HB263

Louisiana HB263 authorizes the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court to preside over specialty court programs.

Louisiana HB263 provides for the magistrate judge of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court to preside over specialty court programs. The bill defines "specialty court" to include drug division probate programs, Veterans Court programs, driving while intoxicated court, mental health court, reentry court, or a court handling domestic abuse matters. The magistrate judge can fully adjudicate related felony charges for those who have pled into or otherwise agreed to participate in a specialty court program, subject to approval by the en banc judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court.