Louisiana § RS 15:642 - Definitions
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§ RS 15:642. Definitions
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words have the following meanings ascribed to them:
(1) "Bureau" means the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information as established in Chapter 6 of this Title.
(2) "Offense against a peace officer" means any of the following:
(a) Disarming of a peace officer.
(b) Aggravated assault upon a peace officer.
(c) Any of the following criminal offenses when the peace officer is engaged in the performance of his lawful duties, or when the specific intent to commit the offense is directly related to the victim's status as a peace officer:
(i) Solicitation for murder.
(ii) First degree murder.
(iii) Second degree murder.
(iv) Manslaughter.
(v) Aggravated battery.
(vi) Second degree battery.
(vii) Aggravated second degree battery.
(viii) Second degree kidnapping.
(ix) Simple kidnapping.
(x) Extortion.
(xi) Assault by drive-by shooting.
(xii) Illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities.
(xiii) Terrorism.
(xiv) Aggravated assault with a firearm.
(d) Any offense under the laws of another state, or under any military, territorial, foreign, tribal, or federal law, that is equivalent to an offense provided for in this Paragraph.
(3) "Peace officer" means any peace officer, as defined in R.S. 40:2402, and includes any constable, marshal, deputy marshal, sheriff, deputy sheriff, commissioned police officer, commissioned wildlife enforcement agent, and federal law enforcement officer.
(4) "Terrorism offense" includes the crime of terrorism as defined by R.S. 14:128.1, the crime of aiding others in terrorism as defined by R.S. 14:128.2, and any offense under the laws of another state, or under any military, territorial, foreign, tribal, or federal law, that is equivalent to the crime of terrorism as defined by R.S. 14:128.1 or the crime of aiding others in terrorism as defined by R.S. 14:128.2.
Acts 2005, No. 163, §1, eff. June 28, 2005; Acts 2016, No. 225, §2; Acts 2019, No. 298, §1.
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