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ACT No. 409
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1274
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONICA
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:414(B)(2)(b), relative to driver's license suspension; to2
provide for a restricted driver's license after a certain amount of time following3
driver's license suspension; to provide for the installment of interlock devices; and4
to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:414(B)(2)(b) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง414. Suspension, revocation, renewal, and cancellation of licenses; judicial review8
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B. The department shall forthwith suspend the license of any person, for a10
period of twenty-four months, upon receiving satisfactory evidence of the conviction11
or of the entry of a plea of guilty and sentence thereupon or of the forfeiture of bail12
of any such person charged with any of the following crimes:13
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(2)15
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(b) Any licensee who has had his license suspended for operating a motor17
vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic beverages under the provisions of this18
Subsection shall be eligible to apply for a restricted driver's license after a period of19
forty-five days, upon proof that his motor vehicle has been equipped with a20
functioning ignition interlock device, be issued a restricted driver's license. In the21
event that the department fails or refuses to issue the restricted driver's license the22
district court for the parish in which the licensee resides may issue an order directing23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1274
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the department to issue the restricted license by ex parte order or after contradictory1
hearing.2
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: