RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 236 (HB 422) 2021 Regular Session Emerson
Existing law provides for the Reentry Advisory Council established within the Dept. of
Public Safety and Corrections to serve as an advisory body to the secretary of the department
and the legislature with respect to the administration of the inmate rehabilitation and
workforce development program.
Prior law required that the council be comprised of 22 members, 12 of whom were appointed
by the governor from a list of persons submitted by a specific entity. Existing law provides
that appointed members of the council shall serve for four-year terms.
New law adds a member to the council appointed by the governor from a list of three persons
nominated by the Council on the Children of Incarcerated Parents and Caregivers.
Existing law provides that the council shall meet at least quarterly and may meet upon the
call of the chairman or any three members.
New law specifies that any appointed member who is absent for two meetings out of four
consecutive meetings of the council may be disqualified and removed from the council
membership.
New law requires the council to notify the nominating entity that the person has been
removed from the council membership pursuant to new law and request that the entity
provide a list of three nominees to the governor to fill the vacancy. New law further provides
that the former member shall not be eligible for reappointment until expiration of the balance
of the vacated term.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Adds R.S. 15:1199.4(O))