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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 967
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:410.1, relative to international driver's licenses; to provide for the use and2
validity of international driver's licenses; to provide for cease and desist orders; to3
provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:410.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง410.1. International driver's license8
A.(1) "International driving permit or driver's license" means a driving9
permit or driver's license that conforms to the provisions of the Convention on Road10
Traffic of 1949 and is presented with a valid driving permit or valid driver's license11
from the holder's country of residence.12
(2) As defined in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, an international driving13
permit or driver's license in this state shall be valid only as a non-commercial driver's14
license, shall not be valid and used in lieu of a learner's permit, commercial learner's15
permit, or commercial driver's license, and shall not be valid if the holder's driving16
privileges are suspended or revoked in this state or any other state.17
B. It shall be unlawful for any person to issue an international driver's license18
in this state for use in this state or in any other state or territory of the United States.19
C. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor20
vehicles, may issue a cease and desist order to any person or business issuing an21
international driver's license in violation of this Section. Any such cease and desist22
order may be served by regular mail with a proof of mailing issued by the United23
States Postal Service, or hand delivered by a representative of the department. If the24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 967
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cease and desist order is served by mail with proof of mailing, it shall be deemed1
delivered on the seventh calendar day after the date affixed on the certificate or proof2
of mailing. The presumption of delivery in this Subsection shall not apply if the3
cease and desist order is returned as undeliverable.4
D. If the person or business subject to the cease and desist order cannot be5
served or does not comply with the cease and desist order, the department may file6
a petition for injunctive relief as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure for7
injunctions in the district court. There shall be no suspensive appeal or stay of an8
order or judgment of the district court granting the department a preliminary or9
permanent injunction.10
E. The department may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to11
implement and enforce the provisions of this Section.12
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: