Louisiana HB479 establishes the Fiscal Truth in Sentencing Act to enhance transparency and budgeting for the criminal justice system.
Louisiana HB479 creates the Fiscal Truth in Sentencing Act, which mandates clerks of court to submit quarterly reports to the legislative auditor containing sentencing data. This data includes the number of individuals sentenced, the total number of years of confinement per judge presiding, and the ages of people sentenced to 20 years or more. The legislative auditor must then provide an annual report to the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance, projecting five-year incarceration costs using the aggregated sentencing data.
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