RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 286 (SB 17) 2017 Regular Session Gatti
Prior law required 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".
Prior law required 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.
New law retains prior law and requires driver education and prelicensing training courses to
include course content relative to appropriate driver conduct when stopped by a law
enforcement officer.
Prior law required individuals, as part of the application procedure to obtain a license to
operate a motor vehicle, to pass a road knowledge test which includes rules of the road,
signs, and signals, sharing the road with motorcycles and tractor/trailer trucks, economic
effects of littering, distracted driving, trailer safety, and not less than two questions relative
to railroad and highway grade crossing safety, and knowledge of all relevant traffic
regulations.
New law retains prior law and adds requirement that the road knowledge test include
knowledge of appropriate driver conduct when stopped by a law enforcement officer.
Effective January 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 32:402.1(A)(1)(a) and (2)(b), 407(A)(2)(a), and 408(A)(1))