HLS 24RS-2130 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 852
BY REPRESENTATIVE MANDIE LANDRY
CRIME: Increases the penalties for malfeasance in office
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 14:134(C)(1), relative to the crime of malfeasance in office; to
3 provide relative to the penalties for malfeasance in office; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:134(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง134. Malfeasance in office
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9 C.(1) Whoever commits the crime of malfeasance in office shall be
10 imprisoned for not more than five ten years, with or without hard labor, or shall be
11 fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
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DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 852 Original 2024 Regular Session Mandie Landry
Abstract: Increases the penalties for malfeasance in office.
Present law provides for the crime of malfeasance in office.
Proposed law retains present law.
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are additions. HLS 24RS-2130 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 852
Present law provides that whoever commits the crime of malfeasance in office shall be
imprisoned for not more than five years with or without hard labor or shall be fined not more
than $5,000, or both.
Proposed law changes the penalty of imprisonment, to be served with or without hard labor,
from a maximum of five years to 10 years.
(Amends R.S. 14:134(C)(1))
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are additions.