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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1206
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDWARDS
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Decreases disability threshold relative to the disabled
veterans exemption
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:412.2(A)(2), relative to disabled veterans; to decrease the2
disability threshold for exemption from driver's license fees; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:412.2(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
§412.2. Disabled veteran exemption7
A. A veteran of service in the United States Armed Forces shall be exempt8
from the payment of fees under this Chapter for the issuance of a driver's license if9
the veteran meets all of the following qualifications:10
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(2) Has a service-related disability of at least sixty fifty percent.12
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Edwards HB No. 1206
Abstract: Decreases the disabled veteran disability threshold for exemption from driver's
license fees.
Present law provides that veterans shall be exempt from the payment of driver's license fees
if they meet all of the following conditions:
(1)Was honorably discharged.
(2)Has a service-related disability of at least 60%.
(3)Receives compensation from the U.S. government because of such disability.
(4)Is not subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 3-B of Title 15 of the L.R.S.
of 1950.
Proposed law decreases the disability percentage to 50%, otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 32:412.2(A)(2))