HLS 16RS-1183 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 894
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIBAUT
CORRECTIONS: Provides with respect to reporting for Offender Reentry Support Pilot
Program
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:745.2(D), relative to the reentry of offenders who are housed
3 in parish jails; to provide relative to the Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program; to
4 provide for the reporting of program results; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:745.2(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง745.2. Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program; establishment; participating
8 correctional institution; content; administration; implementation; reporting
9 * * *
10 D. Within twenty-four months following initial implementation of the
11 "Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program", the sheriff shall submit to the House
12 Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate Committee on
13 Judiciary C a comprehensive report regarding the implementation of the pilot
14 program, funding obtained for its implementation, the progress of offenders and
15 ex-offenders under the program, and a recommendation for continuation, expansion,
16 or termination of the program. The sheriff shall provide an additional report to the
17 committees listed in this Subsection prior to the 2018 Regular Session and thereafter
18 as the committees require.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-1183 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 894
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 894 Original 2016 Regular Session Thibaut
Abstract: Provides that a report of the Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program shall be
submitted prior to the 2018 Regular Session.
Present law provides for an Offender Reentry Support Pilot Program, created and established
within the Pointe Coupee Sheriff's Office.
Present law provides that within 24 months of implementation of the program, the sheriff
shall submit to the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice and the Senate
Committee on Judiciary C a comprehensive report regarding the implementation of the pilot
program, funding obtained for its implementation, the progress of offenders and
ex-offenders under the program, and a recommendation for continuation, expansion, or
termination of the program.
Proposed law retains present law and requires an additional report to be submitted prior to
the 2018 Regular Session, and after, as the committees require.
(Amends R.S. 15.745.2(D))
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