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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 135
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
PARDON/PAROLE: Creates the Louisiana Probation and Parole Officer Compensation
Study Commission
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To create and establish the Louisiana Probation and Parole Officer Compensation Study
3 Commission to study and examine the feasability of providing a salary increase for
4 Louisiana probation and parole officers and to report its findings to the governor and
5 the Louisiana Legislature by February 1, 2017.
6 WHEREAS, one of the primary goals of the Louisiana criminal justice system is to
7safely reduce recidivism among Louisiana parolees and probationers by helping and
8encouraging each offender through the process of reintegrating into society; and
9 WHEREAS, the probation or parole officer assigned to each offender plays a vital
10role in the success of the offender's reentry into his community; and
11 WHEREAS, the division of probation and parole of the Department of Public Safety
12and Corrections functions as a community services division and is comprised of twenty
13district offices located throughout the state and its headquarters located in Baton Rouge,
14Louisiana; and
15 WHEREAS, probation and parole officers are P.O.S.T.-certified officers who
16supervise adult offenders who are released to the community on probation, parole,
17diminution of sentence, home incarceration, medical furlough, or supervised release and
18those offenders who relocate to Louisiana from other states; and
19 WHEREAS, probation and parole officers ensure that offenders comply with the
20conditions of supervision, identify problems and solutions, make appropriate referrals,
21provide general counseling, and perform arrests as needed to protect public safety; and
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1 WHEREAS, helping to ensure the successful reentry of these offenders, probation
2and parole officers visit offenders in their homes, in their workplaces, or at other locations
3in the community; and
4 WHEREAS, in addition, probation and parole officers provide investigative services
5to decision makers in the criminal justice system, including judges, the Board of Pardons and
6committee on parole, and the governor's office, and oversee the collection of victim
7restitution, supervision fees, and a variety of criminal justice fees.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
9create and establish the Louisiana Probation and Parole Officer Compensation Study
10Commission to study and examine the feasability of providing a salary increase for
11Louisiana probation and parole officers who play a vital role in achieving Louisiana's goals
12of reducing recidivism and successfully reintegrating offenders into society.
13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall be comprised of the
14following members:
15 (1) The chairman of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice or
16his designee.
17 (2) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B or his designee.
18 (3) The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations or his designee.
19 (4) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance or his designee.
20 (5) The director of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of
21probation and parole or his designee.
22 (6) The president of the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police or his designee.
23 (7) The executive director of the Louisiana Sheriffs' Association or his designee.
24 (8) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police or his
25designee.
26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the commission shall serve
27without compensation and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original
28appointments.
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1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall meet as necessary and is
2authorized to request data, staff, and technical or administrative assistance from those
3entities that comprise the membership of the commission.
4 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall submit a written report of
5its findings to the governor and the Louisiana Legislature by February 1, 2017.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the commission shall be abolished upon
7submission of the report.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
9to the appointing entities named in this Resolution.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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)]
HCR 135 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Mack
Creates and establishes the La. Probation and Parole Officer Compensation Study
Commission to study and examine the feasability of providing a salary increase for La.
probation and parole officers and to report its findings to the governor and La. Legislature
by Feb. 1, 2017.
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