HLS 17RS-237 REENGROSSED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 388
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MOTOR VEHICLES: Requires the Used Motor Vehicle Commission to report information
collected by salvage pools or salvage disposal sales
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:808(C), relative to reporting requirements imposed on the Louisiana Used
3 Motor Vehicle Commission; to require reporting of certain information regarding
4 salvage pools or salvage disposal sales; to authorize the sharing of information; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:808(C) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง808. Salvage pools; record keepers; reporting; information sharing
9 * * *
10 C.(1) For each transaction fee collected pursuant to Subsection B of this
11 Section, the commission shall report monthly by electronic mail or any other
12 reasonable manner to the Department of Revenue all of the register information kept
13 by the salvage pool or salvage disposal sale as required pursuant to Subsection A of
14 this Section.
15 (2) The Department of Revenue, in the discretion of its secretary, is
16 authorized to share with or furnish to the commission any information either
17 collected or retained in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
18 (3) The commission shall promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to
19 implement and enforce the provisions of this Section no later than January 1, 2018.
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are additions. HLS 17RS-237 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 388
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 388 Reengrossed 2017 Regular Session Carmody
Abstract: Requires the La. Used Motor Vehicle Commission to report certain information
collected from salvage pools and salvage disposal sales transactions.
Present law declares, "In the event a bid card is not required in order to purchase a vehicle,
a transaction fee of five dollars shall be collected and remitted monthly, electronically or
otherwise, and transmitted to the commission by the owner or operator of the salvage pool
in connection with the sale of each vehicle" (R.S. 32:808(B)).
Proposed law requires the La. Used Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to report
monthly to the Dept. of Revenue (dept.) certain information for each transaction fee
collected pursuant to present law.
Proposed law requires the information to include a register of all sales of motor vehicles for
three years from the date of sale, showing the make, model, year, body style, vehicle
identification number, odometer reading, and the name and address of the seller and buyer.
Salvage pools and salvage disposal sales are required to keep this information pursuant to
present law (R.S. 32:808(A)).
Proposed law authorizes the dept., in the discretion of its secretary, to share with or furnish
to the commission any information either collected or retained in accordance with the
provisions of proposed law.
Proposed law requires the commission to promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to
implement and enforce the provisions of proposed law no later than Jan. 1, 2018.
(Adds R.S. 32:808(C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Remove a reference to the office of motor vehicles from proposed law as an
entity to receive the commission's monthly report.
3. Authorize the dept., in the discretion of its secretary, to share with or furnish to
the commission any information either collected or retained in accordance with
the provisions of proposed law.
4. Require the commission to promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to
implement and enforce the provisions of proposed law no later than Jan. 1, 2018.
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