2014 Louisiana Laws
Code of Criminal Procedure
CCRP 335.1 - Offenses against a family or household member or dating partner; provisions for forfeiture, arrest, modification

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Art. 335.1. Offenses against a family or household member or dating partner; provisions for forfeiture, arrest, modification

A.(1)(a) In determining conditions of release of a defendant who is alleged to have committed an offense against the defendant's family or household member, as defined in R.S. 46:2132(4), or against the defendant's dating partner, as defined in R.S. 46:2151, or who is alleged to have committed the offense of domestic abuse battery under the provisions of R.S. 14:35.3, or who is alleged to have committed the offense of stalking under the provisions of R.S. 14:40.2, the court shall consider whether the defendant poses a threat or danger to the victim. If the court determines that the defendant poses such a threat or danger, it shall require as a condition of bail that the defendant refrain from going to the residence or household of the victim, the victim's school, and the victim's place of employment or otherwise contacting the victim in any manner whatsoever, and shall refrain from having any further contact with the victim.

(b) If, as part of a bail restriction, an order is issued pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph, the judge shall cause to have prepared a Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2, shall sign such order, and shall immediately forward it to the clerk of court for filing, on the next business day after the order is issued. The clerk of the issuing court shall transmit the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order to the Judicial Administrator's Office, Louisiana Supreme Court, for entry into the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(A), by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed with the clerk of court. The clerk of the issuing court shall also send a copy of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(C), or any modification thereof, to the chief law enforcement officer of the parish where the person or persons protected by the order reside. A copy of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order shall be retained on file in the office of the chief law enforcement officer until otherwise directed by the court.

(c) If, as part of a bail restriction, an order is issued pursuant to the provisions of this Paragraph, the court shall also order that the defendant be prohibited from possessing a firearm for the duration of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order. For the purposes of this Subparagraph, "firearm" means any pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, submachine gun, black powder weapon, or assault rifle that is designed to fire or is capable of firing fixed cartridge ammunition or from which a shot or projectile is discharged by an explosive.

(2)(a) In addition, the court may order the defendant to be equipped with a global positioning monitoring system as a condition of release on bail pursuant to Paragraph B of this Article.

(b) In determining whether to order a defendant, as a condition of release on bail, to participate in global positioning system monitoring, the court shall consider the likelihood that the defendant's participation in global positioning system monitoring will deter the defendant from seeking to harm, injure, or otherwise threaten the victim prior to trial.

(c) The defendant shall be released on bail pursuant to the provisions of this Article only if he agrees to pay the cost of the global positioning monitoring system and monitoring fees associated with the device, or agrees to perform community service in lieu of paying such costs.

B.(1)(a) If the court orders the defendant to be equipped with a global positioning monitoring system as a condition of release on bail, the court may order the defendant, with the informed consent of the victim, to provide the victim of the charged crime with an electronic receptor device which is capable of receiving the global positioning system information and which notifies the victim if the defendant is located within an established proximity to the victim.

(b) The court, in consultation with the victim, shall determine which areas the defendant shall be prohibited from accessing and shall establish the proximity to the victim within which a defendant shall be excluded. In making this determination, the court shall consider a list, provided by the victim, which includes those areas from which the victim desires the defendant to be excluded.

(2) The victim shall be furnished with telephone contact information for the local law enforcement agency in order to request immediate assistance if the defendant is located within that proximity to the victim.

(3) The court shall order the global positioning monitoring system provider to program the system to notify local law enforcement if the defendant violates the order.

(4) The victim, at any time, may request that the court terminate the victim's participation in the global positioning monitoring system of the defendant.

(5) The court shall not impose sanctions on the victim for refusing to participate in global positioning system monitoring provided for in this Paragraph.

C. For the purpose of this Section:

(1) "Global positioning monitoring system" means a system that electronically determines and reports the location of an individual by means of an ankle bracelet transmitter or similar device worn by the individual that transmits latitude and longitude data to monitoring authorities through global positioning satellite technology but does not contain or operate any global positioning system technology or radio frequency identification technology or similar technology that is implanted in or otherwise invades or violates the corporeal body of the individual.

(2) "Informed consent" means that the victim was given information concerning all of the following before consenting to participate in global positioning system monitoring:

(a) The victim's right to refuse to participate in global positioning system monitoring and the process for requesting the court to determine the victim's participation after it has been ordered.

(b) The manner in which the global positioning monitoring system technology functions and the risks and limitations of that technology, and the extent to which the system will track and record the victim's location and movements.

(c) The boundaries imposed on the defendant during the global positioning system monitoring.

(d) Sanctions that the court may impose on the defendant for violating an order issued under this Article.

(e) The procedure that the victim is to follow if the defendant violates an order issued under this Article or if global positioning monitoring system equipment fails.

(f) Identification of support services available to assist the victim to develop a safety plan to use if the court's order issued under this Article is violated or if the global positioning monitoring system equipment fails.

(g) Identification of community services available to assist the victim in obtaining shelter, counseling, education, child care, legal representation, and other help in addressing the consequences and effects of domestic violence or stalking.

(h) The nonconfidential nature of the victim's communications with the court concerning global positioning system monitoring and the restrictions to be imposed upon the defendant's movements.

D. A violation of the conditions of release may be punishable by the forfeiture of bail and the issuance of a bench warrant for the defendant's arrest or remanding the defendant to custody or a modification of the terms of bail.

Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 70, §3; Acts 1999, No. 963, §3; Acts 2003, No. 750, §2; Acts 2010, No. 126, §1; Acts 2014, No. 318, §1.

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