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HB 84 Original 2023 Regular Session Schlegel
Abstract: Provides relative to disposition of juvenile offenders adjudicated delinquent for
carjacking.
Present law (Ch.C. Art. 897.1) provides for the disposition of juvenile offenders after they are
adjudicated delinquent for certain felony-grade acts.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law (Ch.C. Art. 897.1(C)) provides that the court shall commit a juvenile who is 14 years
of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense to the custody of the DPS&C to be
confined in secure placement without benefit of probation or suspension of imposition or execution
of sentence after the juvenile is adjudicated delinquent for the present law (R.S. 14.64) offense of
armed robbery.
Proposed law amends present law to include the commitment of a juvenile to the DPS&C after an
adjudication for the present law offense of carjacking (R.S. 14:64.2).
Present law (Ch.C. Art. 897.1(D)) provides that juveniles in secure care for an adjudication based
on a violation of present law (R.S. 14:42 or 44) shall be eligible for modification after serving 36
months of the disposition.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law (Ch.C. Art. 897.1(D)) further provides that juveniles in secure care for an adjudication
based on a violation of present law (R.S. 14:64) shall be eligible for modification after serving 36
months of the disposition or, if the disposition is less than 36 months, 2/3 of the disposition.
Proposed law amends present law to apply this modification eligibility to offenders in secure care
for an adjudication based on the present law (R.S. 64.2) offense of carjacking.
(Amends Ch.C. Art. 897.1(C) and (D))