ENROLLED
ACT No. 285
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 359
BY REPRESENTATIVES MIKE JOHNSON AND ABRAMSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:62.5(A), relative to the crime of looting; to provide for the
3 crime of looting; to provide relative to the elements of the offense; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:62.5(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง62.5. Looting
8 A. Looting is the intentional entry by a person without authorization of any
9 of the following when into any dwelling or other structure belonging to another and
10 used in whole or in part as a home or place of abode by a person, or any structure
11 belonging to another and used in whole or in part as a place of business, or any
12 vehicle, watercraft, building, plant, establishment, or other structure, movable or
13 immovable, in which normal security of property is not present by virtue of a
14 hurricane, flood, fire, act of God, or force majeure of any kind, or by virtue of a riot,
15 mob, or other human agency, and the person obtaining or obtains, exerting exerts
16 control over, or damaging damages, or removing removes the property of the owner
17 another without authorization:
18 (1) Any dwelling or other structure belonging to another and used in whole
19 or in part as a home or place of abode by a person.
20 (2) Any structure belonging to another and used in whole or in part as a place
21 of business.
22 (3) Any vehicle, watercraft, building, plant, establishment, or other structure,
23 movable or immovable.
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1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2019.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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