The bill amends R.S. 15:835(D) to establish prohibitions regarding ownership or financial interests in electronic monitoring service providers by certain elected officials and their immediate family members. Specifically, it states that no elected judge, district attorney, sheriff, chief of police, constable, or marshal, nor any immediate family member of these individuals, shall have any ownership or financial interest in companies that provide electronic monitoring services in Louisiana.

Additionally, the bill introduces a definition for "immediate family," which aligns with the definition provided in R.S. 42:1102. The changes include the removal of previous language that referred to "an elected official" and "a vendor," replacing it with more specific titles of elected officials and clarifying the restrictions on financial interests in electronic monitoring services.

Statutes affected:
HB1257 Original: 15:835(D)
HB1257 Engrossed: 15:835(D)
HB1257 Reengrossed: 15:835(D)
HB1257 Enrolled: 15:835(D)
HB1257 Act 729: 15:835(D)