ENROLLED
ACT No. 352
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 42
BY REPRESENTATIVES DWIGHT, BACALA, TERRY BROWN, CARPENTER,
DAVIS, HOFFMANN, JACKSON, MORENO, JAY MORRIS, NORTON, SMITH,
AND STOKES
1 AN ACT
2 To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 573.2, relative to time limitations for initiating
3 prosecutions; to provide relative to time limitations in which to institute prosecution
4 for the crime of video voyeurism; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 573.2 is hereby enacted to read as
7 follows:
8 Art. 573.2. Running of time limitations; exception; video voyeurism
9 The time limitations established by Article 572 of this Code shall not
10 commence to run as to the crime of video voyeurism (R.S. 14:283) until the crime
11 is discovered by the victim.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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