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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1231
BY REPRESENTATIVES PERRY, AUSTIN BADON, BARRAS, BILLIOT, HENRY
BURNS, TIM BURNS, CARTER, CHAMPAGNE, DOERGE, DOWNS,
GISCLAIR, GUILLORY, HILL, HOFFMANN, SAM JONES, KATZ, LABRUZZO,
LEGER, LIGI, LITTLE, MILLS, MONTOUCET, POPE, PUGH, RICHARD, JANE
SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, TALBOT, TEMPLET, THIBAUT, AND WHITE AND
SENATORS ALARIO, APPEL, BROOME, GUILLORY, LONG, MARTINY,
MORRELL, MOUNT, AND WALSWORTHDOER
DWI: Provides for the suspension of the driver's license of a person convicted of third
degree feticide.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:414(B)(1), relative to driver's license suspension; to provide2
for the suspension of driving privileges of persons convicted of certain crimes; and3
to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:414(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง414. Suspension, revocation, renewal, and cancellation of licenses; judicial review7
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B. The department shall forthwith suspend the license of any person, for a9
period of twenty-four months, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of the conviction10
or of the entry of a plea of guilty and sentence thereupon or of the forfeiture of bail11
of any such person charged with any of the following crimes:12
(1) Manslaughter, vehicular homicide, third degree feticide, as provided in13
R.S. 14:32.8(2), or negligent homicide resulting from the operation of a motor14
vehicle.15
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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)]
Perry HB No. 1231
Abstract: Suspends the driver's license of a person convicted of third degree feticide
resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle.
Present law provides that DPS&C shall suspend the driver's license of any person who is
convicted of or who enters a plea of guilty to manslaughter, vehicular homicide, or negligent
homicide resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle. Present law also provides that the
license shall be suspended upon receipt, by the department, of satisfactory evidence that such
person's bail has been forfeited.
Proposed law adds the crime of third degree homicide when the offender was engaged in the
operation of or in physical control of any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or other means of
conveyance, and the offender is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or a combination
thereof.
(Amends R.S. 32:414(B)(1))