Louisiana § RS 40:2526 - Pre-Amber Alert action plan; requirements; rules and regulations
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§ RS 40:2526. Pre-Amber Alert action plan; requirements; rules and regulations
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, jointly with the secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services, shall institute a pre-Amber Alert action plan. The plan shall, at a minimum, consist of one or more programs to:
(1) Advise and educate parents on ways to prevent their children from being abducted.
(2) Advise and educate children on ways to prevent them from being abducted.
(3) Encourage parents to have readily available vital information about their children, such as a recent photograph and the child's height and weight, for law enforcement to use in case the child is abducted.
(4) Coordinate with and encourage the private sector to participate in secondary distribution programs that will enable the distribution of vital information on a child that has been abducted, including the creation and distribution of flyers and emailing and text messaging Amber Alerts.
B. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the Department of Children and Family Services may promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to carry out the provisions of this Section.
C. The provisions of this Section shall be implemented provided funding is available.
Acts 2005, No. 503, §3.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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