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ACT No. 41
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 210
BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNICK AND SENATORS ALARIO, BARROW, BISHOP,
BOUDREAUX, BROWN, CARTER, CHABERT, ERDEY, GATTI, JOHNS,
LAFLEUR, LONG, LUNEAU, MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, PETERSON, GARY
SMITH, AND WARD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 571.1, relative to time limitations
3 for prosecution; to provide for time limitations for certain sex offenses; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 571.1 is hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 571.1. Time limitation for certain sex offenses
9 Except as provided by Article 572 of this Chapter, the time within which to
10 institute prosecution of the following sex offenses, regardless of whether the crime
11 involves force, serious physical injury, death, or is punishable by imprisonment at
12 hard labor shall be thirty years: attempted first degree rape, also formerly titled
13 aggravated rape (R.S. 14:27, R.S. 14:42), attempted second degree rape, also
14 formerly titled forcible rape (R.S. 14:27, R.S. 14:42.1), sexual battery (R.S. 14:43.1),
15 second degree sexual battery (R.S. 14:43.2), oral sexual battery (R.S. 14:43.3),
16 human trafficking (R.S. 14:46.2(B)(2) or (3)), trafficking of children for sexual
17 purposes (R.S. 14:46.3), felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile (R.S. 14:80), indecent
18 behavior with juveniles (R.S. 14:81), pornography involving juveniles (R.S.
19 14:81.1), molestation of a juvenile (R.S. 14:81.2), prostitution of persons under
20 eighteen (R.S. 14:82.1), enticing persons into prostitution (R.S. 14:86), crime against
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1 nature (R.S. 14:89), aggravated crime against nature (R.S. 14:89.1), crime against
2 nature by solicitation (R.S. 14:89.2(B)(3)), that involves a victim under seventeen
3 years of age. This thirty-year period begins to run when the victim attains the age of
4 eighteen.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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