Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 15, § 624. Sexually oriented criminal offense data; reporting

A. (1) By February fifteenth of each year, each criminal justice agency, including college and university campus police departments, shall report all of the following information for the prior calendar year to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice:

(2) Each criminal justice agency, including college and university campus police departments, shall also provide written notification if it does not have:

(3) By February fifteenth of each year, each college or university campus police department shall submit the report to the president of the institution's system, the chancellor of the institution, and the institution's Title IX coordinator. The chancellor shall ensure that the report is posted on the institution's website.

C. (1) By March first of each year, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice shall transmit the information required in Subsections A and B of this Section to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B and the chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary.

(2) The report shall also include the name and contact information of each criminal justice agency, including each college and university campus police department and each crime laboratory, that failed to submit the report required by Subsections A and B of this Section.

(1) “Criminal justice agency” means any government agency or subunit thereof, or private agency that, through statutory authorization or a legal formal agreement with a governmental unit or agency, has the power of investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, adjudication, treatment, supervision, rehabilitation or release of persons suspected, charged, or convicted of a crime; or that collects, stores, processes, transmits, or disseminates criminal history records or crime information.

(2) “Reported sexual assault collection kit” means a kit that contains a human biological specimen or specimens collected during a forensic medical examination from the victim of a sexually oriented criminal offense who reported the crime to law enforcement.

(3) “Sexual assault collection kit” means a kit that is designed to assist in the preservation of a human biological specimen or specimens collected during a forensic medical examination from the victim of a sexually oriented criminal offense.

(4) “Sexually oriented criminal offense” includes any sexual assault offense as defined in R.S. 44:51 and any sexual abuse offense as defined in R.S. 14:403.

(5) “Unreported sexual assault collection kit” means a kit that contains a human biological specimen or specimens collected during a forensic medical examination from the victim of a sexually oriented criminal offense who declined to report the crime to law enforcement.