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ACT No. 236
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 422
BY REPRESENTATIVE EMERSON
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:1199.4(E)(introductory paragraph) and to enact R.S.
3 15:1199.4(E)(13) and (O), relative to the Reentry Advisory Council; to provide
4 relative to the membership of the Reentry Advisory Council; to add a member; to
5 provide relative to the disqualification of members for missing a certain number of
6 meetings; to provide for certain notification to the nominating authority of the
7 disqualified member; to provide for the appointment of a member to replace the
8 disqualified member; to prohibit the disqualified member from being reappointed for
9 a certain period of time; and to provide for related matters.
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
11 Section 1. R.S. 15:1199.4(E)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and
12 reenacted and R.S. 15:1199.4(E)(13) and (O) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
13 ยง1199.4. Reentry Advisory Council; creation; members; powers and duties
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15 E. The governor shall appoint twelve thirteen members in accordance with
16 the following provisions:
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18 (13) One member shall be appointed from a list of three nominations from
19 the Council on the Children of Incarcerated Parents and Caregivers.
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21 O. Any appointed member who is absent for two meetings out of four
22 consecutive meetings of the council may be disqualified and removed from the
23 council membership. The council shall notify the nominating entity if the person has
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1 been removed from the council membership pursuant to this Subsection and request
2 that the appointing entity provide a list of three nominees to the governor to fill the
3 vacancy. The former member shall not be eligible for reappointment until expiration
4 of the balance of the vacated term.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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