ENROLLED
ACT No. 542
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 253
BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNICK
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 15:529.1(K), relative to the habitual offender law; to provide relative to the
3 application of the habitual offender law; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 15:529.1(K) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง529.1. Sentences for second and subsequent offenses; certificate of warden or clerk
7 of court in the state of Louisiana as evidence
8 * * *
9 K.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection,
10 notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the court shall apply the
11 provisions of this Section that were in effect on the date that the defendant's instant
12 offense was committed.
13 (2) The provisions of Subsection C of this Section as amended by Act Nos.
14 257 and 282 of the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature, which provides for the
15 amount of time that must elapse between the current and prior offense for the
16 provisions of this Section to apply, shall apply to any bill of information filed
17 pursuant to the provisions of this Section on or after November 1, 2017, accusing the
18 person of a previous conviction.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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