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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 118
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
INSURANCE/AUTOMOBIL E: Provides relative to the penalties for failure to maintain
compulsory motor vehicle liability security
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:866(A)(1), relative to compulsory motor vehicle liability2
security; to provide relative to the prohibition of the recovery of damages in certain3
circumstances; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:866(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง866. Compulsory motor vehicle liability security; failure to comply; limitation of7
damages8
A.(1) There should shall be no recovery for the first fifteen thousand dollars9
of bodily injury and no recovery for the first twenty-five thousand dollars of property10
damage based on any cause or right of action arising out of a motor vehicle accident,11
for such injury or damages occasioned by an owner or operator of a motor vehicle12
involved in such accident who fails to own or maintain compulsory motor vehicle13
liability security.14
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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)]
Harrison HB No. 118
Abstract: Specifies that the owner or operator of a motor vehicle who fails to maintain
motor vehicle liability insurance shall not recover the first $15,000 of bodily injury
damages or the first $25,000 of property damages.
Present law provides that there "should" be no recovery for the first $15,000 of bodily injury
and no recovery for the first $25,000 of property damage based on any cause of action
arising out of a motor vehicle accident, for damages incurred by an owner or operator who
fails to maintain compulsory motor vehicle liability security.
Proposed law retains present law but changes "should" to "shall" to be consistent with the
terminology of Act No. 1476 of the 1997 Regular Session.
(Amends R.S. 32:866(A)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure
to the original bill.
1. Deleted all provisions requiring the owner who is not awarded any damages to
pay attorney fees.