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ACT No. 439
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1258 (Substitute for House Bill No. 220 by Representative Thibaut)
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIBAUT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:295.4, relative to motor vehicle inspection; to provide2
guidelines for motor vehicle inspection checkpoints by law enforcement agencies;3
to provide for the location of checkpoints; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:295.4 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง295.4. Guidelines for seat belt, motor vehicle inspection, and motor vehicle7
liability security checkpoints; law enforcement agencies8
All law enforcement agencies involved in traffic enforcement shall establish9
guidelines for the operation of seat belt checkpoints, motor vehicle inspection10
checkpoints, and or proof of compulsory motor vehicle liability security checkpoints.11
Such guidelines shall include but not be limited to the following provisions:12
(1) The location, time, and duration for seat belt, motor vehicle inspection,13
and or compulsory motor vehicle liability security checkpoints shall be established14
in written form by supervisory or other administrative personnel of the law15
enforcement agency rather than the field officers implementing the checkpoint.16
(2) For purposes of motor vehicle inspections, the location of the checkpoint17
shall not be less than five hundred feet from an intersection between a state and18
federal highway.19
(2) (3) Provision for advance warning to the approaching motorists with20
signs, flares, and other indications to warn motorists of an impending stop and to21
provide indication of its official nature as a police checkpoint.22 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1258
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(3) (4) Provisions to ensure detention of motorists for a minimal length of1
time.2
(4) (5) The use of a systematic, nonrandom criteria for stopping motorists.3
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: