{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-14-93.2.4","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 14:93.2.4","heading":"Unlawful swimming in certain waterways","body":"A. It shall be unlawful for any parent or legal guardian who has care and control of a minor to permit a minor, either knowingly, wilfully, or through criminal negligence, to swim without wearing a Type I, Type II, Type III, or Type V personal flotation device approved by the United States Coast Guard in the portion of any river beginning from a water-controlled structure through which that river flows to a point seventy miles downstream when that structure creates a reservoir used to generate hydroelectric power. The distance provided for in this Subsection shall be measured from the structure along a line drawn downstream in the middle of the river bed.\nB.(1) On a first conviction, the parent or legal guardian shall be issued a warning ticket, fined not more than twenty-five dollars, or both.\n(2) On a second conviction, the parent or legal guardian shall be fined not more than fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than seven days, or both.\n(3) On a third or subsequent conviction, the parent or legal guardian shall be fined not more than seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.","path":["TITLE 14. CRIMINAL LAW"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1336034","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:16Z","sha256":"c390808fbe9171d7e98434a4dfb691fd0a1df25a5c08e2ab94fa9a5f092a5853","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-14-93.2.3","next":"us-la/rs-14-93.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}