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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 468
BY SENATOR LONG
WEIGHTS/MEASURES. Provides that payment for violations issued by Weights and
Standards Mobile Police Officers and Weights and Standards Stationary Scale Police may
be paid by credit card.(7/01/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:389(C)(2), to provide relative to enforcement, payment and2
collection; to provide for payment of violations by credit card; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:389(C)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง389. Weights and standards police; enforcement procedure; payment and7
collection procedures; administrative review8
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C. * * *10
(2) Upon issuance of the violation ticket, an owner or driver who is a resident11
of Louisiana or who has a domicile in Louisiana shall receive notification from the12
weights and standards stationary scale police officer or the weights and standards13
mobile police officer that the penalty shall be paid within thirty days of issuance of14
the violation ticket or that the owner or driver may request an agency review of the15
penalty within thirty days of issuance of the violation ticket. An owner or driver who16
is not a resident of Louisiana or who does not have a domicile in Louisiana shall17 SB NO. 468
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receive notification from the weights and standards stationary scale police officer or1
the weights and standards mobile police officer that the penalty shall either be2
paid at the time the violation ticket is issued or he shall post a bond equal to the3
amount of the penalty, which bond shall be forfeited if, within thirty days of issuance4
of the violation ticket, the penalty has not been paid or an agency review has not5
been requested. The owner or driver shall pay the penalty assessed with certified6
check, cashier's check, money order, or department-approved credit card approved7
by the department or the office of state police. The secretary or the office of state8
police may establish credit accounts for violators, if each violator provides the9
department or the office of state police a cash deposit in the minimum amount of10
five thousand dollars or any amount in excess thereof fixed by the secretary or the11
office of state police to guarantee payment of said account. The department or the12
office of state police shall not detain or impound any vehicle issued a violation13
ticket for any violation of the provisions of R.S. 32:380 through 387 prior to the final14
disposition of the violation ticket if the owner or driver is a resident of Louisiana or15
has a domicile in Louisiana, or has paid the penalty or posted the bond in accordance16
with this Section. For purposes of this Section, "final disposition" shall be defined17
as a final conviction, not capable of appeal or review.18
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Present law provides that an owner or driver who is a resident of or is domiciled in Louisiana
shall receive notification from the weights and standards stationary scale police officer that
the penalty shall be paid within thirty days.
Present law provides that an owner or driver who is not a resident of Louisiana shall receive
notice that the penalty shall either be paid when the violation ticket is issued or shall post
bond equal to the amount of the penalty.
Present law provides that an owner or driver issued a violation ticket by a weights and
standards stationary police officer shall pay the penalty assessed with certified check,
cashier's check, money order, or department-approved credit card. SB NO. 468
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Proposed law makes provisions of present law applicable to violation tickets issued by the
office of state police and provides for payment of violation tickets issued by the office of
state police by credit card approved by the department or the office of state police.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 32:389(C)(2))