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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 13
BY REPRESENTATIVE FANNIN
CENSUS: Provides relative to provisions in Title 49 which are limited in applicability to
political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics
(Item #8)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 49:149.5(C) and 214.5.8(E), relative to provisions in Title 492
(State Administration) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 which are limited3
in applicability to certain political subdivisions or local areas based upon population4
classifications; to specify applicability to one or more political subdivisions or local5
areas based upon population classifications; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 49:149.5(C) and 214.5.8(E) are hereby amended and reenacted to8
read as follows: 9
§149.5. Parking and traffic violations; citations; fines 10
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C. The fines and penalties for parking and traffic violations shall be fixed12
according to the schedule of fines and penalties for similar violations in the parish13
in which the violations occur. The traffic court of parishes with a population in14
excess of four hundred seventy-five thousand Traffic Court of New Orleans, and the15
district court in other parishes, shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the parking and16
traffic violations that occur in their respective districts under the provisions of this17
Section. 18
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HB NO. 13
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§214.5.8. Certain activities on dunes prohibited; penalties; speed limits on beaches1
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E. In those parishes with a population between nine thousand five hundred3
and ten thousand five hundred as determined by the latest federal decennial census,4
the parish The governing authority of Cameron Parish may enact speed limits on5
beaches.6
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)]
Fannin HB No. 13
Abstract: Updates applicability of provisions in Title 49 as a result of the 2010 census.
Proposed law, contained in Title 49 (State Administration) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes
of 1950, legislates with regard to classifications of parishes, municipalities, or other political
subdivisions or local areas according to population by enacting local bills to limit the
application of laws based upon specific classifications to one or more parishes,
municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas, by adjusting the population
ranges affected by the 2010 census, and by repealing certain provisions based upon certain
population classification ranges, as follows:
CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
R.S. 49:149.5(C) -
Provides for court
jurisdiction of parking
and traffic violations by
capitol police
The traffic court in
parishes with a
population of 475,000+
Orleans Parish
(2000 census)
City of New
Orleans
R.S. 49:214.5.8 (E) -
Permits certain parishes
to enact speed limits on
beaches
Parishes with a
population of 9,500 -
10,500 with a beach
Cameron
Parish (2000
census);
possibly Red
River Parish
(2000 census)
Cameron
Parish
(Amends R.S. 49:149.5(C) and 214.5.8(E))