GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 669 2018 Regular Session Marcelle
(KEYWORD, SUMMARY, AND DIGEST as amended by Senate committee
amendments)
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides for a hold on the renewal of an operator's
license under certain circumstances.
DIGEST
Present law requires that the magistrate or judge of the court exercising jurisdiction
immediately forward to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections notice of failure to appear
with information necessary for identification of the arrested person, which automatically
results in the suspension of an operator's license.
Proposed law retains present law but changes the forwarding requirement from the magistrate
or judge to the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections of the notice of failure to appear from
mandatory to permissive.
(Amends R.S. 32:57.1(A); adds R.S. 32:57.1(D))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary C to the
reengrossed bill
1. Delete provision of proposed law prohibiting the imposition of a fee for a
hold on the renewal of an operator's license.
2. Make hold on renewal of the operator's license discretionary with the judge
or magistrate under certain circumstances.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal
Affairs to the reengrossed bill
1. Changes the forwarding requirement from the magistrate or judge to the
Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections of the notice of failure to appear from
mandatory to permissive.
2. Delete provision of proposed law requiring that the department immediately
notify the arrested person of the suspension of his operator's license and the
imposition of a $50 fee, regardless of the disposition of the original charge.
3. Delete provision of proposed law requiring the department to immediately
notify the arrested person of the hold on renewal of his operator's license.
4. Delete provision of proposed law requiring the Dept. of Public Safety and
Corrections, public safety services, to promulgate rules and regulations as are
necessary to implement the provisions of present law and proposed law.
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Prepared by James Benton.