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LA HB516
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Daryl Adams
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AI Summary
- Updates terminology throughout Louisiana statutes by replacing "Louisiana Public Defender Board" with "office of the state public defender" and "indigent defender program" with "district public defender office"
- Removes provision allowing deviations from the board's appointment list for public defender services, eliminating exceptions previously permitted under Code of Criminal Procedure Article 512
- Repeals R.S. 15:161(H), which governed provisions related to chief indigent defenders
- Removes outdated requirement that full statewide implementation of the Safe Return Representation Fund be completed by July 1, 2017
- Amends provisions across multiple titles of Louisiana law affecting retirement systems, judicial expense funds, bail bond fee distributions, and various commissions and advisory boards to reflect updated public defender office terminology
Legislative Description
Provides relative to the office of the state public defender
INDIGENT DEFENSE
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
4/14/2025
Committee Referrals
Administration of Criminal Justice4/4/2025
Full Bill Text
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