HLS 18RS-2062 ENGROSSED
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 854
BY REPRESENTATIVE HORTON
AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Provides relative to free parking for disabled veterans at airports
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 29:27.1(A), relative to parking for disabled veterans; to provide
3 free parking for all service-connected disabled veterans at air carrier airports; to
4 clarify identification requirements for honoring free airport parking; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 29:27.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง27.1. Airport parking exemption for disabled veterans
9 A. All air carrier airports shall provide free airport parking for a any disabled
10 veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers if the disabled veteran provides proof
11 of his service-connected disability in the form of a military honor license plate as
12 provided for in R.S. 47:490.4 and 490.31 or a disabled veteran identification card
13 issued completed certificate from the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs
14 certifying that the disabled veteran has a service-connected disability, as determined
15 by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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HB NO. 854
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HB 854 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Horton
Abstract: Modifies the proof of disability requirements for air carrier airports to provide
free parking to disabled veterans.
Present law provides free parking for a disabled veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers
at any air carrier airport if the veteran provides proof of his disability in the form of a
military honor license plate or a disabled veteran identification card.
Proposed law specifies that free parking at air carrier airports is authorized for any disabled
veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers at any air carrier airport if the veteran provides
proof of his service-connected disability in the form of a military honor license plate or a
completed certificate from the La. Dept. of Veterans Affairs certifying that the disabled
veteran has a service-connected disability, as determined by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans
Affairs.
(Amends R.S. 29:27.1(A))
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