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2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 400
BY SENATOR BARROW
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides debt amnesty program to individuals for excessive debt due
the office of motor vehicles. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 32:9, relative to motor vehicles; to require the office of motor vehicles to
3 establish a debt amnesty program; to provide for an amnesty period; to provide the
4 terms and conditions applicable to the program; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:9 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง9. Amnesty program; office of motor vehicles
8 A. The office of motor vehicles shall develop and implement a debt
9 amnesty program to collect debt for fines, penalties, and fees due to the office
10 of motor vehicles as defined in R.S. 32:8. The office shall publicize the debt
11 amnesty program to maximize the public's awareness of and participation in
12 the program.
13 B. The debt amnesty program shall be effective for a period of at least
14 two months duration in 2016 occurring prior to December 31, 2016.
15 C. The debt amnesty program shall apply to debt due to the Department
16 of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, pursuant to R.S.
17 32:57.1, 863, or 863.1 on the effective date of this Section.
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1 D. Debtors with debt in the amount of one thousand dollars or more are
2 eligible to participate in the debt amnesty program. Amnesty debt payments
3 shall be paid in full during the amnesty period.
4 (1) If a debtor has debt of one thousand dollars or more for violation or
5 multiple violations of R.S. 32:57.1, the amnesty debt payment due shall not
6 exceed five hundred dollars.
7 (2) If a debtor has debt of one thousand dollars or more for violation or
8 multiple violations, pays the debt in full during the amnesty period, and
9 provides proof of insurance, the amnesty debt payment due shall not exceed
10 eight hundred fifty dollars for debt incurred pursuant to R.S. 32:863(A)(1) and
11 shall not exceed one thousand seventy-five dollars for debt incurred pursuant
12 to R.S. 32:863(A)(2).
13 (3) If a debtor has debt of one thousand dollars or more for violation or
14 multiple violations of R.S. 32:863.1, pays the debt in full during the amnesty
15 period, and provides proof of insurance, the amnesty debt payment due shall
16 not exceed five hundred dollars.
17 (4) No amnesty payment for debt of a person sixty-five years or older,
18 including administrative fees, shall exceed two hundred fifty dollars.
19 E. Upon receipt of the amnesty payment, the office of motor vehicles
20 shall clear the debtor's record at the office of motor vehicles and reinstate the
21 debtor's driver's license and motor vehicle registration.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 400 Original 2016 Regular Session Barrow
Proposed law requires the office of motor vehicles (OMV) to develop and implement a debt
amnesty program for a period of at least two months duration in 2016 that occurs prior to
December 31, 2016, and to collect debt for fines, penalties, and fees due the OMV as defined
in R.S. 32:8 for violations of R.S. 32:57.1 (failure to honor a promise), R.S. 32:863 (no
insurance), and R.S. 32:863.1 (no evidence of insurance). Requires the office to publicize
the debt amnesty program to maximize the public's awareness of and participation in the
program.
Proposed law provides that OMV debtors with debt in the amount of $1,000 or more are
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eligible to participate in the debt amnesty program. Requires amnesty debt payments to be
paid in full during the amnesty period and provides the following maximum schedule of
amnesty debt payments.
(1)For debt of $1,000 or more for violation or multiple violations of R.S. 32:57.1, the
amnesty debt payment due shall not exceed $500.
(2)For debt of $1,000 or more for violation or for multiple violations of R.S.
32:863(A)(1), the amnesty debt payment due shall not exceed $850 and shall not
exceed $1,075 for debt incurred for violation or for multiple violations of R.S.
32:863(A)(2). Requires the debtor to provide proof of insurance.
(3)For debt of $1,000 or more for violation or multiple violations of R.S. 32:863.1, the
amnesty debt payment due shall not exceed $500. Requires the debtor to provide
proof of insurance.
(4)No amnesty debt payment for debt of a person 65 years or older, including
administrative fees, shall exceed $250.
Proposed law requires the OMV to clear the debtor's record and reinstate his driver's license
and motor vehicle registration upon receipt of the amnesty payment.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 32:9)
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