HLS 13RS-1029 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 560
BY REPRESENTATIVE GIROD JACKSON AND SENATOR MORRELL
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
BRIDGES/FERRIES: Provides relative to uncollected tolls on the Crescent City
Connection
AN ACT1
To provide amnesty for persons alleged to have failed to pay tolls on the Crescent City2
Connection between January 1, 2013, to March 5, 2013. 3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 4
Section 1. Legislative Findings. A. R.S. 47:7013(C), as enacted by Act No. 865 of5
the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature, provides that "no motor vehicle shall be driven6
and no motor vehicle shall be towed through a toll collection facility on the Crescent City7
Connection without payment of the proper toll." R.S. 47:7013(C) further provides that "in8
the event of the nonpayment of the proper toll, as evidenced by video or electronic9
recording, the registered owner of such vehicle or trailer shall be liable to make prompt10
payment of the proper toll and, in certain circumstances, an administrative fee of twenty-five11
dollars to recover the cost of collecting the toll." 12
B. The Department of Transportation and Development ("department") mailed13
violation notices to registered motor vehicle owners alleged to be liable for nonpayment of14
tolls on the Crescent City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013. 15
Section 2. Any violation notice issued by the department for alleged nonpayment of16
tolls on the Crescent City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013, is17
hereby declared null and void. Amnesty is hereby granted to persons for failing to pay a toll18
on the Crescent City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013. Recipients19
shall disregard the notices and not send any funds to the department in response thereto. 20 HLS 13RS-1029 ORIGINAL
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Section 3. The department shall refund all tolls, charges, and fees paid by persons1
who received a notice of violation for the alleged nonpayment of tolls on the Crescent City2
Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013. 3
Section 4. The department is hereby prohibited from mailing out further notices of4
violations to registered owners of motor vehicles for nonpayment of tolls on the Crescent5
City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013. 6
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)]
Girod Jackson HB No. 560
Abstract: Provides for amnesty for persons alleged to have failed to pay the toll on the
Crescent City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013.
Proposed law provides amnesty for persons alleged to have failed to pay the toll on the
Crescent City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013.
Proposed law provides that any violation notice issued by the Department of Transportation
and Development for alleged nonpayment of tolls on the Crescent City Connection between
January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013, is null and void.
Proposed law provides that the Department of Transportation and Development shall refund
all tolls, charges, and fees paid by persons who received a notice of violation for the alleged
nonpayment of tolls on the Crescent City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March
5, 2013.
Proposed law prohibits the Department of Transportation and Development from mailing
out further notices of violations to registered owners of motor vehicles for nonpayment of
tolls on the Crescent City Connection between January 1, 2013, and March 5, 2013.