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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 487
BY SENATOR PERRY
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to reinstatement of a driver's license that has been
revoked under certain circumstances. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To repeal R.S. 32:667(H), relative to motor vehicles and traffic regulation; to provide2
relative to seizure, suspension, or revocation of driver's licenses; to repeal certain3
provisions relative to reinstatement of a seized, suspended, or revoked driver's4
license under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:667(H) is hereby repealed in its entirety.7
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not8
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature9
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If10
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become11
effective on the day following such approval.12
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
Present law provides that when any person's driver's license has been seized, suspended, or
revoked, and the seizure, suspension, or revocation is connected to a charge or charges of
violation of a criminal law, and the charge or charges do not result in a conviction, plea of SB NO. 487
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guilty, or bond forfeiture, the person charged is to have his license immediately reinstated
is not required to pay any reinstatement fee if at the time for the reinstatement of the driver's
license, it can be shown that the criminal charges have been dismissed, or that there has been
a permanent refusal to charge a crime by the appropriate prosecutor, or there has been an
acquittal. Present law further provides that if, at the time for reinstatement, the licensee has
pending against him criminal charges arising from the arrest which led to his suspension or
revocation of driver's license, the reinstatement fee is to be collected.
Present law provides that upon subsequent proof of final dismissal or acquittal, other than
under certain provisions of present law, the licensee is entitled to a reimbursement of the
reinstatement fee previously paid, but in no event does an exemption from this reinstatement
fee or reimbursement of a reinstatement fee affect the validity of the underlying suspension
or revocation.
Present law provides that if a licensee qualifies for the exemption from the reinstatement fee
or for a reimbursement of the reinstatement fee, the licensee will receive credit for the
unexpired portion of the license which was seized, and is exempt from the payment of, or
will receive reimbursement for the payment of, the duplicate license fee and the handling fee
with regard to the license that was seized.
Proposed law repeals these provisions of present law.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Repeals R.S. 32:667(H))