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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 822
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTOUCET
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides for the issuance of a temporary instructional
permit for driver's education students
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:407(A)(2) and to repeal R.S. 32:422(B), relative to permits
3 and licenses issued to minors to operate motor vehicles; to provide for the issuance
4 of a temporary instructional permit for first-time applicants for driving privileges
5 prior to beginning a driver's education course; to provide for the imposition of a fee;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:407(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง407. Application of minors; revocation; applications of persons less than
10 twenty-one years of age
11 A.
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13 (2)(a) Any person who is at least fifteen years of age may apply to the
14 department for a temporary instructional permit. The department's cost for issuing
15 a temporary instructional permit shall be six dollars and such permit shall be valid
16 for two years. An unlicensed student driver must possess a department-issued permit
17 to participate in behind-the-wheel instruction and such permit shall be valid for
18 operating a motor vehicle only when the permit holder is accompanied by an
19 instructor of driver education and traffic safety. The holder of a temporary
20 instructional permit shall be in possession of the permit during the period of its
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1 validity and such permit shall be presented for examination when so requested by
2 any law enforcement officer.
3 (a)(b) Upon completion of a driver's education course approved by the
4 Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, and upon
5 passing a visual examination and a road knowledge test, including rules of the road,
6 signs, and signals, sharing the road with motorcycles and tractor/trailer trucks,
7 knowledge of distracted driving issues, and not less than two questions relative to
8 railroad and highway grade railroad safety, an applicant at least fifteen years of age,
9 but less than seventeen years of age, applying for the first time may be issued a Class
10 "E" learner's license. The license may be issued for a four-year period at the same
11 fee as a Class "E" driver's license and must be maintained for at least one hundred
12 eighty days, unless prior to such time the driver reaches seventeen years of age, prior
13 to being converted to a Class "E" intermediate driver's license. The Class "E"
14 learner's license shall authorize the holder to drive while being accompanied by a
15 licensed parent, guardian, adult at least age twenty-one or older, or licensed sibling
16 at least age eighteen or older.
17 (b)(c) Any applicant at least sixteen years of age, but less than seventeen
18 years of age, moving into Louisiana from another state shall be eligible for the
19 issuance of a Class "E" intermediate driver's license provided such applicant meets
20 all other requirements for licensure in Louisiana and furnishes the department with
21 proof of successful completion of an equivalent driver's education course and proof
22 of issuance of a learner's license for a minimum of one hundred eighty days, unless
23 prior to such time the driver reaches seventeen years of age, from the state of
24 previous residence.
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26 Section 2. R.S. 32:422(B) is hereby repealed in its entirety.
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The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 822 Original 2016 Regular Session Montoucet
Abstract: Provides for the issuance of a temporary instructional permit.
Present law authorizes a person who is at least 15 years of age to apply to the Dept. of Public
Safety and Corrections, pubic safety services, for a school instruction permit if he is enrolled
in a driver education course conducted by a person who meets certification requirements as
established by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, for
instructors of driver education and traffic safety.
Present law authorizes the department, in its discretion, after the applicant has successfully
passed all parts of the examination, other than the driving test, to issue the applicant a school
instruction permit for which no fee shall be charged.
Present law provides that such driving school instruction permit is valid only during the
period of such instruction, and when the person to whom the permit is issued is accompanied
by the instructor of driver education and traffic safety.
Present law requires such permit to be in the possession of the instructor during the period
of its validity and that it is presented at any time for examination, when so requested by any
law enforcement officer.
Present law provides that upon completion of such course of instruction, it is the
responsibility of the instructor, as directed by the department, to return for cancellation any
and all permits which have been issued and are held by him.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Proposed law provides that any person who is at least 15 years of age may apply to the
department for a temporary instructional permit. The department may issue to the applicant
a temporary instructional permit for a six-dollar fee.
Proposed law provides that the permit will be required for an unlicensed student driver to
participate in behind-the-wheel instruction and is valid only when the permit holder is
accompanied by an instructor of driver education and traffic safety.
Proposed law requires the permit be in the possession of the permit holder during the period
of its validity and must be presented at any time for examination, when so requested by any
law enforcement officer.
(Amends R.S. 32:407(A)(2); Repeals R.S. 32:422(B))
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