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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 171
BY SENATOR N. GAUTREAUX
TRAFFIC. Changes the name of the "Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Fund" and
the disposition of monies collected for fines and penalties by local law enforcement for
exceeding the posted speed limit by less than ten miles per hour.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:266(B), relative to traffic and speed limits on certain2
highways; to provide relative to the disposition of fines for exceeding the posted3
speed limit on an interstate highway to the "Louisiana Highway Safety Commission4
Fund"; to change the name of the fund to the "Louisiana Highway Safety Fund"; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 32:266(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง266. Enforcement of speed limit on certain highways; disposition of fines9
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B.(1) After deposit to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund as required11
under the provisions of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana,12
all fines or penalties collected by or on behalf of a local law enforcement body for13
citations issued for exceeding the posted speed limit by less than ten miles per hour14
on an interstate highway, shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and credited to a15
special fund which is hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the16
"Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Fund."17 SB NO. 171
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(2) The monies in the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Fund shall be1
used solely for implementation, administration, and enforcement of highway safety2
programs to fund the costs to purchase and install permanent radar speed3
displays on interstate highways and only in the amounts appropriated each year to4
the commission Department of Transportation and Development by the5
legislature. Any surplus monies and interest remaining to the credit of the fund on6
June thirtieth of each year after all such appropriations of the preceding fiscal year7
have been made shall remain to the credit of the fund, and no part thereof shall revert8
to the state general fund.9
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor10
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,11
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.12
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
N. Gautreaux (SB 171)
Present law provides that after deposit to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund pursuant
to Louisiana Constitution Article VII, Section 9(B), all fines or penalties collected by or on
behalf of a local law enforcement body for citations issued for exceeding the posted speed
limit by less than ten miles per hour on an interstate highway, shall be forwarded to the state
treasurer and credited to the "Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Fund."
Present law provides that money deposited into the fund shall be appropriated to the
Louisiana Highway Safety Commission to be used solely for implementation,
administration, and enforcement of highway safety programs.
Proposed law changes the name of the fund to the "Louisiana Highway Safety Fund" and
provides that money deposited into the fund shall be appropriated to the Department of
Transportation and Development solely to fund the costs to purchase and install permanent
radar speed displays on interstate highways.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 32:266(B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill.
1. Reinstates present law that requires deposit of fines and penalties collected
by local law enforcement bodies for citations issued for exceeding the posted
speed limit by less than ten miles per hour on an interstate highway. SB NO. 171
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2. Changes the name of the fund.
3. Requires appropriation of money deposited into the fund to the Department
of Transportation and Development.
4. Changes the use of the money in the fund to pay the costs to purchase and
install permanent radar speed displays on interstate highways.