HLS 20RS-708 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 473
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
COURTS: Provides relative to drug courts
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:5304(B)(3)(b), relative to drug court; to provide relative to
3 the drug division probation program; to eliminate the twelve-month mandatory
4 minimum period of supervision of defendants who elect to undergo treatment while
5 participating in the program; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:5304(B)(3)(b) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8follows:
9 ยง5304. The drug division probation program
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11 B. Participation in probation programs shall be subject to the following
12 provisions:
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14 (3) In offering a defendant the opportunity to request treatment, the court
15 shall advise the defendant of the following:
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17 (b) If the defendant requests to undergo treatment and is accepted, the
18 defendant will be placed under the supervision of the drug division probation
19 program for a period of not less than twelve months.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-708 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 473
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 473 Original 2020 Regular Session Duplessis
Abstract: Eliminates the 12-month mandatory minimum supervision period for defendants
who elect to undergo treatment while participating in a drug division probation
program.
Present law provides for the establishment of a drug division probation program in a district
court which allows a defendant to choose to undergo treatment as part of participating in the
program.
Present law provides that in offering a defendant the opportunity to request treatment, the
court shall advise the defendant that if he requests to undergo treatment and is accepted, he
will be placed under the supervision of the drug division probation program for a period of
not less than twelve months.
Proposed law removes the 12-month mandatory minimum supervision period for defendants
who elect to undergo treatment in the drug division probation program.
(Amends R.S. 13:5304(B)(3)(b))
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