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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 386
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
MTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION: Provides relative to required documents for trailer
inspections
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1304(A)(3)(b), relative to required documents for trailer2
inspections; to provide that a valid inspection sticker is sufficient to meet the trailer3
inspection requirements; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:1304(A)(3)(b) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows:7
ยง1304. Secretary to require periodical inspection8
A.9
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(3)11
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(b) The secretary is hereby authorized to make necessary rules and13
regulations for the administration and enforcement of this Section and to designate14
any periods of time during which owners of vehicles, subject to this Section, shall15
display upon such vehicles certificates of inspection and approval and shall produce16
the same on demand of any officer or employee of the department designated by the17
secretary or any police or peace officer when authorized by the secretary. However,18
an owner or operator of a light trailer, utility trailer, boat trailer, or farm trailer need19 HLS 14RS-771 ENGROSSED
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only provide a valid inspection sticker on demand of an inspecting officer to be in1
compliance with the inspection requirements of this Chapter.2
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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)]
Havard HB No. 386
Abstract: Allows the driver of a trailer to show only a valid inspection sticker when
stopped by a police officer or other officer authorized to inspect the trailer rather
than having to be in immediate possession of the title and registration.
Present law allows police officers to issue traffic citations for failing to comply with the
inspection requirements to drivers of trailers who do not have the title and registration on
their person.
Proposed law provides that in order to be in compliance with the inspection laws, an owner
or operator of a light trailer, utility trailer, boat trailer, or farm trailer need only provide the
inspecting officer with a valid inspection sticker, as opposed to the title and registration of
the trailer.
(Amends R.S. 32:1304(A)(3)(b))