HLS 20RS-745 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 643
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES
PAROLE: Provides relative to the powers and duties of the committee on parole
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.2(D)(1), relative to the committee on parole, Board of
3 Pardons; to provide relative to the powers and duties of the committee on parole; to
4 provide relative to the time and conditions of release on parole; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.2(D)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง574.2. Committee on parole, Board of Pardons; membership; qualifications;
9 vacancies; compensation; domicile; venue; meetings; quorum; panels;
10 powers and duties; transfer of property to committee; representation of
11 applicants before the committee; prohibitions
12 * * *
13 D. In accordance with the provisions of this Part, the committee on parole
14 shall have the following powers and duties:
15 (1) Except as provided in Paragraph (C)(4) of this Section, to determine the
16 time, not to exceed five years, and conditions of release on parole of any offender
17 who has been convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment, and confined in
18 any penal or correctional institution in this state.
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DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 643 Original 2020 Regular Session Jones
Abstract: Relative to the powers and duties of the committee on parole, provides that the
committee's determination of time is not to exceed five years for the release of any
offender who has been convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment.
Present law provides that the committee on parole shall have certain powers and duties,
including but not limited to the determination of time and conditions of release on parole of
any offender who has been convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment, and
confined in any penal or correctional institution in this state.
Proposed law amends present law to provide that the committee's determination of time is
not to exceed five years for the release on parole of any offender who has been convicted of
a felony and sentenced to imprisonment.
(Amends R.S. 15:574.2(D)(1))
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