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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 562
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS: Requires DPS&C to reimburse sheriffs for housing
parolees who are arrested pending the parole revocation hearing
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(e), relative to housing of inmates; to provide relative to the2
housing of persons committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and3
Corrections who are released on parole and are subsequently arrested; to require the4
department to reimburse sheriffs for the housing of these inmates in parish jails; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(e) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง824. Commitment of persons to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections9
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B.(1)11
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(e) For any person committed to the department who is released on parole13
and who is subsequently arrested and housed in a parish jail while awaiting a parole14
revocation hearing, the department shall reimburse the sheriff, or to the governing15
authority of those parishes in which the governing authority operates the parish jail,16
at the rate provided for in the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph less17
the sum of any monies received from the parish governing authority for the purpose18
of housing such persons, for each day that the person is housed in the parish jail from19
the time of arrest until the person either pleads guilty to the subsequent charge or20 HLS 14RS-1217 ORIGINAL
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until the committee on parole makes its determination regarding parole revocation,1
whichever occurs first.2
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Lopinto HB No. 562
Abstract: Requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to reimburse sheriffs for the
housing of persons committed to the custody of the department who are released on
parole and are subsequently arrested.
Present law provides that for any individual committed to the custody of DPS&C who is
housed in a parish jail or institution after final sentence, the department shall pay to each
parish sheriff, or to the governing authority of those parishes in which the governing
authority operates the parish jail, for keeping and feeding the individual in the parish jail the
sum of $24.39 per day. Such daily sum shall be paid from date of sentencing until the
individual is confined in a penal or correctional institution under the supervision of the
department.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the sheriff shall also be reimbursed by
the department at the same rate, less the sum of any monies received from the parish
governing authority for the purpose of housing such persons, for any person committed to
the department who is released on parole and who is subsequently arrested and housed in a
parish jail from the time of arrest until the person either pleads guilty to the subsequent
charge or until the committee on parole makes its determination regarding parole revocation.
(Adds R.S. 15:824(B)(1)(e))