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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 12
BY SENATOR MORRELL
A RESOLUTION
To continue the Pretrial Service Commission, as created by Senate Resolution 150 of the
2014 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana, by providing for a new
deadline for the commission to make recommendations for policy and legislative
changes.
WHEREAS, the Pretrial Service Commission was created by the Senate in 2014 to
review the state's pretrial services laws and policies and to make recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana recognizes that the continued
efforts of the Pretrial Service Commission will greatly assist in providing more effective
pretrial decisionmaking; and
WHEREAS, the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana recognizes that more time is
needed for the Pretrial Service Commission to complete its research and provide
recommendations regarding pretrial services laws.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
hereby continues the Pretrial Service Commission to review the state's pretrial service laws
and policies and to make recommendations for policy and legislative changes on or before
March 1, 2017, that will assist in providing more effective pretrial decisionmaking.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B, the chairman of the Senate Committee
on Judiciary C, the chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, the chairman of the
House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice, the chief justice of the Louisiana
Supreme Court, the Louisiana District Attorney's Association, and the Louisiana Public
Defender Board.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
following departments and organizations: the Pelican Institute for Public Policy; the Micah
Project; the Department of Children and Family Services; the Department of Public Safety
Services and Corrections, Correction Services; the Louisiana Sentencing Commission; the
Louisiana Sheriffs' Association; Family and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children;
and the office of juvenile justice.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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