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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 592
BY SENATOR MORRELL AND REPRESENTATI VES BROWN, BURRELL,
GUILLORY, HONORE, HOWARD, MORENO, NORTON AND
WOODRUFF
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:34.1(C), relative to the crime of second degree battery; to2
provide for the possible fines and penalties for commission of second degree battery;3
and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 14:34.1(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง34.1. Second degree battery7
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C. Whoever commits the crime of second degree battery shall be fined not9
more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not10
more than five eight years, or both. At least one year eighteen months of the11
sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension12
of sentence if the offender knew or should have known that the victim is an active13
member of the United States Armed Forces or is a disabled veteran and the second14
degree battery was committed because of that status.15
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
ACT No. 722