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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 220
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIBAUT
MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Specifies that the violation of failing to obtain a current
and valid motor vehicle inspection certificate within a specified period of time
constitutes a secondary offense
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1304(E), relative to motor vehicle certificates of inspection,2
violations, and exemptions; specifies that the failure to obtain an inspection sticker3
within a certain period of time constitutes a secondary offense; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:1304(E) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง1304. Secretary to require periodical inspection8
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E.(1) The mere failure of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle required10
by this Section to be inspected to obtain a current and valid inspection certificate11
shall not be in violation, provided that the certificate has been expired less than one12
calendar month; nor shall an owner or operator be in violation if he shall produce on13
demand, under Subsection B of this Section, a certificate of inspection for the vehicle14
valid and effective for not more than six months and not in current display on the15
windshield by reason of replacement of the windshield glass.16
(2) The failure of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle required by this17
Section to be inspected to obtain a current and valid inspection certificate within one18 HLS 14RS-553 ORIGINAL
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calendar month from the date of expiration shall constitute a secondary offense and1
the driver may be cited only if stopped for a moving violation.2
(2)(3) However, when a certificate of inspection is removed from a3
windshield by reason of replacement of windshield glass, the owner of the vehicle4
may be issued, for a fee of five dollars and twenty-five cents and return of the5
original certificate to an inspection certificate station, a certificate which shall be6
valid for the time remaining on the original certificate.7
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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)]
Thibaut HB No. 220
Abstract: Specifies that the failure to obtain a current and valid motor vehicle inspection
certificate within one month from the expiration constitutes a secondary offense.
Present law provides the mere failure of the owner or operator of a motor vehicle required
by present law to be inspected to obtain a current and valid inspection certificate not be a
violation if the certificate has been expired less than one calendar month.
Proposed law provides the mere failure of an owner or operator of a motor vehicle required
by present law to be inspected to obtain a current and valid inspection certificate within one
calendar month of the inspection certificate expiration shall constitute a secondary offense
and the driver may be cited only if stopped for a moving violation.
(Amends R.S. 32:1304(E))