RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 370 (HB 226) 2024 Regular Session Mandie Landry
Existing law provides for the crime of public bribery.
Prior law required a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment, with or without hard
labor, for not more than five years, or both for whoever committed the crime of public
bribery.
New law changes the penalty to provide for a maximum fine of $2,000.
New law further changes the penalty of imprisonment, to be served with or without hard
labor, from a maximum of five years to 10 years.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 14:118(C)(1))