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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 211
BY SENATOR WARD
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides that violation of inspection sticker laws are secondary.
(8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1302(A), relative to motor vehicles; to provide with respect2
to motor vehicle safety inspection requirements; to provide that a safety inspection3
violation constitutes a secondary offense; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:1302(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1302. Inspection by officers of the department7
A. The Director deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety, and8
members of the State Police and Corrections, state police officers, and such other law9
enforcement officers and employees of the department as the director may designate, may10
at any time , only as a secondary action when such officer detains a driver for an alleged11
moving violation of other provisions of Title 32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of12
1950, and upon reasonable cause to believe that a the vehicle being driven is unsafe or not13
equipped as required by law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair,14
require the driver of such vehicle to stop and submit such vehicle to an inspection and such15
test with reference thereto as may be appropriate.16
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SLS 14RS-421 ORIGINAL
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Ward (SB 211)
Present law authorizes the Director of Public Safety, members of the State Police and such
other officers and employees of the department as the director may designate, to stop at any
time upon reasonable cause to believe that such vehicle is unsafe or not equipped as required
by law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, and to require the driver
of such vehicle to stop and submit such vehicle to an inspection and such test with reference
thereto as may be appropriate.
Proposed law updates the Director's title to conform to department name and title changes
in present law.
Proposed law makes enforcement of safety inspection law a secondary violation and allows
a law enforcement officer to stop a vehicle for a safety inspection only as a secondary action
when the officer detains a driver for an alleged moving violation of other provisions of Title
32 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
Effective August 1, 2014
(Amends R.S. 32:1302(A))