2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 15:323 — Composition of commission

§323.  Composition of commission

A.  The commission shall be composed of twenty-three members.  Nineteen members shall be voting members as designated in Subsection B and four members shall be nonvoting members as designated in Subsection D.

B.(1)  Four voting members of the commission shall be as follows:

(a)  A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.  

(b)  The chairman of the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.  

(c)  One member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate.  

(d)  The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Section C.

(2)  Fifteen voting members shall be appointed by the governor as follows:

(a)  Two district attorneys.  

(b)  Two attorneys specializing primarily in the defense of persons charged with criminal offenses.  

(c)  Two sheriffs.  

(d)  One judge of a court of appeal.  

(e)  Five district court judges, at least four of whom must be active.

(f)  One city court judge.  

(g)  One justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.  

(h)  One Louisiana citizen who is not an attorney, who is not formally associated with the criminal justice system, and who is a felony crime victim or a member of the immediate family of a felony crime victim, from a list of three names submitted by Victims and Citizens Against Crime, Inc.

C.  Except as provided in R.S. 15:323(B)(1), voting members shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the governor.  

D.  A representative of the Louisiana State Law Institute as designated by its president, a representative of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice as designated by its chairman, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or his designee, and one professional having a doctorate degree in a social science or criminal justice field appointed by the governor shall serve as the four nonvoting members of the commission.  

E.  Each appointment by the governor shall be subject to Senate confirmation.  

F.  Legislative members of the commission shall receive the same per diem and reimbursement of travel expense as is provided for legislative committees under the rules of the respective house.  Nonlegislative commission members shall serve without compensation or per diem.  

Acts 1987, No. 158, §1; Acts 1988, No. 783, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1995, No. 548, §1.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 783, §2.}}