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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 238
BY REPRESENTATIVES LAMBERT AND FANNIN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
FUNDS/FUNDING: Provides relative to deposits into the State Highway Improvement
Fund
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:481 and R.S. 48:196(A)(introductory paragraph), relative to2
registration and license fees; to provide for the disposition of collections into certain3
accounts; to provide for monies to be deposited into the State Highway Improvement4
Fund; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 47:481 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
§481. Disposition of collections8
Except as provided in R.S. 47:480, all fees and taxes provided for in this9
Chapter, including the permit fees, shall be paid to the state treasurer on or before the10
tenth day of each month following their collection and shall be credited to the11
account of the state general fund, the Transportation Trust Fund, the State Highway12
Improvement Fund, and the state highway fund No. 2, as provided by law.13
Section 2. R.S. 48:196(A)(introductory paragraph) is hereby amended and reenacted14
to read as follows: 15
§196. State Highway Improvement Fund16
A. There is hereby created, as a special fund in the state treasury, the State17
Highway Improvement Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". The source of18
monies in this fund shall be registration and license fees and taxes on trucks and19
trailers collected by the state pursuant to R.S. 47:462, and as provided in R.S.20 HLS 11RS-518 ORIGINAL
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47:481. Beginning July 1, 2007, and each fiscal year thereafter, after compliance1
with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana,2
and after making the allocation for state highway fund No. 2, the treasurer shall3
deposit into the fund the following amounts:4
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Section 3. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012.6
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)]
Lambert HB No. 238
Abstract: Deletes reference to deposits of motor vehicle registration fees into the state
general fund and deletes limitation to trucks and trailers of certain fees deposited into
the State Highway Improvement Fund.
Present law provides that fees and taxes provided for in present law, including the permit
fees, shall be credited to the account of the state general fund, the Transportation Trust Fund,
the State Highway Improvement Fund, and the state highway fund No. 2, as provided by
law.
Proposed law deletes the reference in present law to the state general fund.
Present law provides for the State Highway Improvement Fund. Monies in the fund are to
be used exclusively by the Dept. of Transportation and Development for funding projects
for roads in the state highway system which are ineligible for federal funds.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that the source of monies in the fund shall be registration and license
fees and taxes on trucks and trailers collected by the state pursuant to R.S. 47:462, and as
provided in R.S. 47:481.
Proposed law removes the restriction that only the license fees on trucks and trailers are
deposited in the fund.
Effective July 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 47:481 and R.S. 48:196(intro. para.))