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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 218
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHITE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIMINAL/BAIL: Provides for the suspension of a driver's license following a vehicular
homicide arrest
AN ACT1
To enact Code of Criminal Procedure Article 336.3, relative to conditions of release on bail;2
to authorize the suspension of a driver's license as a condition of release on bail for3
any person arrested for vehicular homicide; to provide for procedures; and to provide4
for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Article 336.3 is hereby enacted to read as7
follows: 8
Art. 336.3. Conditions of release on bail; suspension of driver's license upon arrest9
for vehicular homicide10
A. The court may require as a condition of release on bail the suspension of11
the driver's license of any person who is charged with a violation of vehicular12
homicide (R.S. 14:32.1).13
B. The court shall notify the Department of Public Safety and Corrections,14
office of motor vehicles, of any order suspending the driver's license as provided for15
in Paragraph A of this Article.16 HLS 11RS-682 ORIGINAL
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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)]
White HB No. 218
Abstract: Authorizes the court to suspend the driver's license of a person arrested for
vehicular homicide.
Present law provides for the crime of vehicular homicide.
Present law authorizes a court to establish conditions of bail for certain offenses.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the court may require as a condition of
bail the suspension of a driver's license for a person arrested for vehicular homicide.
Proposed law requires the court to notify OMV of any such order.
(Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 336.3)