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A Brief History of the Louisiana Juvenile Courts: 2023

2023

2023 Act No. 90

AN ACT To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 972.1, relative to expungement of records; to provide for certain jurisdictions of courts for expungement of records; and to provide for related matters.

2023 Act No. 121

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:1875(12)(c) and 1899(B), relative to the City Court of Alexandria; to provide relative to the use of civil filing fees and court costs in criminal matters; to provide relative to the general fund of the city of Alexandria; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

2023 Act No. 145

AN ACT To enact Subpart M of Part XI of Chapter 7 of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 15:1109 through 1109.6, relative to the creation of a juvenile justice district for certain parishes; to create and provide with respect to the River Parishes Juvenile Justice District; to establish and provide with respect to the purposes and functions; to provide for a board of commissioners of the district and for the composition, administration, powers, and duties of the board, including the power to incur debt, issue bonds, and levy taxes; to provide for the assessment and collection of court costs in certain criminal, traffic, and juvenile proceedings; to provide for the distribution of the monies to the board of commissioners of the River Parishes Juvenile Justice District; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

2023 Act No. 166

AN ACT To enact Subpart M of Part XI of Chapter 7 of Title 15 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 15:1109 through 1109.7, relative to juvenile justice districts; to create and provide with respect to the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District for certain parishes; to provide for a board of commissioners for the district; to provide for the composition, administration, powers, and duties of the board, including the power to incur debt, issue bonds, and levy taxes; to provide relative to juvenile services and facilities; to provide for definitions; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

2023 Act No. 418

AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 305(A)(2) and (B)(3), relative to criminal court jurisdiction over children; to provide relative to the discretion of the district attorney to prosecute a juvenile as an adult for certain offenses; to provide relative to the failure to initiate prosecution; to provide relative to time limitations for prosecution; and to provide for related matters.

2023 Act No. 420

AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 897.1(C) and (D), relative to juvenile justice; to provide for disposition of juvenile offenders adjudicated delinquent for carjacking; to provide relative to modification of disposition; and to provide for related matters.

2023 Act No. 445

AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 306(B)(introductory paragraph) and (2), (C), and (G), R.S. 15:1110(C)(1)(introductory paragraph), (D), (E), and (H), to enact Children's Code Article 815(F) and R.S. 15:1110.3, and to repeal R.S. 15:1110(F) through (I), 1110.1, and 1110.2, relative to the custody of juveniles; to provide relative to the pre-adjudication detention of juveniles; to provide relative to licensing standards for pre-adjudication detention facilities; to provide relative to the transfer of juvenile detention facility licensing; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.

2023 Act No. 448

AN ACT To amend and reenact Children's Code Articles 412(G), 811.1(A)(5) and (10)(introductory paragraph) and (F), and 811.3, to enact Children's Code Article 879(D) and (E), and to repeal Children's Code Article 811.1(G), relative to juvenile crime victims; to provide with respect to the rights of victims; to provide relative to definitions; to amend provisions relative to the confidentiality of delinquency proceedings; to provide relative to the exclusion of witnesses; and to provide for related matters.