ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 85
BY REPRESENTATIVES BILLIOT AND MARINO
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 46:1809(E), relative to crime victim reparations; to provide relative to the
3 criteria for making awards of reparations to crime victims; to provide certain
4 prohibitions on the denial or reduction of awards for reparations; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 46:1809(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1809. Criteria for making awards; prohibitions; authority to deny or reduce awards
9 * * *
10 E. No victim or claimant shall be denied or otherwise deemed ineligible for
11 reparations pursuant to this Chapter, nor shall any award for reparations pursuant to
12 this Chapter be reduced, on the basis that the victim or claimant has any conviction
13 or adjudication of delinquency, on the basis that the victim or claimant is currently
14 on probation or parole, or on the basis that the victim or claimant has previously
15 served any sentence of incarceration, probation, or parole unrelated to the offense for
16 which reparations would otherwise be awarded pursuant to this Chapter.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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