Perry (SB 276) Act No. 299
Prior law created and provided relative to the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification
and Information within the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.
Prior law provided that the bureau is to obtain and file the name, fingerprints, description,
photographs, and any other pertinent identifying data as the deputy secretary deems
necessary, of any person who:
(1)Has been arrested, formally indicted, or taken into custody for any offense that is a
felony, for certain misdemeanor offenses designated by the deputy secretary, for any
violation of any ordinance that the bureau determines to be substantially related to
or the equivalent of any offense described under prior law as a felony offense, or for
any other offense that the deputy secretary may designate.
(2)Is or becomes confined to any prison, penal institution, correctional facility, or
institution for the criminally insane.
(3)After death, has become a human corpse that is unidentified or involved in any
autopsy or inquest by a coroner.
(4)Is a fugitive from justice.
(5)Is or has been a habitual offender.
New law retains prior law and adds to this list the following:
(1)Any person who has been arrested, or has been issued a summons, for any offense
that requires the collection of a DNA sample pursuant to prior law.
(2)Any person who has been arrested, or has been issued a summons, for a violation of
the prior law crime of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Prior law required the taking of a DNA sample from certain persons, including a person who
is arrested for a felony or certain other specified offenses on or after 9/1/99, and a person
who is convicted or enters into a plea agreement resulting in a conviction on or after 9/1/99
for a felony or certain other specified offenses.
New law retains prior law.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 15:590(6) and (7))