2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:983.1 - Creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance on or within one thousand feet of school property

§983.1. Creation or operation of a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance on or within one thousand feet of school property

A. Any person who creates or operates a clandestine laboratory for the unlawful manufacture of a controlled dangerous substance in violation of the provisions of R.S. 40:983 while on any property used for school purposes by any school or within one thousand feet of any such property shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with Subsection D of this Section.

B. Lack of knowledge that the prohibited act occurred on or within one thousand feet of school property shall not be a defense.

C. For purposes of this Section:

(1) "School" means any public or private elementary, secondary, vocational-technical school, or any public or private college or university in Louisiana.

(2) "School property" means all property used for school purposes, including but not limited to school playgrounds, as well as any building or area owned by the state or by a political subdivision and used or operated as a playground or recreational facility and all parks and recreational areas administered by the office of state parks.

D. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than fifteen years; and may, in addition, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars. At least three years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

E. The sentence imposed pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be served consecutively with the sentence imposed pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 40:983.

Acts 2004, No. 875, §1.