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ACT No. 652
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 562
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
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; to5
provide for effectiveness; and 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)(i) For Fiscal Year 2014-2015, subject to the appropriation of funds for13
this purpose by the legislature, for any person committed to the department who is14
released on parole and who is subsequently arrested and housed in a parish jail while15
awaiting a parole revocation hearing, after fourteen days of being housed in the16
parish jail, the department shall reimburse the sheriff, or the governing authority of17
those parishes in which the governing authority operates the parish jail, at the rate18
of fifty percent of an amount equal to the rate provided for in the provisions of19
Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph less the sum of any monies received from the20
parish governing authority for the purpose of housing such persons pursuant to the21
provisions of R.S. 13:5535(1), for each day that the person is housed in the parish jail22
from fourteen days after the time of arrest until the person either pleads guilty to the23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 562
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subsequent charge or until the committee on parole makes its determination1
regarding parole revocation, whichever occurs first.2
(ii) For Fiscal Year 2015-2016, and thereafter, subject to the appropriation3
of funds for this purpose by the legislature, for any person committed to the4
department who is released on parole and who is subsequently arrested and housed5
in a parish jail while awaiting a parole revocation hearing, after fourteen days of6
being housed in the parish jail, the department shall reimburse the sheriff, or the7
governing authority of those parishes in which the governing authority operates the8
parish jail, at the rate provided for in the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this9
Paragraph less the sum of any monies received from the parish governing authority10
for the purpose of housing such persons pursuant to the provisions of R.S.11
13:5535(1), for each day that the person is housed in the parish jail from fourteen12
days after the time of arrest until the person either pleads guilty to the subsequent13
charge or until the committee on parole makes its determination regarding parole14
revocation, whichever occurs first.15
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2014; if vetoed by the governor17
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,18
2014, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.19
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: