§574.9. Revocation of parole for violation of condition; committee panels; return to custody
hearing; duration of reimprisonment and reparole after revocation; credit for time
served; revocation for a technical violation
A. When a parolee has been returned to the physical custody of the Department of
Public Safety and Corrections, office of corrections services, the committee shall hold a
hearing to determine whether his parole should be revoked, unless said hearing is expressly
waived in writing by the parolee. A waiver shall constitute an admission of the findings of
the prerevocation proceeding and result in immediate revocation. If the revocation hearing
is not waived, the parolee shall be permitted to consult with and be advised and represented
by his own legal counsel or legal counsel appointed under the provisions of R.S. 15:179. At
the hearing the parolee may admit, deny, or explain the violation charged, and he may present
proof, including affidavits and other evidence, in support of his contentions. Upon request
of the parolee, the parole committee may postpone the rendering of its decision for a
specified reasonable time pending receipt of further information necessary to a final
determination.
B. The committee may order revocation of parole upon a determination that:
(1) The parolee has failed, without a satisfactory excuse, to comply with a condition
of his parole; and
(2) The violation of condition involves the commission of another felony, or
misconduct including a substantial risk that the parolee will commit another felony, or
misconduct indicating that the parolee is unwilling to comply with proper conditions of
parole.
C. Other than for conviction of a felony committed while on parole, action revoking
a parolee's parole and recommitting him for violation of the condition of parole must be
initiated before the expiration of his parole term. When a warrant for arrest is issued by the
committee on parole or a detainer is issued by the parole officer, the running of the period
of parole shall cease as of the time the warrant or detainer is issued. A parolee under
supervision in this state or another state, who has absented himself from the supervising
jurisdiction, or from his place of residence, without proof of permission for such absence,
shall be deemed a fugitive from justice and shall be returned to the physical custody of the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections for a revocation hearing by the committee on
parole, without necessity of a prerevocation or probable cause hearing, at or near the place
of the arrest or violation. No credit shall be applied toward completing the full parole term
for the period of time the parolee was a fugitive from justice.
D.(1) When a judge sets bond on allegations of a new offense for a parolee, the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, division of probation and parole and the
committee on parole must be notified within three business days.
(2) The parole detainer will expire ten days after the bond has been set, unless the
division of probation and parole seeks to maintain the detainer.
E. Parole revocation shall require two votes of a three-member panel of parole
committee members or, if the number of members present exceeds a three-member panel,
a majority vote of those members present and voting, and the order of revocation shall be
reduced to writing and preserved.
F. When the parole of a parolee has been revoked by the committee for violation of
the conditions of parole, the parolee shall be returned to the physical custody of the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, corrections services, and serve the remainder
of his sentence as of the date of his release on parole, and any credit for time served for good
behavior while on parole. The parolee shall be given credit for time served prior to the
revocation hearing for time served in actual custody while being held for a parole violation
in a local detention facility, state institution, or out-of-state institution pursuant to Code of
Criminal Procedure Article 880.
G. Any such prisoner whose parole has been revoked may be considered by the
committee for reparole in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
H.(1)(a)(i) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, any offender
who has been released on parole and whose parole supervision is being revoked pursuant to
the provisions of this Section for a technical violation of the conditions of parole, as
determined by the committee on parole, shall be required to serve the following sentences:
(aa) For the first technical violation, the offender shall serve not more than ninety
days.
(bb) For a second technical violation, the offender shall serve not more than one
hundred twenty days.
(cc) For a third or subsequent technical violation, the offender shall serve not more
than one hundred eighty days.
(ii) Any sentence imposed pursuant to Item (i) of this Subparagraph shall be served
without diminution of sentence or credit for time served prior to the revocation for a
technical violation. The term of the revocation for the technical violation shall begin on the
date the committee on parole orders the revocation. Upon completion of the imposed
technical revocation sentence, the offender shall return to active parole supervision for the
remainder of the original term of supervision.
(b) The provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph shall not apply to the
following offenders:
(i) Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a crime of violence as
defined in R.S. 14:2(B).
(ii) Any offender released on parole for the conviction of a sex offense as defined in
R.S. 15:541.
(iii) Any offender released on parole who is subject to the sex offender registration
and notification requirements of R.S. 15:541 et seq.
(2) A "technical violation", as used in this Subsection, means any violation of a
condition of parole that may be addressed by an administrative sanction authorized by the
committee on parole pursuant to R.S. 15:574.7.
(3) None of the following, unless deemed a technical violation by the committee on
parole when its discretion is permitted, shall be considered a technical violation nor
addressed by administrative sanctions:
(a) Being arrested for, charged with, or convicted of any of the following:
(i) A felony.
(ii) Any intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person.
(iii) Any criminal act that is a violation of a protective order, pursuant to R.S. 14:79,
issued against the offender to protect a family member or household member as defined by
R.S. 14:35.3, or a dating partner as defined by R.S. 46:2151.
(iv) At the discretion of the committee on parole, any attempt to commit any
intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person.
(v) At the discretion of the committee on parole, any attempt to commit any other
misdemeanor.
(b) Being in possession of a firearm or other prohibited weapon.
(c) At the discretion of the committee on parole, failing to appear at any court
hearing.
(d) Absconding from the jurisdiction of the committee on parole.
Acts 1968, No. 191, §1; Amended by Acts 1974, No. 106, §1; Acts 1974, No. 198,
§1; Acts 1974, No. 203, §1; Acts 1985, No. 196, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1985, No. 930,
§2, eff. July 23, 1985; Acts 1988, No. 380, §1; Acts 1990, No. 330, §1; Acts 1991, No. 116,
§1; Acts 1991, No. 118, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1011, §1; Acts 2001, No. 608, §1; Acts 2006,
No. 113, §2; Acts 2007, No. 402, §2; Acts 2008, No. 220, §6, eff. June 14, 2008; Acts 2010,
No. 510, §1; Acts 2010, No. 520, §1; Acts 2010, No. 792, §1; Acts 2011, No. 186, §3; Acts
2012, No. 714, §8; Acts 2015, No. 299, §1; Acts 2017, No. 280, §3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Acts
2018, No. 604, §1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 668, §3; Acts 2019, No. 369, §2; Acts
2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 8, §2.