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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 187
BY SENATORS KOSTELKA AND THOMPSON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:981.3(D) and to repeal R.S. 40:981.3(E), relative to2
controlled dangerous substances; to allow enhanced sentencing for violations of the3
Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law occurring within a private residence4
located in a drug free zone; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 40:981.3(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง981.3. Violation of Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law; drug free zone8
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D. A violation of this Section within two thousand feet of school property,10
a drug treatment facility, religious building property, public housing authority11
property, or child day care facility property shall not include an act which occurs12
entirely within a private residence wherein no person seventeen years of age or under13
was present.14
E. (1) Whoever violates a provision of this Section shall be punished by the15
imposition of the maximum fine and be imprisoned for not more than one and one-16
half times the longest term of imprisonment authorized by the applicable provisions17
of R.S. 40:966 through 970.18
(2) A sentence imposed for a violation of the provisions of this Section shall19
not be subject to parole, probation, or suspension of sentence to the extent that the20
minimum sentence for a violation of a felony provision of R.S. 40:966 through 97021
is not subject to parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.22
Section 2. R.S. 40:981.3(E) is hereby repealed in its entirety.23
ACT No. 289 SB NO. 187 ENROLLED
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Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not1
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature2
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If3
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become4
effective on the day following such approval.5
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: