ENROLLED
ACT No. 203
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 643
BY REPRESENTATIVE JONES
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.2(D)(1) and to enact R.S. 15:574.7(E), relative to the
3 committee on parole; to provide relative to the powers and duties of the committee
4 on parole; to provide relative to the time and conditions of release on parole; to
5 provide relative to the supervision and fees associated with the supervision of a
6 parolee; to provide relative to a parolee on inactive status; to provide relative to the
7 committee on parole's authority to revoke parole and reduce terms and conditions of
8 parole; and to provide for related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 15:574.2(D)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
11 15:574.7(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
12 §574.2. Committee on parole, Board of Pardons; membership; qualifications;
13 vacancies; compensation; domicile; venue; meetings; quorum; panels;
14 powers and duties; transfer of property to committee; representation of
15 applicants before the committee; prohibitions
16 * * *
17 D. In accordance with the provisions of this Part, the committee on parole
18 shall have the following powers and duties:
19 (1) Except as provided in Paragraph (C)(4) of this Section, to To determine
20 the time and conditions of release on parole of any offender who has been convicted
21 of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment, and confined in any penal or correctional
22 institution in this state in accordance with R.S. 15:574.7.
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1 §574.7. Custody and supervision of parolees; modification or suspension of
2 supervision; violation of conditions of parole; sanctions; alternative
3 conditions; administrative sanctions
4 * * *
5 E.(1) Upon recommendation of the supervising parole officer and approval
6 of the committee on parole, the level of supervision and the fees associated with the
7 supervision of a parolee may be reduced after the parolee has served a minimum of
8 three years without a violation of the terms and conditions of parole for a crime that
9 is not a crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B) and a minimum of seven years
10 without a violation of the terms and conditions of parole for a crime that is a crime
11 of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B).
12 (2) A parolee who satisfies the conditions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection
13 may be placed on inactive status upon approval of the committee. A parolee on
14 inactive status shall not be subject to the terms and conditions of parole under R.S.
15 15:574.4.2(A)(2).
16 (3) The committee shall maintain the authority to revoke parole as provided
17 in this Section and R.S. 15:574.9.
18 (4) Nothing in this Subsection shall eliminate the committee's authority to
19 reduce terms and conditions of parole prior to a parolee satisfying the requirements
20 of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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