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ACT No. 288
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 67
BY REPRESENTATIVE COX
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:95(K), relative to the crime of illegal carrying of weapons;
3 to provide for an exception for retired district attorneys and assistant district
4 attorneys under certain circumstances; to provide for definitions; to provide for
5 exceptions; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:95(K) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง95. Illegal carrying of weapons
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10 K.(1) The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit a retired justice or
11 judge of the supreme court, courts of appeal, district courts, parish courts, juvenile
12 courts, family courts, and city courts, retired district attorneys, and retired assistant
13 district attorneys, from possessing and concealing a handgun on their person
14 provided that such retired justice, or judge, district attorney, or assistant district
15 attorney is certified qualified annually in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace
16 Officer Standards and Training and has on their person valid identification showing
17 proof of their status as a retired justice, or judge, district attorney, or assistant district
18 attorney.
19 (2) The retired justice, or judge, district attorney, or assistant district attorney
20 shall be qualified annually in the use of firearms by the Council on Peace Officer
21 Standards and Training and have proof of such certification qualification. However,
22 this Subsection shall not apply to a retired justice, or judge, district attorney, or
23 assistant district attorney who is medically retired based upon any mental
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1 impairment. ,or who has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to or been found
2 guilty of a felony offense. For the purposes of this Subsection, "retired district
3 attorney" or "retired assistant district attorney" shall mean a district attorney or an
4 assistant district attorney receiving retirement benefits from the District Attorneys'
5 Retirement System.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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