ENROLLED
ACT No. 347
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 640
BY REPRESENTATIVE MIKE JOHNSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1461(B), relative to election offenses; to provide relative to
3 the criminal penalties for certain election offenses; to provide for the criminal
4 penalties for bribery of voters; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:1461(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1461. Bribery of voters; penalties
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9 B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more
10 than two four thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not
11 more than two years, or both, for the first offense. On a second offense, or any
12 subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than five ten thousand
13 dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years, or both.
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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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