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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 383
BY SENATORS LAFLEUR AND MILLS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4(A)(1)(b)(ii), relative to parole eligibility; to provide2
relative to eligibility based upon years between offenses; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(A)(1)(b)(ii) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows:7
ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility8
A.(1) * * *9
(b) * * *10
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, a11
person, otherwise eligible for parole, convicted of a second felony offense shall be12
eligible for parole consideration upon serving thirty-three and one-third percent of13
the sentence imposed. The current offense shall not be counted as a second or14
subsequent offense if more than ten years have lapsed between the date of the15
commission of the current offense or offenses and the expiration of the person's16
maximum sentence or sentences of the previous conviction or convictions, or17
between the expiration of his maximum sentence or sentences of each preceding18
conviction and the date of the commission of the following offense or offenses.19
In computing the intervals of time, any period of parole, probation, or20
incarceration by a person in a penal institution, within or without the state shall21
not be included in the computation of any of the ten-year periods between the22
expiration of the person's maximum sentence or sentences and the next23
succeeding offense or offenses. The provisions of this Item shall not apply to any24
person who has been convicted of a crime of violence as defined in R.S. 14:2(B), has25 SB NO. 383 ENROLLED
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been convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541, has been sentenced as a1
habitual offender pursuant to R.S. 15:529.1, or is otherwise ineligible for parole.2
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: