La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § XI-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XI-103 - Composition of the Committee

A. The Louisiana Committee on Parole (Committee) shall consist of seven members:

1. the five members of the Board of Pardons appointed by the governor;

2. two-at-large appointees to the Committee on Parole appointed by the governor, who shall serve only as members of the committee and shall not serve as members of the Board of Pardons; and

3. one ex-officio member.

a. The warden, or in their absence, the deputy warden of the correctional facility in which the offender is incarcerated shall be an ex-officio member of the committee. When the offender is housed in a local correctional facility and the warden or deputy warden of that facility is not able to attend the offender's parole hearing, the warden, or in his absence, the deputy warden, of the facility where the offender's parole hearing is held, may serve as an ex-officio member of the committee. The Ex-Officio member shall not be a voting member nor shall they be counted or permitted to be counted for purposes of the number of members necessary to take committee action or the number of members necessary to establish quorum.

b. The facility Warden or his/her designee, of the local level facility in which the offender is housed, shall be present to provide information to members of the Parole Board regarding the offenders progress and disciplinary infractions during incarceration.

4. Each member shall, except the ex officio member, devote full time to the duties of the office.

B. The chairman of the board shall be the chief administrative officer for the committee and shall be responsible for assuring that all meetings, hearings and administrative matters for the committee are properly conducted in accordance with law and with these rules or executive order.

C. The vice-chairman of the Board of Pardons shall act in place of the chairman in his or her absence and shall be responsible for any other administrative duties as directed by the chairman or as provided by law or executive order. In the event that the vice-chairman is incapacitated or otherwise unable to perform his or her duties for any reason, the chairman shall perform such duties until the vice-chairman is able to resume performance of his or her duties.

D. All members, except the ex-officio member, appointed after August 1, 2014 shall possess not less than a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, and shall possess not less than five years actual experience in the field of corrections, law enforcement, sociology, law, education, social work, medicine, psychology, psychiatry, or a combination thereof. If a member does not have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, he shall have no less than seven years, experience in a field listed in this Subsection. The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to any person serving as a member of the board on August 1, 2012.

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § XI-103

Promulgated by the Department of Corrections, Board of Parole, LR 2:113 (April 1976), amended by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Board of Parole, LR 24:2292 (December 1998), amended by Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services, LR 36:2872 (December 2010), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Pardons, Committee on Parole, LR 39:2259 (August 2013), Amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Pardons, Committee on Parole, LR 39:2259 (August 2013), LR 4143 (1/1/2015), Amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Pardons, Committee on Parole, LR 47360 (3/1/2021).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:574.2 et seq., R.S. 15:535 et seq., and R.S. 15:540 et seq.