ENROLLED
ACT No. 213
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 318
BY REPRESENTATIVES BERTHELOT, AMEDEE, ANDERS, ARMES, BACALA,
BARRAS, BILLIOT, BROADWATER, CHAD BROWN, TERRY BROWN,
CARMODY, CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, STEVE CARTER, CHANEY,
CONNICK, COUSSAN, COX, CROMER, DAVIS, DEVILLIER, EDMONDS,
EMERSON, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GLOVER, GUINN,
HALL, JIMMY HARRIS, LANCE HARRIS, HAVARD, HENRY, HILL,
HOFFMANN, HORTON, HOWARD, HUNTER, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS,
JOHNSON, JORDAN, LEBAS, LEGER, LYONS, MACK, MARCELLE,
MARINO, JIM MORRIS, NORTON, PIERRE, POPE, PYLANT, REYNOLDS,
RICHARD, SCHEXNAYDER, SCHRODER, SMITH, STAGNI, STEFANSKI,
THIBAUT, THOMAS, WHITE, AND ZERINGUE AND SENATOR BISHOP
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 29:27.1, relative to parking for disabled veterans; to provide free parking for
3 disabled veterans at airports; to establish identification requirements; to provide for
4 the duration of time the veteran may park for free; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 29:27.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง27.1. Airport parking exemption for disabled veterans
8 A. All air carrier airports shall provide free airport parking for a disabled
9 veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers if the disabled veteran provides proof
10 of his disability in the form of a military honor license plate as provided for in R.S.
11 47:490.4 and 490.31 or a disabled veteran identification card issued by the United
12 States Department of Veterans Affairs.
13 B. A disabled veteran authorized to park for free at an airport pursuant to this
14 Section shall be prohibited from parking for a period exceeding ten days. An air
15 carrier airport may charge a disabled veteran the customary parking fee for each day
16 he is parked at the airport that exceeds ten days.
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1 C. Each individual air carrier airport may determine its own procedures for
2 validating parking vouchers or reimbursing a parking fee as provided in this Section.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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