HLS 16RS-189 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 898
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREGORY MILLER
CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOS: Changes the definition of motor vehicles relative to the
prohibition on purchasing motor vehicles with campaign funds to provide that such
prohibition does not apply to trailers
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1505.2(I)(6), relative to the use of campaign funds; to
3 redefine the term "motor vehicle" for purposes of the prohibition on the purchase of
4 motor vehicles with campaign funds; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:1505.2(I)(6) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1505.2. Contributions; expenditures; certain prohibitions and limitations
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9 I.
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11 (6) No candidate, political committee, or other person required to file reports
12 pursuant to this Chapter, shall use a contribution, loan, or transfer of funds received
13 by such candidate, committee, or person to purchase immovable property or a motor
14 vehicle. For purposes of this Paragraph, "motor vehicle" shall have the same
15 meaning as provided in R.S. 32:781, except that "motor vehicle" shall not include a
16 "trailer" as that term is defined in R.S. 32:1252.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-189 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 898
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 898 Original 2016 Regular Session Gregory Miller
Abstract: Excludes trailers from the definition of "motor vehicle" for the purpose of the
prohibition of using campaign funds to purchase a motor vehicle.
Present law prohibits a candidate, political committee, or other person required to file reports
pursuant to the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act from using a contribution, loan, or transfer
of funds received by such candidate or committee or person to purchase immovable property
or a motor vehicle. Defines "motor vehicle" the same as in present law (R.S. 32:781) which
provides that the term means any motor-driven car, van, or truck required to be registered
pursuant to the Vehicle Registration License Tax Law (R.S. 47:451 et seq.) or any vehicle
manufactured for off-road use and issued a manufacturer's statement or certificate of origin,
as required by the La. Motor Vehicle Commission, that cannot be issued a registration
certificate and license to operate on the public roads of this state because at the time of
manufacture it does not meet the safety requirements prescribed by present law (R.S.
32:1301-1310) which is used or is designed to be used, for the transporting of passengers or
goods for public, private, commercial, or for-hire purposes including but not limited to
motor homes, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, recreational vehicles, travel trailers, boat
trailers, ambulances, buses, fire trucks, conversion vehicles, wreckers, semitrailers, hearses,
and marine products, as any of the terms are defined in present law (R.S. 32:1252).
Proposed law retains present law except it specifically excludes "trailers" as defined in
present law (R.S. 32:1252) from the meaning of "motor vehicle". Present law (R.S. 32:1252)
provides that "trailer" means every single vehicle without motor power designed for carrying
property or passengers wholly on its own structure, drawn by a motor vehicle which carries
no part of the weight and load of the trailer on its own wheels and having one or more load-
carrying axles and provides that "trailer" includes but is not limited to utility trailers, boat
trailers, recreational trailers, semitrailers, livestock trailers, tow dollies, and dump trailers.
(Amends R.S. 18:1505.2(I)(6))
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