HB 511 — HIGHWAYS/OFFICE: Authorizes the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice to establish a grant program for pursuit intervention technologies (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

HLSENROLLED 26RS-386 REENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

511 BY REPRESENTATIVE GLORIOSO HIGHWAYS/OFFICE:AN ACT ToenactR.S.40:2401.4and2401.5,relativetopursuitinterventiontechnology;toestablish a grant program within the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice for pursuit intervention safety and technology;

AuthorizestheLouisianaCommissiononLawEnforcementandthe Administration of Criminal Justice to establish a grant program for pursuit intervention technologies AN ACT To enact R.S.

40:2401.4, relative to pursuit intervention technology;

to establish a grant program within the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice for pursuit intervention safety and technology;

to establish the Pursuit Safety and Officer Technology Fund as a special fund in the state treasury;

to provide for the transfer, deposit, and use, as specified, of monies in the Pursuit Safety and Officer Technology Fund;

40:2401.4 isand 2401.5 are hereby enacted to read as follows:

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Thecommissionisherebyauthorizedtoreceivefunds,Wordsinstruckthroughtypearedeletionsfromexistinglaw;wordsunderscored grants,donations,are oradditions. other assistance from any source, including federal funds available through the Highway Safety Improvement Program under 23 U.S.C.

148,HB theNO. Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Homeland Security Grant Program, the Community Oriented Policing Services Technology and Equipment Program, the Community Policing DevelopmentMicrograntsProgram,andtheLouisianaDepartmentofTransportation and Development in furtheranceof the state's Strategic HighwaySafetyPlan for the purposes of this program.

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Thecommissionis herebyauthorizedto receivefunds,grants,donations, or other assistance from any source, including federal funds available through the Highway Safety Improvement Program under 23 U.S.C.

148, the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Homeland Security Grant Program, the Community Oriented Policing Services Technology and Equipment Program, the Community Policing DevelopmentMicrograntsProgram,andtheLouisianaDepartmentofTransportation and Development in furtherance of the state's Strategic HighwaySafetyPlan for the purposes of this program.

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ThisActshallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe"SergeantGrantCandiesPursuit Safety and Officer SafetyAct".Technology Fund A.

DIGESTThere ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislativeis Services.hereby established in the state treasury, as a special fund, the Pursuit Safety and Officer Technology Fund, hereinafter referred to in this Section as the "fund".

ItB. constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.

TheAfter keyword,allocation one-liner,of abstract,monies andto digest do not constitute part of the lawBond orSecurityand proofRedemption orFund indiciaas ofprovidedinArticleVII,Section(9)(B)oftheConstitutionofLouisiana,thetreasurer legislativeshalldepositintothefundmoniestransferred,appropriated,ordedicatedtothefund. intent.

[R.S.Monies in the fund shall be appropriated by the legislature to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice and shall be used solely for the following purposes:

1:13(B)(1) Provide grants to state, parish, and 24:177(E)]municipal HBlaw 511enforcement Reengrossedagencies 2026for Regularthe Sessionacquisition Gloriosoof Abstract:pursuit intervention technology, including but not limited to GPS tracking projectiles, remote-deployment tire deflation devices, and vehicle-tethering systems.

Requires(2) theProvide Louisianagrants Commissionto onstate, Lawparish, Enforcementand municipal law enforcement agencies for the development and Administrationimplementation ofCriminalJusticetoestablishtheLawEnforcementPursuitSafetyandTechnologyof Granttraining Program.programs for the safe deployment of pursuit intervention devices and technology.

Proposed law creates the Law Enforcement Pursuit Safety and Technology Grant Program within the La.

Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice (commission) to fund state, parish, and municipal law enforcement agencies for the acquisition and training related to technology and devices designed to safely terminate high-speed vehicle pursuits.

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511 ProposedENROLLED law(3) requiresAdministrativecostsoftheLouisianaCommission theonLawEnforcement commissionandtheAdministration ofCriminalJusticeassociatedwiththegrantprogram,not to administerexceed thefive programpercent basedof on the uniformannual guidelinesfund promulgatedbalance. by the commission.

ProposedC. law requires the funds be used for pursuit intervention training or the purchase of pursuit intervention technology and devices to enhance pursuit safety, including but not limited to:

(1)Monies GPSin trackingthe projectiles.fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in the state general fund.

(2)Interest Vehicle-stoppingearned netson orinvestment tetheringof systems,monies suchin asthe fund shall be credited to the Grappler.fund.

(3)Unexpended Remote-controlledand tireunencumbered deflationmonies devices.in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.

ProposedSection2. law authorizes the commission to receive funds, grants, donations, or other assistance from any source, including federal funds from the Hwy.

SafetyThis ImprovementActshallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe"SergeantGrantCandies Program,theEdwardByrneMemorialJusticeAssistanceGrantProgram,theNationalHwy.Officer SafetyAct".

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of Transportation and Development in furtherance of the state's Strategic Hwy.

Safety Plan for the purposes of this program.