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ACT No. 191
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 670
BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:529.2, relative to intensive parole supervision; to authorize certain habitual2
offenders to participate in intensive parole supervision; to provide for applicability;3
to provide criteria; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:529.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง529.2. Intensive parole supervision for certain habitual offenders7
A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the secretary8
of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections may release to intensive parole9
supervision as provided in R.S. 15:574.4.4 any person sentenced pursuant to R.S.10
15:529.1 and denied eligibility for diminution of sentence when the offender meets11
the requirements of this Section and of any rules or regulations adopted by the12
secretary in accordance with the provisions of this Section.13
B. The secretary may release offenders pursuant to the provisions of this14
Section only if all of the following conditions exist:15
(1) The offender has no convictions for a crime of violence as defined in16
R.S. 14:2(B) or a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541.17
(2) The offender is within six months of his projected release date.18
(3) The offender has not committed any major disciplinary offenses in the19
twelve consecutive months prior to release.20
(4) The offender has completed the mandatory minimum of one hundred21
hours of prerelease programming in accordance with R.S. 15:827.1.22
(5) The offender has completed substance abuse treatment as applicable.23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 670
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(6) The offender has obtained a high school equivalency diploma, unless the1
offender has previously obtained a high school diploma or is deemed by a certified2
educator as being incapable of obtaining a high school equivalency diploma due to3
a learning disability. If the offender is deemed incapable of obtaining a high school4
equivalency diploma, the offender shall complete at least one of the following:5
(a) A literacy program.6
(b) An adult basic education or general education development program.7
(c) A job skills program.8
(7) The offender has obtained a low-risk level designation determined by a9
validated risk assessment instrument approved by the secretary.10
(8) The offender has completed a reentry program to be determined by the11
Department of Public Safety and Corrections.12
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: