2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 403
BY SENATOR MORRISH
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2852(D) and to repeal R.S. 40:2852(E), relative to facilities
3 providing housing or temporary residence for individuals arrested for commission
4 of a crime; to remove accreditation requirement; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:2852(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2852. Facilities providing housing or temporary residence to individuals referred
8 by judicial agencies
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10 D. All facilities shall be accredited by the American Correctional Association
11 within twenty-four months of opening as a judicial agency referral residential facility
12 and shall maintain accreditation by the American Correctional Association at all
13 times thereafter.
14 E. For the purposes of this Chapter, "judicial agency" means the district court
15 and officers thereof, including the district judge, the prosecutor and district attorneys.
16 However, no sheriff or sheriff's department of any parish in this state shall be
17 deemed to be a judicial agency pursuant to this Chapter. Judicial agency referral
18 residential facilities shall not participate in sheriffs' work release programs nor shall
19 they receive funding from the state. The owner of a facility providing housing or
20 temporary residence to individuals referred by judicial agencies shall not
21 employ any person referred by a judicial agency to any temporary housing or
22 residence facility, including his own.
23 Section 2. R.S. 40:2852(E) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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