Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:594

  • bureau: means the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:576
  • criminal justice agency: means any government agency or subunit thereof, or private agency which, 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 which collects, stores, processes, transmits, or disseminates criminal history record or crime information. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:576

Each criminal justice agency subject to reporting requirements of the bureau shall, upon request by any authorized agent of the bureau, provide reasonable access to any record of such agency for the purpose of audit or to substantiate the accuracy of any record or statistics which the bureau is empowered to collect.  

Acts 1981, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1981.