HLS 12RS-844 ENGROSSED
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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 588
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Extends the time for which special temporary
registration plates or markers are valid
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:519(L)(2), relative to temporary registration plates; to extend2
the time for which temporary registration plates and markers are valid; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 47:519(L)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง519. Temporary registration plates issued by dealers7
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L. Special temporary plates or markers. The commissioner shall issue9
special temporary registration plates or markers to truck dealers. The special10
temporary registration plates or markers shall be the same as, and shall be subject to11
the same requirements as, the other temporary registration plates or markers issued12
under this Section, except that:13
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(2) Each special temporary registration plate or marker shall be valid for15
ten working days sixty days from the date the special temporary registration plate or16
marker is issued.17 HLS 12RS-844 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 588
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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)]
St. Germain HB No. 588
Abstract: Extends the time for which temporary registration plates and markers are valid.
Present law requires a special temporary registration plate or marker to be valid for 10
working days from the date the special temporary registration plate or marker is issued.
Proposed law extends the period to 60 days.
(Amends R.S. 47:519(L)(2))