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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 474
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Prohibits the submission of notice of nonpayment of tickets,
issued automatically, to credit reporting agencies
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:393(I), relative to traffic citations issued by traffic cameras2
and unmanned radar devices; to prohibit governmental entities or those with whom3
they contract from informing credit reporting agencies of nonpayment of certain4
traffic citations; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:393(I) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง393. Persons charged with traffic violations; time for disposition, licenses, reports,8
and records to be sent to Department of Public Safety and Corrections; fee9
charged; record of unpaid traffic fines and parking fines10
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I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the record of a12
conviction for a traffic violation which is based solely on evidence from a traffic13
camera or unmanned radar device shall not be forwarded to the Department of Public14
Safety and Corrections and no record of such conviction shall be made part of any15
person's driving record. Further, no state agency or political subdivision, nor any16
law enforcement agency of either, nor any officer, official, or employee thereof, shall17
transfer, disseminate, distribute, or otherwise communicate a record or other18
compilation of an individual's unpaid fines for traffic violations based solely on19
evidence from a traffic camera or an unmanned radar device to any credit bureau,20 HLS 14RS-1146 ORIGINAL
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collection agency or firm, credit information agency or bureau, or a subsidiary entity1
operating such a business in this state.2
Section 2. This Act shall be given prospective and retroactive effect.3
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)]
Ivey HB No. 474
Abstract: Prohibits a state agency, political subdivision, or any law enforcement agency
from reporting to a credit reporting agency an individual's unpaid fines for traffic
violations which are based solely on evidence from a traffic camera or an unmanned
radar device.
Present law prohibits the record of a conviction for a traffic violation which is based solely
on evidence from a traffic camera from being forwarded to the Dept. of Public Safety and
Corrections and from being made a part of any person's driving record.
Proposed law adds convictions based on evidence from unmanned radar devices to present
law and prohibits state agencies or political subdivisions, or any law enforcement agency of
either, or any officer, official, or employee thereof, from transferring, disseminating,
distributing, or otherwise communicating a record or other compilation of an individual's
unpaid fines for traffic violations based solely on evidence from a traffic camera or an
unmanned radar device to any credit bureau, collection agency or firm, credit information
agency or bureau, or a subsidiary entity operating such a business in this state.
Proposed law provides that this Act has prospective and retroactive effect.
(Amends R.S. 32:393(I))