The original instrument was prepared by Julie J. Baxter. The following digest, which
does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was prepared by Ann S.
Brown.
DIGEST
SB 176 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Appel
Present law provides that the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans may prescribe civil
fines for violation of ordinances prohibiting parking, stopping, or standing in certain areas of the
jurisdiction of the port pursuant to the procedures for administrative adjudication provided for in
present law.
Proposed law provides that the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans may prescribe
civil fines for violation of its traffic and parking ordinances which prohibit speeding, parking,
stopping, or standing in certain areas of the jurisdiction of the port pursuant to the procedures for
administrative adjudication provided for in present law.
Present law provides that the board of commissioners of the Port of New Orleans may adopt an
ordinance establishing an administrative adjudication hearing procedure under present law. Present
law further provides that each ordinance shall provide a time period for persons charged with
violating a parking, stopping, or standing ordinance to have a hearing under present law. Further
provides that the ordinance shall provide for appointment of hearing officers who shall have been
licensed to practice law in Louisiana for five years and who may administer oaths and affirmations
and to issue orders compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents.
Provides that any order compelling the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents may
be enforced by the appellate court in the parish in which the violation is alleged to have occurred.
Proposed law retains present law and adds speeding as one of the ordinances for which a time period
shall be provided within which a person charged with violations of the ordinance shall have a hearing
under present law.
Present law provides that a hearing officer shall issue an order stating whether or not the person
charged is liable for violation of the parking, stopping, or standing ordinance and the amount of any
fine, penalty, costs, or fee assessed against him, which order may be filed with the port. Present law
further provides that any such order filed with the port may be enforced by immobilization of the
offending vehicle.
Proposed law retains present law and adds speeding as one of the ordinances for which the person
charged may be liable.
Present law provides that any person determined by the hearing officer to be in violation of a
parking, stopping, or standing ordinance may appeal this determination to the appellate court in the
parish in which the violation is alleged to have occurred. Present law retains present law and adds speeding as a possible violation which may be appealed.
Present law provides that an agency of the port, designated by ordinance, shall accept payments of
violations for parking, stopping, or standing ordinances.
Proposed law retains present law and adds payment of speeding violations to the list of ordinances.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 13:2571.1)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs to
the original bill
1. Adds payment of speeding violations to the list of ordinances an agency of the port
may accept.