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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 81
BY REPRESENTATIVE LIGI
MTR VEHICLE/DEALERS: Specifies certain members of the La. Motor Vehicle
Commission be primarily engaged in the business of marine product sales,
motorcycle sales, and recreational vehicle sales
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1253(A)(2), relative to the Louisiana Motor Vehicle2
Commission; to provide for membership; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 32:1253(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:5
ยง1253. Motor Vehicle Commission; appointment and qualifications of members;6
terms of office; organization; oath; official bond; compensation; powers and7
duties8
A. The Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission is hereby created within the9
office of the governor and shall be composed of eighteen members appointed by the10
governor, as follows:11
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(2) Each of the commissioners appointed under the provisions of Paragraph13
(1) of this Subsection shall have been an actively engaged licensee of the14
commission or its previous Louisiana licensing commission for not less than five15
consecutive years prior to such appointment, and be a holder of such a license at all16
times while a member of the commission. Being engaged in more than one such17
pursuit shall not disqualify a person otherwise qualified from serving on the18
commission. Of these members, one member shall be primarily engaged in the19 HLS 12RS-385 ORIGINAL
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business of lease or rental, one member shall be primarily engaged in the business1
of heavy truck sales, three members shall be primarily engaged in the business of2
recreational products, one member shall be primarily engaged in the business of3
marine product sales, one member shall be primarily engaged in the business of4
motorcycle sales, one member shall be engaged in the business of recreational5
vehicle sales, and one member shall be primarily engaged in the business of sales6
finance.7
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)]
Ligi HB No. 81
Abstract: Specifies that three members of the La. Motor Vehicle Commission shall each
be engaged primarily in the business of marine product sales, motorcycle sales, and
recreational vehicle sales.
Present law provides for 18 members of the La. Motor Vehicle Commission, 14 from
commission districts providing for geographic representation throughout the state, subject
to Senate confirmation. Requires, from these 14 members, one member to be primarily
engaged in the business of lease or rental, one member primarily engaged in the business of
sales finance, one member to be primarily engaged in the business of heavy truck sales, and
three members to be primarily engaged in the business of recreational products.
Proposed law retains present law except changes three members from being primarily
engaged in the business of recreational products to one member primarily engaged in the
business of marine product sales, one member primarily engaged in the business of
motorcycle sales, and one member primarily engaged in the business of recreational vehicle
sales.
(Amends R.S. 32:1253(A)(2))