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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 147
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:570(E)(1), relative to executions of death sentences; to2
provide relative to the notice of an execution required to be given to a victim's3
family; to require a victim's family to register with the Crime Victims Services4
Bureau in order to obtain notice of the date and time of the offender's execution; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 15:570(E)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:8
ยง570. Execution; officials and witnesses; minors excluded; time of execution;9
notice to victim's relatives10
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E.(1) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall,12
at least ten days prior to the execution, either give written notice or verbal notice,13
followed by written notice placed in the United States mail within five days14
thereafter, of the date and time of execution to the victim's parents, or guardian,15
spouse, and any adult children who have indicated to the secretary that they desire16
such notice by registering with the Crime Victims Services Bureau of the17
Department of Public Safety and Corrections. The secretary, in such notice, shall18
give the named parties the option of attending the execution.19
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 112