2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 15 — Criminal procedure
RS 15:555 — Sexual assault task force; creation; membership; meetings

CHAPTER 3-C. LOUISIANA SEXUAL ASSAULT TASK FORCE

§555. Sexual Assault Task Force; creation; membership; meetings

A. The Louisiana Sexual Assault Task Force is hereby created within the Department of Justice, office of the attorney general. The task force shall consist of twenty-five members as follows:

(1) The executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association or his designee.

(2) The executive director of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault or her designee.

(3) The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Sexual Assault Response Team (SANE/SART) program coordinator of the Louisiana Foundation Against Sexual Assault or her designee.

(4) The executive director of the Louisiana Sheriffs Association, or his designee.

(5) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police, or his designee.

(6) The president of the Louisiana District Judges Association, or his designee.

(7) The executive director of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice, or his designee.

(8) The president of the Louisiana Coroners Association, or his designee.

(9) The director of the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory, or his designee.

(10) The president of the Louisiana Association of Forensic Scientists, or his designee.

(11) The president of the Louisiana Hospital Association, or her designee.

(12) The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals, or his designee.

(13) The executive director of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing, or his designee.

(14) The executive director of the Louisiana CASA Association, or his designee.

(15) The president of the Louisiana Children's Advocacy Center, or his designee.

(16) The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services, or his designee.

(17) The deputy secretary of programs of the Department of Children and Family Services, or his designee.

(18) The medical director of the Child At Risk Evaluation Center at Children's Hospital of New Orleans, or his designee.

(19) The attorney general, or his designee.

(20) A member of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers selected by its chief executive officer, or his designee.

(21) The superintendent of state police, or his designee.

(22) The director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, or his designee.

(23) The president of the Louisiana Juvenile Judges Association, or his designee.

(24) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, or his designee.

(25) A member of the Senate appointed by the president of the Senate, or his designee.

B. Members of the task force shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The attorney general shall serve as chairman, and his duties shall be established by the task force.

C. The task force shall fix a time and place for its regular meeting and shall meet at least once during each calendar month. Additional special or regular meetings may be held upon the call of the chairman.

D. A majority of the membership present shall constitute a quorum and shall be necessary to take action.

Acts 2011, No. 318, §1, eff. June 28, 2011.