HLS 14RS-2287 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1103
BY REPRESENTATIVE SEABAUGH
INSURANCE: Provides relative to compulsory motor vehicle liability security, failure to
comply, and limitation of damages
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:866(A)(1), relative to compulsory motor vehicle liability2
security; to provide that an owner or operator of a motor vehicle who fails to3
maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security shall not recover damages for4
bodily injury or property damage; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:866(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง866. Compulsory motor vehicle liability security; failure to comply; limitation of8
damages9
A.(1) There should shall be no recovery for the first fifteen thousand dollars10
of bodily injury and no recovery for the first twenty-five thousand dollars of property11
damage based on any cause or right of action arising out of a motor vehicle accident,12
for such injury or damages occasioned by an owner or operator of a motor vehicle13
involved in such accident who fails to own or maintain compulsory motor vehicle14
liability security.15
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HB NO. 1103
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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)]
Seabaugh HB No. 1103
Abstract: Prevents recovery of bodily injury damages and property damages arising from
a motor vehicle accident for an owner or operator who fails to maintain compulsory
motor vehicle liability security.
Present law provides that there is no recovery for the first $15,000 of bodily injury damage
and the first $25,000 of property damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident for an
owner or operator who fails to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security.
Proposed law provides that there is no recovery of either bodily injury damage or property
damage arising out of a motor vehicle accident for an owner or operator who fails to
maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security.
(Amends R.S. 32:866(A)(1))