SLS 16RS-202 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 61
BY SENATOR MARTINY
PROBATION/PAROLE. Provides relative to parole eligibility. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:574.4(F), relative to parole eligibility; to provide for eligibility for persons
3 eligible for relief under certain other provisions of law; to provide criteria for
4 eligibility; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.4(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง574.4. Parole; eligibility
8 * * *
9 (F) 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, shall be eligible for parole upon serving at least
13 fifteen years in actual custody.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 61
SLS 16RS-202 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley E. Menou.
DIGEST
SB 61 Original 2016 Regular Session Martiny
Present law states that the penalty provisions enacted in 2001 and applied prospectively were
more lenient than prior law's penalty provisions for certain enumerated crimes.
Present law further states that, in the interest of fairness, the more lenient penalty provisions
enacted in 2001 will be applied to certain persons who were convicted of certain enumerated
crimes prior to June 15, 2001.
Present law provides qualifications and conditions for parole eligibility and a procedure for
offenders who meet eligibility to apply for parole consideration by the Committee on Parole.
Proposed law adds, as a new category of offenders eligible for parole, an offender who:
(1)Was convicted prior to June 15, 2001.
(2)Was convicted of an enumerated crime that was eligible for the more lenient penalty
provisions enacted in 2001.
(3)Has served at least 15 years in the actual custody of the Department of Public Safety
and Corrections.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 15:574.4(F))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.