Louisiana 2017 2017 Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill HB302 Introduced / Bill

                    HLS 17RS-1096	ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 302
BY REPRESENTATIVE LANCE HARRIS
PROBATION:  Increases the maximum amount of parole supervision fees
1	AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.4.2(A)(2)(e), relative to parole supervision fees; to
3 provide relative to conditions of supervised release for persons released on parole;
4 to increase the maximum amount of parole supervision fees; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1.  R.S. 15:574.4.2(A)(2)(e) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8follows: 
9 ยง574.4.2.  Decisions of committee on parole; nature, order, and conditions of parole;
10	rules of conduct; infectious disease testing
11	A.
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13	(2)  The committee may also require, either at the time of his release on
14 parole or at any time while he remains on parole, that he conform to any of the
15 following conditions of parole which are deemed appropriate to the circumstances
16 of the particular case:
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18	(e)  Pay supervision fees to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
19 in an amount not to exceed sixty-three one hundred dollars based upon his ability to
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HB NO. 302
1 pay as determined by the committee on parole.  Payments are due on the first day of
2 each month.
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DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.  [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 302 Original 2017 Regular Session	Lance Harris
Abstract: Increases the maximum amount of the monthly fee for parole supervision.
Present law authorizes the committee on parole to impose certain conditions or requirements
on a person who is released on parole including the requirement that the person pay a fee to
the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections in an amount not to exceed $63, based upon the
offender's ability to pay as determined by the committee on parole.
Proposed law increases the maximum amount of the fee from $63 to $100.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.4.2(A)(2)(e))
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