reaching the age of forty-five.15
This provision shall not apply to a person serving a life sentence unless the sentence16
has been commuted to a fixed term of years. The provisions of this Paragraph shall17
not apply to any person who has been convicted under the provisions of R.S. 14:64.18
The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply to any person who has been19
convicted of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as20
defined in R.S. 15:541.21
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Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall have prospective application only and1
shall apply only to offenders convicted on and after the effective date of this Act.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: