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HB 140 Original 2018 Regular Session Leger
Abstract: Provides that the fees collected pursuant to a person's release on probation or parole may
be used for the salaries of probation and parole officers.
Present law provides that the committee on parole may require any prisoner released on parole to pay
supervision fees to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections in an amount not to exceed $63 based
upon his ability to pay as determined by the committee on parole. Such payments are due on the first
day of each month.
Present law provides for the assessment of a one-time processing fee of $65 for each case file
existing on June 30, 2009, and for each new case file opened thereafter by a probation and parole
officer of the office of adult services in the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.
Present law provides that when the court places the defendant on supervised probation, it shall order
as a condition of probation a monthly fee of not less than $60 nor more than $110 payable to the
Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections or such other probation office, agency, or officer as
designated by the court, to defray the cost of supervision.
For all monetary assessments, except supervision fees, imposed as a condition of probation or parole,
present law authorizes the division of probation and parole to assess a collection fee of 10% of the
funds due. The 10% collection fee shall be appropriated to the Dept. of Public Safety and
Corrections to be reinvested in additional resources for the division of probation and parole.
Proposed law retains present law but provides that the fees collected pursuant to these provisions of
present law may be used for the salaries of probation and parole officers.
(Amends R.S. 15:571.21(B), 574.4.2(A)(2)(e) and (F), and 574.4.5(B) and C.Cr.P. Art. 895.1(C))