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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 152
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARDY
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides for a five-year suspension of a driver's license if
driving while license is suspended
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:415(B)(1), relative to driver's license suspensions and2
revocations; to provide for extension of a driver's license suspension period after3
certain convictions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:415(B)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง415. Operating vehicle while license is suspended; offenses in other states; record7
of offenses given other states8
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B.(1)(a) Any period of suspension or revocation shall automatically be10
extended for a period of one year from the date the licensee would otherwise have11
been entitled to apply for a new license upon his conviction for any offense involving12
the operation of a motor vehicle committed during such period.13
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph,14
any period of suspension or revocation shall automatically be extended for a period15
of five years from the date the licensee would otherwise have been entitled to apply16
for a new license upon his conviction under this Section.17
(c) No driver shall use a license issued to him in another state or the privilege18
of a nonresident to drive a motor vehicle in this state, upon receiving notice of his19
conviction, or of the entry of a plea of guilty and sentence thereupon, or of the20 HLS 10RS-589 ORIGINAL
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forfeiture of bail in another state of federal jurisdiction for any offense, which if1
committed in this state, would be grounds for suspension or revocation of the license.2
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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)]
Hardy HB No. 152
Abstract: Provides that a person's driver's license suspension or revocation period shall be
extended five years from the date of conviction of driving with a suspended or
revoked license.
Present law provides that a person's driver's license suspension period shall be extended for
one year from the date of conviction of driving with a suspended or revoked license.
Proposed law provides that a person's driver's license suspension period shall be extended
five years from the date of conviction of driving with a suspended or revoked license.
(Amends R.S. 32:415(B)(1))