AN ACT To enact Part XIX of Chapter 7 of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 15:1199.21 through 1199.26, relative to the Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program; to provide for the establishment of the Post-Conviction Veterans Mentor Program; to provide for definitions; to provide for development and administration of the program; to provide for eligibility criteria; to provide for veteran mentors; to provide for work opportunities for veterans participating in the program; to provide for the establishment of transitional facilities; and to provide for related matters.
AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 15:574.6.1(A) and Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 893(B)(1)(introductory paragraph) and (b)(iii) and (iv) and (G) and 895.6(A) and to enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893(B)(1)(b)(v), (vi), and (vii), relative to participation in specialty court programs; to authorize probation for persons convicted of certain offenses to allow for participation in a specialty court program upon approval by the district attorney and under certain circumstances; to provide relative to the circumstances under which the sentence of a fourth conviction for a noncapital felony may be suspended; to provide relative to the duration of probation when a defendant is placed in a specialty court program; to prohibit specialty court program participants from earning compliance credits toward a term of probation or parole; and to provide for related matters.
