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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 141
BY REPRESENTATIVES BURRELL AND ST. GERMAIN
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To urge and request the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to establish an express
lane for people who are mobility impaired and senior citizens at office of motor
vehicles offices in parishes with a population in excess of eighty thousand persons
and to require public license tag agents to post signage notifying mobility impaired
persons and senior citizens that they are entitled to priority service.
WHEREAS, office of motor vehicles offices throughout the state often have lengthy
lines that can extend outside the building creating long waiting periods that can span hours;
and
WHEREAS, those who are mobility impaired and those over sixty-five years of age
are forced to wait in these lines, which can be difficult due to their impairment or age; and
WHEREAS, the term "mobility impaired person" is defined in R.S. 47:463.4(E) and
includes people with difficulties breathing or walking, heart conditions, and mobility
impairments and individuals who are blind or have such a visual impairment that the
assistance of another person or device is necessary to walk.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, by January 1, 2015, to
create a Special Needs Express Lane for mobility impaired persons and persons over age
sixty-five in parishes with a population in excess of eighty thousand persons.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Special Needs Express Lane be well marked,
both inside and outside the designated office of motor vehicles offices and signage shall be
posted outside the office entrance directing mobility impaired persons and persons over age
sixty-five to proceed to the Special Needs Express Lane. ENROLLEDHCR NO. 141
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
require public license tag agents post signs notifying mobility impaired persons and senior
citizens that they are entitled to priority service as well as signage that clearly informs all
persons that they will be charged a convenience fee which is not to exceed eighteen dollars.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
commissioner of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE