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Louisiana's Drug Courts: 2014

2014

ACT No. 65

AN ACT To appropriate funds to defray the expenses of the Louisiana Judiciary, including the Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, District Courts, Criminal District Court of Orleans Parish, and other courts; and to provide for related matters.

ACT No. 145

AN ACT To amend and reenact RS. 44:4.1(38), to enact Title XXXIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to be comprised of Articles 971 through 995, and to repeal R.S. 44:9, relative to expungement; to provide for the effect of expunged records; to provide for definitions; to authorize the expungement of certain felony conviction records; to prohibit the dissemination of expunged records by third parties; to provide penalties for the unlawful dissemination of expunged records by third parties; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for applicability; to provide for procedures for obtaining an expungement; to provide for filing of motions to obtain an expungement; to provide for service of motions for expungement; to provide for service of judgments of expungement; to authorize the expungement of conviction records after a certain period of time has elapsed; to provide for eligibility to obtain an expungement; to delete provisions of law referring to destruction of arrest or conviction records; to provide for the assessment of certain fees for expungement; to provide that certain fees are nonrefundable; to provide for expungement by redaction of records; to provide for uniform forms for expungement; to provide for the exemption of certain fees in certain circumstances; to provide for a judgment granting an expungement; to provide for contradictory hearings; to prohibit incarcerated individuals from filing a motion to expunge an arrest or conviction record; to provide for the interim expungement of certain arrests from criminal history records; to provide for exceptions to the public records law; and to provide for related matters.

ACT No. 554

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:587.4(A) and (C) and to enact R.S. 13:587.4(D), relative to district courts; to authorize the designation of human trafficking courts; to provide relative to training for the presiding judge; to provide for the transfer of certain cases; to authorize certain services for human trafficking victims if available; to provide for the disposition of human trafficking cases; and to provide for related matters.

ACT No. 810

AN ACT To enact R.S. 13:1894.2, relative to city or municipal courts; to require the assessment of additional costs for specific alcohol related violations; to require any city or municipal court with certain specialized divisions or sections to impose certain costs; to require the creation of a special fund for deposit of all fees collected; to provide for the disposition and use of collected fees; and to provide for related matters.