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2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 349
BY SENATOR CARTER
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to driver's education. (8/1/16).
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:402.1(A)(1)(a) and (2)(a), relative to driver's education; to
3 require the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, to
4 adopt rules relative to fees and payment methods available to students for driver
5 education courses; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:402.1(A)(1)(a) and (2)(a) are hereby amended and reenacted to
8 read as follows:
9 ยง402.1. Driver education; required
10 A. No application for a license for the operation of a motor vehicle shall be
11 received from any person making application for the first time unless there is also
12 submitted with the application, on a form approved by the secretary of the
13 Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, written
14 evidence of the successful completion by the applicant of one of the following:
15 (1)(a) A "driver education course" for any person under the age of eighteen,
16 which shall consist of not less than eight hours of actual driving instruction and thirty
17 hours of classroom instruction. A person shall not be allowed to receive more than
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1 four hours of actual driving instruction on any single calendar day. The Department
2 of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall establish rules and
3 regulations to administer and define the requirements of the course, including fees
4 and payment methods available to students for driver education courses. The
5 rules and regulations established by the Department of Public Safety and
6 Corrections, public safety services, shall provide for instruction relative to the
7 economic effects of littering. Oversight review of these rules shall be conducted by
8 the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works in
9 accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.
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11 (2) A "prelicensing training course" from any person eighteen years or older
12 if a driver education course is not completed. The prelicensing training course shall
13 consist of a minimum of six hours of classroom instruction and a minimum of eight
14 hours of actual driving instruction. A person shall not be allowed to receive more
15 than four hours of actual driving instruction on any single calendar day. The
16 Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall establish
17 rules and regulations to administer and define the requirements of the course.
18 Oversight review of these rules shall be conducted by the House and Senate
19 committees on transportation, highways and public works in accordance with the
20 Administrative Procedure Act. The rules shall provide for:
21 (a) Licensing or contractual requirements for third-party training schools and
22 high school instructors, including fees and payment methods available to students
23 for driver education courses.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 349 Original 2016 Regular Session Carter
Present law requires individuals who apply for a driver's license to submit written evidence
of successful completion of either a "driver education course" or "prelicensing training
course".
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Present law requires the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services,
to establish rules and regulations to administer and define the requirements of driver
education and prelicensing training courses including the licensing or contractual
requirements for driving schools.
Proposed law retains present law and requires the rules and regulations to include fees and
payment methods available to students for driver education courses.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 32:402.1(A)(1)(a) and (2)(a))
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