HLS 19RS-549 ENGROSSED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 350
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARPENTER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MTR VEHICLE/DRIVER LIC: Provides relative to the surety bond required for third-party
testers administering driving skills tests for Class "A", "B", or "C" driver's licenses
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:408.1(A)(3), relative to surety bond requirements for third-
3 party test providers; to provide for an increase in the surety bond requirement for
4 third-parties administering driving skills tests for Class "A", "B", or "C" driver's
5 licenses; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:408.1(A)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง408.1. Third-party testing; proof of testing
9 A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services,
10 may contract with or license another state, an employer, a private driver training
11 facility, driver education course provider, or other private institution, or a
12 department, agency, or instrumentality of a local government to administer the skills
13 tests as specified herein if all of the following conditions are met:
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15 (3) The third party has a contract or license with the department to
16 administer skills tests for Class "A", "B", or "C" driver's licenses which, at minimum,
17 complies with 49 CFR 383.75. In addition, the third-party tester must initiate and
18 maintain a surety bond in the amount of ten forty thousand dollars.
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are additions. HLS 19RS-549 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 350
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 350 Engrossed 2019 Regular Session Carpenter
Abstract: Increases the surety bond requirement for third-parties who administer driving
skills tests for Class "A", "B", or "C" driver's licenses.
Present law requires third-party testers administering driving skills tests for Class "A", "B",
or "C" driver's licenses maintain a surety bond in the amount of $10,000.
Proposed law increases the surety bond amount in the present law requirement from $10,000
to $40,000.
(Amends R.S. 32:408.1(A)(3))
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