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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 764
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOUIE
TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Provides relative to the issuance of an ex-offender
provisional license
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:415.3(A)(5), relative to the issuance of an ex-offender provisional driver's
3 license; to provide for a definition; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 32:415.3(A)(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง415.3. Ex-offender provisional driver's license
7 A.
8 * * *
9 (5) For the purposes of this Section, a "person who is released from
10 incarceration" includes but is not limited to any individual who is housed in a federal
11 residential reentry management center, also known as a halfway house.
12 * * *
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 764 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Bouie
Abstract: Defines a "person who is released from incarceration " in reference to ex-
offender provisional licenses.
Present law requires the Dept of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, to
issue a provisional class "E" driver's license to a person who is released from incarceration
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after serving a minimum of one year and whose class "E" driver's license will be or is
suspended, revoked, or cancelled for any reason upon his release.
Proposed law specifies that a "person who is released from incarceration" includes, but is
not limited to, an individual who is housed in a federal residential reentry management
center, also known as a halfway house.
(Adds R.S. 32:415.3(A)(5))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Make a technical change.
2. Clarify that a "person who is released from incarceration" includes but is not
limited to an individual who is housed in a halfway house.
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