SCASB125 2282 1966 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session ENROLLEDAmendments SENATEproposed BILLbySenate NO.Committee on Finance to Engrossed Senate Bill No.

125 BYby SENATORSSenator BOUDREAUX,Boudreaux ABRAHAM,AMENDMENT BARROW,NO. BARTHELEMY, CARTER, DUPLESSIS,HARRIS,JACKSON-ANDREWS,JENKINS,LUNEAU, MIZELL AND PRICE AND REPRESENTATIVES ADAMS, AMEDEE, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOYD, BOYER, BRASS, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARPENTER, CARRIER, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, CARVER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT,COX,DEVILLIER, DEWITT, ECHOLS, EDMONSTON, EGAN, FISHER, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, GALLE,GLORIOSO,GREEN,HEBERT,DANAHENRY,HORTON, JACKSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, JACOB LANDRY, MANDIE LANDRY, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MARTINEZ, MELERINE, MENA, MILLER, MOORE, MURRAY, NEWELL, OWEN,PHELPS,RISER,SAWYER,SCHAMERHORN,SCHLEGEL, SPELL, STAGNI, TAYLOR, VENTRELLA, WRIGHT, WYBLE, YOUNG AND ZERINGUE AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

15:572.8(H)(2)1 andOn (Q),page relative1, toline reprieve4, andafter pardons"compensation;" ofinsert convicted"to persons;provide relative to implementation;" AMENDMENT NO.

to2 provideOn forpage compensation2, forafter wrongfulline conviction24, andinsert imprisonment;the following:

to"Section provide2. for deadline to file for supplemental compensation;

Implementation of the provisions of this Act shall be subject to providethe appropriation of funds by the legislature for anthis effectivepurpose." date;Page 1 of 1

to provide relative to implementation;

and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

15:572.8(H)(2) and (Q) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§572.8.

Compensation forwrongfulconvictionandimprisonment;

petition process;

compensation;

proof;

assignment of powers and duties * * * H.(1) * * * (2)(a) Compensation for the physical harm and injury suffered by the petitioner shall be calculated at a rate of twenty-five thousand dollars per year incarcerated, not to exceed a maximum total amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, to be paid at a rate of twenty-five thousand dollars annually.

(b) After July 1, 2022, through July thirty-first of the calendar year in which this Act becomes effective, compensation for the physical harm and injury Page 1 of 3 Coding:

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125 ENROLLED suffered by the petitioner shall be calculated at a rate of forty thousand dollars per year incarcerated,not to exceed a maximum total amount of four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid at a rate of fortythousand dollars annually.

(c)BeginningAugustfirstofthecalendaryearinwhichthisActbecomes effective, compensation for the physical harm and injury suffered by the petitioner shall be calculated at a rate of forty thousand dollars per year incarcerated, not to exceed a maximum total amount of six hundred thousand dollars, to be paid at a rate of forty thousand dollars annually.

(d) Any petitioner who has not previously been awarded compensation pursuant to the provisions of this Section who files a petition seeking compensation on orafterJuly1, 2022,hastheoptionto receivealump sum paymentin theamount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars in lieu of receiving forty thousand dollars annually.

* * * Q.BeginningJuly1,2022, August first of the calendar yearin which this Act becomes effective, any petitioner who has been awarded compensation by the court pursuant to the provisions of this Section, on or after September 1, 2005, and priortoJuly1,2022,Augustfirstof thecalendaryearin which this Actbecomes effective, may file a petition seeking supplemental compensation in the amount authorized by the provisions of Subparagraph (H)(2)(b)(c) of this Section.

The petitioner shall file a petition seeking supplemental compensation on or before July 1, 2023, August first of the calendar year following the calendar year in which thisActbecomeseffective,orbeforeverbarredfromfilingasupplementalpetition.

Anycompensationawardedpursuantto this Subsection shall beawardedat a rate of forty thousand dollars annually.

* * * Section 2.(A) The provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall become effective when an Act of the Louisiana Legislature containing a specific appropriation of monies for the implementation of the provisions of this Act becomes effective.

(B) The provisions of this Section shall become effective upon signature by the Page 2 of 3 Coding:

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125 ENROLLED governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana.

If vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, the provisions of this Section shall become effective on the day following such approval.

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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