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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 336
BY SENATOR MORRISH
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS. Provides for appeal of a decision of the Motor
Vehicle Commission. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1253(H), relative to the Motor Vehicle Commission; to2
provide for an appeal of decision of the commission; to provide for venue; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:1253(H) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1253. Motor Vehicle Commission; appointment and qualifications of members;7
terms of office; organization; oath; official bond; compensation;8
powers and duties9
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H.(1) The commission shall, in addition to the powers herein conferred, be11
constituted a body politic or political corporation, invested with the powers inherent12
in corporations, including but not limited to the power and authority to own13
immovable property. It may sue and be sued under the style of the commission, and14
all process against the commission shall be served on the chairman or executive15
director in person, and all suits on behalf of the commission shall be brought by the16
chairman. The domicile for the purpose of being sued shall be Jefferson Parish. No17 SB NO. 336
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member of the commission, or the executive director, shall be subject to suit or be1
held liable as an individual in any suit against the commission.2
(2) An appeal of any decision of the commission may be brought in the3
district court having jurisdiction over the licensee's place of business or in the4
Nineteenth Judicial District Court.5
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Present law provides for the authority of the Motor Vehicle Commission ("commission").
Present law provides that the commission may sue and be sued under the style of the
commission, and all processes against the commission shall be served on the chairman or
executive director in person, and all suits on behalf of the commission shall be brought by
the chairman.
Present law provides that the domicile of the commission for the purposes of being sued
shall be Jefferson Parish.
Proposed law adds that an appeal of any decision of the commission may be brought in the
district court having jurisdiction over the licensee's place of business or in the 19
th
Judicial
District Court.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 32:1253(H))