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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 234
BY REPRESENTATIVES CARPENTER, MOORE, AND WHITE AND SENATORS
BARROW, JACKSON, MIZELL, AND PETERSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIMINAL/JUSTICE: Provides relative to the Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight
Commission
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 15:555(D), to enact R.S. 15:555(A)(17) and 556(A)(3), and to
3 repeal R.S. 15:556(B), relative to the Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight
4 Commission; to provide relative to the membership of the commission; to provide
5 relative to the duties of the commission; to provide for an effective date; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 15:555(D) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 15:555(A)(17)
9and 556(A)(3) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §555. Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission; creation; membership;
11 meetings
12 A. The Louisiana Sexual Assault Oversight Commission is hereby created
13 within the Department of Justice, office of the attorney general. The commission
14 shall consist of the following members:
15 * * *
16 (17) The president of Sexual Trauma Awareness and Response or her
17 designee.
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1 D. The commission shall fix a time and place for its meetings and shall meet
2 at least once every three four months. Additional meetings may be held upon the call
3 of the chairman.
4 * * *
5 §556. Duties of the commission
6 A.
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8 (3) Upon approval of the members, the commission may adopt additional
9 projects, duties, or both as necessary to further the goal of the commission.
10 Section 2. R.S. 15:556(B) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
11 Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
12signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
13by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
14vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
15effective on the day following such approval.
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 234 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Carpenter
Abstract: Provides relative to the membership, duties, and administrative rules of the La.
Sexual Assault Oversight Commission.
Present law provides for the membership and duties of the La. Sexual Assault Oversight
Commission.
Proposed law retains present law and adds to the membership of the commission the
president of Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response or a designee.
Proposed law allows the commission to adopt additional projects, duties, or both upon the
approval of the members.
Present law requires the commission to meet at least once every three months and allows the
chairman to call for additional meetings.
Proposed law amends present law to require the commission to meet at least once every four
months.
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Present law provides that the office of the attorney general shall adopt rules necessary to
implement present law and that all rules shall be adopted pursuant to the provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act.
Proposed law removes the authority of the attorney general to adopt rules necessary to
implement present law.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 15:555(D); Adds R.S. 15:555(A)(17) and 556(A)(3); Repeals R.S. 15:556(B))
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