HLS 23RS-568 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 317
BY REPRESENTATIVE RISER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIME: Creates the crime of criminal access of an automated teller machine
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 14:67.6, relative to misappropriation without violence; to create the crime of
3 criminal access of an automated teller machine; to provide for a definition; to
4 provide for criminal penalties; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:67.6 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง67.6. Criminal access of an automated teller machine
8 A. Criminal access of an automated teller machine is the intentional
9 destroying, damaging, impairing, tampering with, or otherwise rendering inoperable
10 of an automated teller machine belonging to another with the intent to steal currency
11 or personal financial information of another, regardless of the pecuniary loss.
12 B. For purposes of this Section, "automated teller machine" means an
13 electronic information processing device located in this state which accepts or
14 dispenses cash in connection with an account or credit card.
15 C. Whoever commits the crime of criminal access of an automated teller
16 machine shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than five years
17 nor more than ten years and may, in addition, be required to pay a fine equal to the
18 amount of money contained in the automated teller machine at the time of the
19 commission of the offense and any damages that result from the offense.
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are additions. HLS 23RS-568 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 317
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 317 Original 2023 Regular Session Riser
Abstract: Creates the crime of criminal access of an automated teller machine and provides
for penalties.
Proposed law creates the crime of criminal access of an automated teller machine and
defines such crime as the intentional destroying, damaging, impairing, tampering with, or
otherwise rendering inoperable of an automated teller machine belonging to another with the
intent to steal currency or personal financial information of another, regardless of the
pecuniary loss.
Proposed law defines "automated teller machine" as an electronic information processing
device located in this state which accepts or dispenses cash in connection with an account
or credit card.
Proposed law provides that whoever commits the proposed law crime shall be imprisoned
with or without hard labor for not less than five years nor more than 10 years and may, in
addition, be required to pay a fine equal to the amount of money contained in the automated
teller machine at the time of the commission of the offense and any damages that result from
the offense.
(Adds R.S. 14:67.6)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.