SLS 15RS-3780 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 210
BY SENATOR MARTINY
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS. Urges the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and International Affairs to study the laws governing motor vehicle commissions
in the United States.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To urge and request the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and
3 International Affairs to study laws governing the Louisiana Motor Vehicle
4 Commission and similar commissions in the United States.
5 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission ("commission") consists of
6 eighteen members and has jurisdiction over the sale and distribution of new motor vehicles
7 and recreational products; and
8 WHEREAS, the distribution and sale of motor vehicles and recreational products in
9 the state vitally affects the general economy of the state, the public interest, and the public
10 welfare; and
11 WHEREAS, it is necessary to regulate and license those persons engaged in such
12 business in Louisiana in order to ensure compliance with law and to prevent fraud,
13 imposition, and abuse upon the citizens of Louisiana; and
14 WHEREAS, it is prudent and in the best interests of the state to review and study
15 how laws in other states govern this important industry in comparison to the laws in
16 Louisiana.
17 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
18 does hereby urge and request the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and
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SLS 15RS-3780 ORIGINAL
1 International Affairs to study the laws governing the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission
2 and similar commissions in the United States.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
SR 210 Original 2015 Regular Session Martiny
Requests the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International
Affairs to study laws governing the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission and similar
commissions in the United States.
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