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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 106
BY REPRESENTATIVE LOPINTO
TRANSPORTATION: Provides relative to the improper display of license plates
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:53(A) and to repeal R.S. 47:507, relative to motor vehicle2
license plates; to provide for the proper display of license plates; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:53(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง53. Proper equipment required on vehicles; display of plate7
A.(1) No person shall drive or move, nor cause or knowingly permit any8
vehicle owned or controlled by him to be driven or moved, on any highway of this9
state, at any time, any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe10
condition as to endanger any person or property, or which does not contain those11
parts or is not at all times equipped with such lamps and other equipment, in proper12
condition and adjustment, as required in this Chapter, or which is constructed or13
equipped in any manner in violation of this Chapter, and no person shall do any act14
forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this Chapter.15
(2) The permanent registration license plate assigned to a trailer, semitrailer,16
motorcyc le, or other motor vehicle shall be attached to the rear thereof.17
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the permanent registration license plate assigned to18
any truck having a gross vehicle weight in excess of six thousand pounds or to any19
dump truck may be attached to either the front or rear thereof. For the purposes of20 HLS 14RS-110 ORIGINAL
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this Section, dump truck means any truck with a bed that raises to dump a load. The1
permanent registration license plate shall be so displayed during the current2
registration year, except as otherwise provided herein.3
(3) Every permanent registration license plate shall at all times be securely4
fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned, so as to prevent the plate from5
swinging, and at a height not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring6
from the bottom of such plate, in a place and upright position to be clearly visible,7
and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly8
legible.9
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Section 2. R.S. 47:507 is hereby repealed in its entirety.11
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)]
Lopinto HB No. 106
Abstract: Requires that motor vehicle license plates be clearly and visibly displayed in an
upright position in the rear of the motor vehicle.
Present law (R.S.47:507) provides that motor vehicle permanent registration plates be
securely fastened to the assigned motor vehicle in an manner to prevent the plate from
swinging, and at a height not less than 12 inches from the ground from the bottom of such
plate in a place and position to be clearly visible, and shall be maintained free from foreign
materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law provides that all permanent registration plates be affixed to the motor vehicle
in an upright position to be clearly visible.
(Amends R.S.32:53(A); Repeals R.S. 47:507)