The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Julie J. Baxter.
DIGEST
Broome (SB 54)
Present law provides for the creation, structure and funding of an early intervention program in
the Sixteenth Judicial District (parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin) to address the
underlying causes of juvenile behavioral problems and school performance problems related to
behavior in order to attempt to prevent juvenile delinquency in later years.
Present law provides certain program procedures and conditions, including: (1) duly authorized
representatives of the local school board, law enforcement agencies, including sheriff's offices
and city and municipal police offices, courts exercising jurisdiction over juveniles and their
caretakers, and designated service providers sign interagency agreements specific to each parish
representing a commitment by each entity to agree to provide certain services; (2) reports are to
be provided by the district attorney concerning certain statistical information; and (3) the
creation of the Sixteenth Judicial District Attorney Early Intervention Fund, and providing that in
all criminal matters except traffic violations in the parishes of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin,
there is taxed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere or who forfeits his bond, an additional $25 for each misdemeanor and $50 for each
felony, to be placed into the fund.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the Nineteenth Judicial District (parish of East Baton
Rouge) within the present law concerning the early intervention program.
Proposed law further creates the Nineteenth Judicial District Attorney Early Intervention Fund
and provides for the placement into the fund of the additional amounts collected against criminal
defendants in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Effective on August 1, 2014.
(Amends Ch. C. Arts. 793.1, 793.3 and 793.4)