SLS 16RS-11 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 24
BY SENATOR MARTINY
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Provides relative to parole eligibility. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:574.4(A)(5), relative to parole; to provide for parole consideration for
3 certain persons; to provide for certain ameliorative penalty provisions; to provide for
4 certain terms and conditions; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(A)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility
8 A. * * *
9 (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, unless
10 eligible for parole at an earlier date, a person committed to the Department of
11 Public Safety and Corrections, if eligible for relief under R.S. 15:308, including
12 those serving a life sentence with or without additional terms of years, shall be
13 eligible for parole consideration upon serving fifteen years in actual custody.
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SLS 16RS-11 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
SB 24 Original 2016 Regular Session Martiny
Present law provides for ameliorative penalty provisions and parole eligibility.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that unless eligible for parole consideration
at an earlier date, a person committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections,
if eligible for relief under certain ameliorative penalty provisions, including those serving
a life sentence with or without additional terms of years, will be eligible for parole
consideration upon serving 15 years in actual custody.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 15:574.4(A)(5))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.