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ACT No. 714
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 669
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:57.1(A), relative to the status of an operator's license after
3 failing to appear in court; to provide discretion for a magistrate or judge to issue a
4 suspension on the renewal of an operator's license; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:57.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง57.1. Failure to honor written promise to appear; penalty; disposition of fines
8 A. Whenever an arrested person who was released on his written promise to
9 appear before a magistrate at the place and time specified in a summons described
10 in R.S. 32:391(B) fails to honor his written promise to appear, the magistrate or
11 judge of the court exercising jurisdiction shall may immediately forward to the
12 Department of Public Safety and Corrections notice of the failure to appear, with
13 information necessary for identification of the arrested person. Thereupon, unless the
14 original charges have been disposed of, the Department of Public Safety and
15 Corrections shall immediately notify the arrested person of suspension of his
16 operator's license and the imposition of a fifty-dollar fee, regardless of the
17 disposition of the original charge. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections
18 likewise shall inform the arrested person that his operator's license cannot be
19 renewed or reissued until the forwarding court exercising jurisdiction certifies that
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1 he had honored the appearance promise or paid an appropriate fine for the offense
2 as determined by the forwarding court exercising jurisdiction.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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