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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 398
BY SENATORS MILLS AND MURRAY AND REPRESENTATI VE EDWARDS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5304(B)(10) and (K), relative to drug courts; to provide2
relative to eligibility for a drug division probation program; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:5304(B)(10) and (K) are hereby amended and reenacted to read6
as follows: 7
§5304. The drug division probation program8
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B. Participation in probation programs shall be subject to the following10
provisions:11
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(10) In order to be eligible for the drug division probation program, the13
defendant must satisfy each of the following criteria:14
(a) The defendant cannot have any prior felony convictions conviction for15
any offenses offense defined as crimes of violence in R.S. 14:2(B) as a homicide in16
R.S. 14:29.17
(b) The crime before the court cannot be a crime of violence as defined in18
R.S. 14:2(B), including domestic violence or an offense of domestic abuse battery19
which is punishable by imprisonment at hard labor as provided in R.S. 14:35.3.20
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(c) Other criminal proceedings alleging commission of a crime of violence1
as defined in R.S. 14:2(B) cannot be pending against the defendant.2
(d) Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 389, §5.3
(e)(d) The crime before the court cannot be a charge of driving under the4
influence of alcohol or any other drug or drugs that resulted in the death of a person.5
(f) Repealed by Acts 2013, No. 389, §5.6
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K. Each drug division shall develop a method of evaluation so that its8
effectiveness can be measured. These evaluations shall be compiled annually and9
transmitted to the judicial administrator of the Supreme Court of Louisiana and shall10
include information on recidivism reduction on the participants in the program.11
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: