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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
motorcycle, 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 ten thousand pounds or to any19
dump truck may be attached to either the front or rear thereof. For the purposes of20
this Section, dump truck means any truck with a bed that raises to dump a load. The21
permanent registration license plate shall be so displayed during the current22
registration year, except as otherwise provided herein.23 HLS 14RS-110 ENGROSSED
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(3) Every permanent registration license plate shall at all times be securely1
fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned, so as to prevent the plate from2
swinging, and at a height not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuring3
from the bottom of such plate, in a place and upright position to be clearly visible,4
and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly5
legible.6
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Section 2. R.S. 47:507 is hereby repealed in its entirety.8
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 a 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. Also, specifies that any permanent
registration license plate assigned to a truck weighing in excess of 6,000 pounds may be
attached to the front or the rear of the vehicle.
Proposed law modifies present law by specifying that a truck with a gross weight in excess
of 10,000 pounds may attach a permanent registration license plate to the front or rear of the
vehicle.
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)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways
and Public Works to the original bill.
1. Added a provision that provides that the permanent registration license plate
assigned to any truck having a gross vehicle weight in excess of 10,000 pounds,
as opposed to 6,000 pounds, or to any dump truck may be attached to either the
front or the rear of the truck.