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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 635
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR
FISCAL CONTROLS. Moves the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center from
the Department of Education to the office of juvenile justice. (1/1/15)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 15:905.1 and to repeal R.S. 17:24.3, relative to the Cecil J. Picard Educational2
and Recreational Center; to establish the Cecil J. Picard Educational and3
Recreational Center in the office of juvenile justice; to provide for the operations of4
the facility; to provide for transferring the property between agencies; to repeal5
certain provisions governing the facility in the Department of Education; to provide6
for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 15:905.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
.ยง905.1. Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center; rates and fees10
A. In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 39:11 et seq., responsibility11
for the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center, including all lands,12
property, facilities, equipment, or any other corporeal movable property which13
is part of the facility as of the effective date of this Section, shall be transferred14
from the Department of Education to the Department of Public Safety and15
Corrections, office of juvenile justice.16
B. In addition to the juvenile institutions, facilities, and programs under17 SB NO. 635
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the administration and the affairs of the Department of Public Safety and1
Corrections, office of juvenile justice, as provided in R.S. 15:905, the office of2
juvenile justice shall exercise all powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities3
in connection with the management and operation of the Cecil J. Picard4
Educational and Recreational Center in Bunkie.5
C. The deputy secretary for youth services may set rental rates and usage6
fees for the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center. Additionally,7
the deputy secretary for youth services shall establish all rules and regulations8
necessary for the operation of the facility consistent with the mission of the9
office of juvenile justice and to provide opportunities for youths.10
Section 2. R.S. 17:24.3 is hereby repealed.11
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2015.12
The original instrument was prepared by Jay Lueckel. The following digest,
which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared
by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
LaFleur (SB 635)
Proposed law provides that in accordance with the provisions governing the administration
of state lands, responsibility for the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center,
including all lands, property, facilities, equipment, or any other corporeal movable property
that is part of the facility as of the effective date of proposed law, shall be transferred from
the Department of Education to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of
juvenile justice.
Proposed law additionally provides that the office of juvenile justice shall exercise all
powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities in connection with the management and
operation of the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center in Bunkie.
Proposed law provides that the deputy secretary for youth services may set rental rates and
usage fees for the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center. Additionally provides
that the deputy secretary for youth services shall establish all rules and regulations necessary
for the operation of the facility consistent with the mission of the office of juvenile justice
and to provide opportunities for youths.
Repeals the operation of the Cecil J. Picard Educational and Recreational Center under the
Department of Education.
Effective January 1, 2015.
(Adds R.S. 15:905.1; repeals R.S. 17:24.3) SB NO. 635
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the
original bill
1. Makes technical corrections.
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Changes the effective date to 1/1/15.
2. Makes technical corrections.