HLS 20RS-517 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 117
BY REPRESENTATIVE DWIGHT
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECTIONS: Provides for the removal and replacement of members
on the Reentry Advisory Council
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 15:1199.4(O), relative to the Reentry Advisory Council; to provide relative
3 to the membership of the Reentry Advisory Council; to provide relative to the
4 disqualification of members for missing a certain number of meetings; to provide for
5 certain notification to the nominating authority of the disqualified member; to
6 provide for the appointment of a member to replace the disqualified member; to
7 prohibit the disqualified member from being reappointed for a certain period of time;
8 and to provide for related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 15:1199.4(O) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 ยง1199.4. Reentry Advisory Council; creation; members; powers and duties
12 * * *
13 O. Any appointed member who is absent for two meetings out of four
14 consecutive meetings of the council shall be disqualified and removed from the
15 council membership. The council shall notify the nominating entity that the person
16 has been removed from the council membership pursuant to this Subsection and
17 request that the appointing entity provide a list of three nominees to the governor to
18 fill the vacancy. The former member shall not be eligible for reappointment until
19 expiration of the balance of the vacated term.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-517 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 117
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HB 117 Original 2020 Regular Session Dwight
Abstract: Provides for the removal of a member from the Reentry Advisory Council for
missing a certain number of council meetings and provides for the procedures for the
replacement of the disqualified member by the nominating authority.
Present law provides for the Reentry Advisory Council established within the Dept. of Public
Safety and Corrections to serve as an advisory body to the secretary of the department and
the legislature with respect to the administration of the inmate rehabilitation and workforce
development program. Present law further provides that the council shall be comprised of
22 members, 12 of whom are appointed by the governor from a list of persons submitted by
a specific entity. Present law provides that appointed members of the council shall serve for
four-year terms.
Present law provides that the council shall meet at least quarterly and may meet upon the call
of the chairman or any three members.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that any appointed member who is absent for
two meetings out of four consecutive meetings of the council shall be disqualified and
removed from the council membership.
Proposed law requires the council to notify the nominating entity that the person has been
removed from the council membership pursuant to proposed law and request that the entity
provide a list of three nominees to the governor to fill the vacancy. Proposed law further
provides that the former member shall not be eligible for reappointment until expiration of
the balance of the vacated term.
(Adds R.S. 15:1199.4(O))
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