RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 267 (HB 140) 2018 Regular Session Leger
Existing 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.
Existing 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.
Existing 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, existing 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.
New law retains existing law but provides that the fees collected pursuant to these provisions
of existing law may be used for the salaries of probation and parole officers.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(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))