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ACT No. 420
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 84
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHLEGEL
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 897.1(C) and (D), relative to juvenile justice;
3 to provide for disposition of juvenile offenders adjudicated delinquent for carjacking;
4 to provide relative to modification of disposition; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Children's Code Article 897.1(C) and (D) are hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 Art. 897.1. Disposition after adjudication of certain felony-grade delinquent acts
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10 C. After adjudication of a felony-grade delinquent act based upon a violation
11 of R.S. 14:64, armed robbery, or R.S. 14:64.2, carjacking, the court shall commit the
12 child who is fourteen years of age or older at the time of the commission of the
13 offense to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to be
14 confined in secure placement without benefit of probation or suspension of
15 imposition or execution of sentence.
16 D. Juveniles in secure care for an adjudication for a violation of R.S. 14:42
17 or 44 shall be eligible for modification after serving thirty-six months of the
18 disposition. Juveniles in secure care for an adjudication for a violation of R.S. 14:64
19 or 64.2 shall be eligible for modification after serving thirty-six months of the
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1 disposition or, if the disposition is less than thirty-six months, two-thirds of the
2 disposition.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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