ENROLLED
ACT No. 399
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 328
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAY MORRIS
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 18:1461(D), relative to election offenses; to provide relative to bribery of
3 voters; to provide for penalties; to allow for certain restitution as part of the penalties
4 for a person convicted of bribery of voters; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:1461(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1461. Bribery of voters; penalties
8 * * *
9 D. In addition to any other penalty imposed pursuant to this Section, the
10 court may order restitution as a part of the sentence. Restitution may include
11 payment for any costs incurred, including reasonable attorney fees, by a candidate
12 who brought an action contesting an election wherein the court found that one or
13 more of the votes cast in the contested election were illegal based on the actions of
14 the defendant and the court changed the result of the election or ordered a new
15 election to be held.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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