ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 161
BY REPRESENTATIVES TERRY LANDRY, ARMES, BARROW, BILLIOT, WESLEY
BISHOP, BOUIE, COX, GAINES, HALL, HOFFMANN, HONORE, NORTON,
PIERRE, SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, AND PATRICK WILLIAMS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.9(G)(1)(a), relative to revocation of parole for a violation
3 of condition; to establish penalties for second and third technical parole violations;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.9(G)(1)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง574.9. Revocation of parole for violation of condition; committee panels; return
9 to custody hearing; duration of reimprisonment and reparole after revocation;
10 credit for time served; revocation for a technical violation
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12 G.(1)(a)(i) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, any
13 offender who has been released on parole and whose parole supervision is being
14 revoked under pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection for his first a technical
15 violation of the conditions of parole as determined by the committee on parole, shall
16 be required to serve not more than ninety days, the following sentences:
17 (aa) For the first technical violation, the offender shall serve not more than
18 ninety days.
19 (bb) For a second technical violation, the offender shall serve not more than
20 one hundred twenty days.
21 (cc) For a third or subsequent technical violation, the offender shall serve not
22 more than one hundred eighty days.
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1 (ii) The sentences imposed pursuant to Item (i) of this Subparagraph shall
2 be served without diminution of sentence or credit for time served prior to the
3 revocation for a technical violation. The term of the revocation for the technical
4 violation shall begin on the date the Board of Parole committee on parole orders the
5 revocation. Upon completion of the imposed technical revocation sentence, the
6 offender shall return to active parole supervision for the remainder of the original
7 term of supervision. The provisions of this Subsection shall apply only to an
8 offender's first revocation for a technical violation.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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