HB 957

ENROLLED
 2026 Regular Session
  ACT No. 89
 HOUSE BILL NO. 957
 BY REPRESENTATIVE CARRIER
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 15:706(A)(2), relative to prisoners; to provide relative to the
3transfer of prisoners; to provide relative to notification procedures; and to provide
4for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1. R.S. 15:706(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7§706. Transfer of prisoners to jail of another parish
8A.
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10(2) If the prisoner or prisoners to be transferred are not under sentence to the
11Department of Public Safety and Corrections, the sheriff proposing to make the
12transfer shall notify the prosecuting authority and the court which that set bail for the
13prisoner or prisoners at least seventy-two hours before making the transfer.
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  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
 APPROVED:
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