HLS 18RS-2070 ENGROSSED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 832
BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR
MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides relative to requirements for escort vehicles
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:387.1(B)(1) and (2)(b), relative to escort vehicles; to modify
3 requirements for the registration of escort vehicles to require proof of commercial
4 liability insurance and commercial motor vehicle insurance; and to provide for
5 related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:387.1(B)(1) and (2)(b) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
8as follows:
9 ยง387.1. Escort vehicles; permit to operate required
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11 B.(1) Each company which operates an escort service in this state and which
12 is domiciled in another state shall register annually with the secretary in accordance
13 with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary. The oversight review of the
14 rules and regulations adopted under pursuant to this Section shall be conducted by
15 the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
16 The secretary shall establish a permit fee sufficient to cover the costs of the service.
17 The fee shall not be less than ten dollars.
18 (2) Each application for registration shall be accompanied by each of the
19 following:
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1 (b) Proof that each vehicle operated in this state by the applicant is insured
2 in the same amount as is required for escort companies which are domiciled in this
3 state of commercial liability insurance and commercial motor vehicle insurance, each
4 providing for a minimum of five hundred thousand dollars in coverage.
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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 832 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Gisclair
Abstract: Clarifies that proof of commercial liability insurance and commercial motor
vehicle insurance is required for the registration of escort vehicles.
Present law requires each company that operates an escort service in this state and is
domiciled in this state register annually with the secretary.
Proposed law removes the specification of applicability to those escort companies domiciled
in La. and instead makes present law applicable to all escort services operating in La.
Present law requires that each application for registration of an escort vehicle be
accompanied by proof that each vehicle operated in this state by the applicant is insured in
the same amount as is required for escort companies which are domiciled in this state.
Proposed law removes present law and instead requires proof of commercial liability
insurance and commercial motor vehicle insurance, each providing for a minimum of
$500,000 in liability coverage.
(Amends R.S. 32:387.1(B)(1) and (2)(b))
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 technical changes.
2. Clarify that each company that operates an escort service in the state must
register annually with the secretary.
3. Clarify that each application for registration must be accompanied by proof of
commercial liability insurance and commercial motor vehicle insurance, each
providing for a minimum of $500,000 in liability coverage.
4. Remove the federal hours of service requirement for each company that operates
an escort service in this state.
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