ENROLLED
ACT No. 104
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 246
BY REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:398(H), relative to time periods for reporting traffic fatalities;
3 to provide for an extension of time for coroners to report fatalities; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:398(H) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง398. Accident reports; when and to whom made; information aid; fees for copies;
8 fees for accident photographs
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10 H. Every person holding the office of coroner in this state, or, in the event
11 of a vacancy in the office, the person performing the duties of coroner, shall report
12 to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and to the Louisiana Highway
13 Safety Commission the death of any person as a result of an accident a collision
14 involving a motor vehicle, and the circumstances of the accident collision within five
15 sixty days following such death. Such reports shall be made on forms supplied or
16 approved by the department as provided for in Subsection I of this Section. Every
17 hospital shall notify the coroner of the parish in which it is located of any death
18 occurring in the hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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