14:100 AHit-and-run driving - felony charging and definition
Hit-and-run driving is the intentional failure of the driver of a vehicle involved in or causing any accident, to stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident, to give his identity, and to render reasonable aid.
Effective: 09/09/1988 - Present
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14:100 A.Hit-and-run driving - misdemeanor charging and definition
Hit-and-run driving is the intentional failure of the driver of a vehicle involved in or causing any accident, to stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident, to give his identity, and to render reasonable aid.
Effective: 09/09/1988 - Present
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14:100 B.Hit-and-run driving - definitions of 'to give his identity', 'vehicle', and 'accident'
For the purpose of this Section 'to give his identity', means that the driver of any vehicle involved in any accident shall give his name, address, and the license number of his vehicle, or shall report the accident to the police, 'vehicle' includes a watercraft, 'accident' means an incident or event resulting in damage to property or injury to person.
Effective: 09/09/1988 - Present
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14:100 C.(1)(a)Hit-and-run driving - penalty where there is no death or serious bodily injury
Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving where there is no death or serious bodily injury shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Effective: 09/09/1988 - Present
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14:100 C.(1)(b)Hit-and-run driving - penalty where there is no death or serious bodily injury but evidence of alchol or drug use that contributed to the accident and the driver failed to stop with knowledge that his actions could affect a criminal investigation
Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving where there is no death or serious bodily injury shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both when: (i) there is evidence that the vehicle operator consumed alcohol or used drugs or a controlled dangerous substance prior to the accident; (ii) the consumption of the alcohol, drugs, or a controlled dangerous substance contributed to the accident; and (iii) the driver failed to stop, give his identity, or render aid with the knowledge that his actions could affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal investigation or proceeding.
Effective: 09/09/1988 - Present
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14:100 C.(2)Hit-and-run driving - penalty where death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident and driver knew or should have known serious bodily injury occurred
Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving, when death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident and when the driver knew or should have known that death or serious bodily injury has occurred, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten years, or both.
Effective: 08/15/1997 - Present
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14:100 C.(2)Hit-and-run driving - penalty where death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident and driver knew or should have known serious bodily injury occurred
Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving, when death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident and when the driver knew or should have known that death or serious bodily injury has occurred, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten years, or both.
Effective: 08/18/2003 - Present
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14:100 C.(3)Hit-and-run driving - penalty where death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident and driver knew or should have known serious bodily injury occurred, and has previous conviction of 14:98, 14:32.1, 14:39.1 or 14:39.2
Whoever commits the crime of hit-and-run driving where all of the following conditions are met shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than five years nor more than twenty years: death or serious bodily injury is a direct result of the accident, the driver knew or must have known that the vehicle he was operating was involved in an accident, the driver had been previously convicted of any of14:98, 14:32.1, 14:39.1, or 14:39.2.
Effective: 08/18/2003 - Present
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14:100.1 A.Obstructing public passages - charging and definition
No person shall wilfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road, or other passageway, or the entrance, corridor, or passage of any public building, structure, water craft, or ferry, by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding, or restraining traffic or passage thereon or therein.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:100.1 B.Obstructing public passages - penalty
Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:100.1 C.Obstructing public passages - penalty
Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both fined and imprisoned.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:100.11 A.Prevention of terrorism on the highways - legislative finding
The legislature finds that the devastating consequences of the barbaric attacks on September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as well as the pervasive bomb threats and biological terrorism in various parts of the country were committed for the purposes of demoralizing and destabilizing our society and creating a climate of fear. These heinous deeds designed to kill, maim, and strike terror into the hearts of innocent citizens of this country cannot be tolerated, nor can those less violent acts to the infrastructure of our state which are designed to intimidate, confuse, and disrupt everyday commerce and the delivery of goods and services to the populace be permitted.
Effective: 06/16/2002 - Present
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14:100.11 B.Prevention of terrorism on the highways - further legislative finding
The legislature further finds that it is imperative that state laws be enacted to complement federal efforts to uncover those who seek to use the highways of this state to commit acts of terror and who seek to gain drivers' licenses or identification cards for the purposes of masking their illegal status in this state. Accordingly, the legislature finds that state law must be strengthened with a comprehensive framework for punishing those who give false information in order to obtain drivers' licenses or identification cards from the office of motor vehicles of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, to limit the issuance of such documentation to correspond to the time limits placed by the federal Immigration and Naturalizatio
Effective: 06/16/2002 - Present
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14:100.12Prevention of terrorism on the highways - definitions
Definitions of 'act of terrorism', 'alien student', 'documentation demonstrating lawful presence in the United States', 'INS' and 'Nonresident alien' as used in this Section
Effective: 06/16/2002 - Present
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14:100.14 A.Giving false information regarding lawful presence in the United States in order to obtain a driver's license - charging and definition
No alien student or nonresident alien shall falsify any information required in R.S. 32:409.1 for the purpose of obtaining a driver's license or a special identification card from the office of motor vehicles.
Effective: 06/16/2002 - Present
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14:100.14 B.Giving false information regarding lawful presence in the United States in order to obtain a driver's license - arresting agency shall immediately notify the INS
Upon arrest for falsifying information pursuant to this Section, the arresting agency shall immediately notify the INS of the name and location of the person.
Effective: 06/16/2002 - Present
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14:100.14 C.Giving false information regarding lawful presence in the United States in order to obtain a driver's license - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of falsifying information required for the purpose of obtaining a driver's license shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not less than six months, or both
Effective: 06/16/2002 - Present
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14:101 A.(1)Desecration of graves - unauthorized opening of any place of interment with the intent to remove the body or any article with the body
Desecration of graves is the unauthorized opening of any place of interment, or building wherein the dead body of a human being is located, with the intent to remove or to mutilate the body or any part thereof, or any article interred or intended to be interred with the body.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:101 A.(2)Desecration of graves - intentional or criminally negligent damaging to any grave, tomb or mausoleum
Desecration of graves is the intentional or criminally negligent damaging in any manner of any grave, tomb, or mausoleum erected for the dead.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:101 B.Desecration of graves - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of desecration of graves shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:101.1 A.Purchase or sale of human organs - charging and definition
No person shall intentionally acquire, receive, sell, or otherwise transfer in exchange for anything of value any human organ for use in human transplantation.
Effective: 08/30/1986 - Present
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14:101.1 B.Purchase or sale of human organs - definitions of 'human organ' and 'anything of value'
For purposes of Subsection A, the term 'human organ' means the human kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone, skin, and any other human organ. The term 'anything of value' shall not include the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control, and storage of a human organ or the expenses of travel, housing, and lost wages incurred by the donor of a human organ in connection with the donation of the organ.
Effective: 08/30/1986 - Present
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14:101.1 C.Purchase or sale of human organs - penalty
Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor not more than five years, or both.
Effective: 08/30/1986 - Present
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14:102Cruelty to animals - definitions
Definitions of 'cruel', 'abandons', 'proper food', 'proper water', 'proper shelter', 'proper veterinary care', 'livestock', 'public livestock exhibition', and 'tampers', as used in 14:102.1 through 14:102.4.
Effective: 09/10/1982 - Present
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14:102.1Cruelty to animals; simple and aggravated
Cruelty to animals; simple and aggravated
Effective: 08/15/2009 - Present
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