SLS 16RS-8 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 292
BY SENATOR JOHNS
TRAFFIC. Prohibits a parish or municipality from assessing a fine in excess of $75 when
a driver fails to provide proof of insurance coverage at the time of a traffic stop. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 32:863.1.1, relative to motor vehicle liability security; to provide relative to
3 failure to have a document that evidences motor vehicle liability security contained
4 in a motor vehicle operated on the public highways of this state; to limit the amount
5 of penalty and fee for failure to have a document that evidences proof of compulsory
6 motor vehicle liability contained in a motor vehicle at the time of a traffic stop; and
7 to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 32:863.1.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง863.1.1. Evidence of compulsory motor vehicle liability security not contained
11 in a motor vehicle; limitation on penalty and fee
12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no governing
13 authority of a parish or municipality on whose behalf a citation is issued for
14 failure to have a document that evidences compliance with compulsory motor
15 vehicle security contained in the motor vehicle at the time any law enforcement
16 officer stops a vehicle at an administrative violations checkpoint, or in
17 connection with an alleged violation of the law, or for any other reason, or when
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 292
SLS 16RS-8 ORIGINAL
1 a law enforcement officer investigates an accident, shall assess a penalty or fee
2 in excess of seventy-five dollars for failure of an owner or operator to have a
3 document that evidences compulsory motor liability security contained in the
4 motor vehicle, provided that the owner has current motor vehicle liability
5 security covering the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 292 Original 2016 Regular Session Johns
Present law requires an owner or operator of a motor vehicle on a Louisiana public highway
to have contained within the vehicle a document that evidences that the motor vehicle is in
compliance with R.S. 32:361 relative to compulsory motor vehicle liability security. (R.S.
32:863.1)
Proposed law retains present law but prohibits any parish or municipal governing authority
from assessing a penalty and fee in excess of $75 for failure of an owner or operator of a
motor vehicle to have contained within the vehicle a document that evidences that the motor
vehicle complies with present law, provided that the owner has current motor vehicle
liability security covering the vehicle at the time of the traffic stop.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 32:863.1.1)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.