DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 197 Original 2016 Regular Session Pylant
Abstract: Creates the crime of unlawful operation of a child day care center.
Proposed law provides that unlawful operation of an unlicensed child day care center is any of the
following:
(1)The intentional operation of a child day care center without a license.
(2)The continued operation of a child day care center after notification by the Dept. of
Education that the person operating the facility should seek a license.
(3)The continued operation of a child day care center after the Dept. of Education has revoked
a license.
Proposed law provides a penalty of a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than
six months, or both.
(Adds R.S. 14:91.15)