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Louisiana's Drug Courts: 2017

2017

ACT No. 68

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. 131

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:587.4(A) and 5401(A) and (B) (1) and (2) and to repeal R.S. 13:5401(C), relative to reentry courts; to authorize the creation of a reentry division in all district courts; to remove the enumerated district courts authorized to create reentry divisions; to require certain criteria for eligibility and suitability; to provide for certain requirements of the court; and to provide for related matters.

ACT No. 362

AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Articles 412(A), (D) (9), (10), (11), and (12), (E), (G)(4), (H), (I), (J), and (K), 414(A), 728(2), 736.1, 737(A) (4), 738(B) and (C), 742(B), 917, 918, 919, 920(A) and (B), 921, 922, and 923(E), R.S. 15:576(2), 579, 593, and 614(B), and R.S. 44:4.1(B) (39), to enact Children's Code Articles 412(L) and (M), 737(D), 740(A) (6), 782 (A) (7), Chapter 15-A of Title VII of the Children's Code, to be comprised of Articles 792 and 793, and Children's Code Articles 901(G), 903 (B) (7) and (G), 922 (B), 924, 925, and 926, to repeal Children's Code Article 738(D), and to provide comments to Children's Code Articles 733, 733.1, 735, 736, and 758, relative to juvenile records and proceedings; to provide for the disclosure of juvenile records for sentencing purposes; to provide comments; to provide for the confidentiality of records; to provide for the records relating to placement when a child is taken into custody; to provide guidelines to the court in a juvenile disposition proceeding; to provide relative to the expungement and sealing of court and agency records; to provide for the waiver of costs and fees; to provide forms; to provide for the removal of records from the state police database; to provide citations in the Public Records Law to certain exceptions; and to provide for related matters.