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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 374
BY REPRESENTATIVE ARMES
MTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION: Changes time limitations on issuance of permits for
official inspection stations
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1305(B), relative to motor vehicle inspections; to delete2
certain provisions of motor vehicle inspection law relative to issuance of permits to3
inspection stations; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:1305(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1305. Appointment of official inspection stations7
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B. Application for permit shall be made upon an official form and shall be9
granted only when the director is satisfied that the station is properly equipped and10
has competent personnel to make such inspections and adjustments and that11
inspection will be properly conducted. The director shall not issue a permit as an12
official inspection station unless the applicant business has been in operation for not13
less than ninety days prior to the issuance. However, if there is no other official14
inspection station for use by the general public within twenty-five miles of the15
business making application, this required prior operation period shall be not less16
than thirty days. The director before issuing a permit may require the applicant to17
file a bond conditioned that it will make compensation for any damage to a vehicle18
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or its employees. The aggregate liability of the surety for all such damages shall in1
no event exceed the amount of such bond.2
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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)]
Armes HB No. 374
Abstract: Deletes certain provisions of motor vehicle inspection law regarding issuance of
motor vehicle inspection permits.
Present law provides that a permit shall not be issued for official inspection stations unless
the applicant business has been in operation for not less than 90 days prior to the issuance.
However, if there is no other official inspection station for use by the general public within
25 miles of the business making application, this required prior operation period shall be not
less than 30 days.
Proposed law deletes present law.
(Amends R.S. 32:1305(B))