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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 417
BY SENATOR GARY SMITH
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to a water damaged vehicle. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:707(O), relative to the application for certificate of title of motor vehicles;2
to provide for requirement of certificate of title on a water damaged vehicle; and to3
provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:707(O) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง707. Application for certificates of title; exception; salvage title; antique vehicles;7
reconstructed title8
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(O) A vehicle whose power train, computer, or electrical system has10
sustained water damage, but does not meet the criteria for a salvaged vehicle,11
or a certificate of destruction, shall be issued a branded title indicating the12
vehicle has sustained water damage. The department shall promulgate rules as13
are necessary to implement and enforce this Subsection.14 SB NO. 417
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The original instrument was prepared by Margaret M. Corley. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Gary Smith (SB 417)
Proposed law provides for the issuance of title for a vehicle whose power train, computer,
or electrical system has sustained water damage, but does not meet the criteria for a salvaged
vehicle, or a certificate of destruction.
Proposed law requires a branded title to be issued indicating the vehicle has sustained water
damage.
Proposed law requires the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to promulgate rules
necessary to implement and enforce branded title for water damage vehicle.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 32:707(O))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Requires Department of Public Safety and Corrections to promulgate rules
to implement and enforce branded title for water damage vehicle.