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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 703 (Substitute for House Bill No. 447 by Representative
Edwards)
BY REPRESENTATIVE EDWARDS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MOTOR VEHICLES: Requires unclassified employees to register motor vehicles registered
in their name in Louisiana
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 42:31, relative to eligibility requirements for unclassified employment; to2
require certain unclassified employees to register motor vehicles with the3
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services; to require4
certain unclassified employees to obtain Louisiana driver's licenses; and to provide5
for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 42:31 is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง31. Eligibility requirements for certain unclassified employees9
A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any person hired or10
employed in an unclassified position as defined by the State Civil Service11
Commission, and whose annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds12
one hundred thousand dollars, shall, within thirty days of being hired or employed13
at such salary, provide proof to his public employer that he has been issued a14
Louisiana driver's license and that all vehicles registered in his name are registered15
in Louisiana. This requirement shall be deemed a qualification for the position for16
which the person was employed or hired, and for the duration of the person's17
employment in the event the person's salary is increased and the requirements of this18
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B. All government agencies which hire or employ any person in an1
unclassified position as defined by the State Civil Service Commission, whose2
annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds one hundred thousand3
dollars, shall verify that such person has been issued a Louisiana driver's license and4
that all vehicles registered in his name are registered in Louisiana. The public5
employer shall verify the employee meets this requirement for the duration of this6
person's employment.7
C. Any person hired or employed in an unclassified position who does not8
meet the requirements of this Section, or who no longer meets the requirements of9
this Section, shall be removed and terminated within thirty days of the public10
employer learning such person does not meet the requirements of this Section.11
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on September 15, 2013.12
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)]
Edwards HB No. 703
Abstract: Requires unclassified employees with annual salaries or rates of compensation
equal to or exceeding a certain amount to register their vehicles in Louisiana and
obtain Louisiana driver's licenses.
Proposed law requires any person hired or employed in an unclassified position, and whose
annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars,
to provide proof to his public employer that he has been issued a Louisiana driver's license
and that all vehicles registered in his name are registered in Louisiana.
Proposed law is to be deemed a qualification for the position for which the person was
employed or hired, and for the duration of the person's employment in the event the person's
salary is increased and the requirements of proposed law are triggered.
Proposed law requires all government agencies which hire or employ any person in an
unclassified position, whose annual salary or rate of compensation is equal to, or exceeds
one hundred thousand dollars, to verify that such person has been issued a Louisiana driver's
license and that all vehicles registered in his name are registered in Louisiana.
Proposed law requires the public employer to verify that employees to which proposed law
applies meet the requirements of proposed law for the duration of all such persons'
employment.
Proposed law provides that any person hired or employed in an unclassified position who
does not meet the requirements of proposed law, or who no longer meets the driver's license
and motor vehicle registration requirements of proposed law, shall be removed and HLS 13RS-1419 ORIGINAL
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terminated within 30 days of the public employer learning such person does not meet the
requirements of proposed law.
Effective September 15, 2013.
(Adds R.S. 42:31)