ENROLLED
ACT No. 176
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 57
BY REPRESENTATIVE HONORE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95(H)(1), relative to the crime of illegal carrying of weapons;
3 to provide for an exception for the legislative auditor and designated investigative
4 auditors; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:95(H)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง95. Illegal carrying of weapons
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9 H.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (A)(5) of this Section and in
10 Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, the provisions of this Section shall not prohibit
11 active justices or judges of the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, parish
12 courts, juvenile courts, family courts, city courts, federal courts domiciled in the state
13 of Louisiana, and traffic courts, members of either house of the legislature, officers
14 of either house of the legislature, the legislative auditor, designated investigative
15 auditors, constables, coroners, designated coroner investigators, district attorneys and
16 designated assistant district attorneys, United States attorneys and assistant United
17 States attorneys and investigators, and justices of the peace from possessing and
18 concealing a handgun on their person when the justice or judge, legislator or officer
19 of the legislature, legislative auditor, designated investigative auditor, constable,
20 coroner, designated coroner investigators, district attorneys and designated assistant
21 district attorneys, United States attorneys and assistant United States attorneys and
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1 investigators, or justices of the peace are certified qualified annually in the use of
2 firearms by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.
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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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