ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 76
BY REPRESENTATIVE LYONS
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To authorize and request the Louisiana Department of Insurance to work with insurers and
commercial freight companies in developing and implementing a good driver
discount program for drivers with newly issued commercial driver's licenses.
WHEREAS, commercial trucking is the lifeblood of the United States economy and
moves nearly seventy-one percent of all domestic freight shipments; and
WHEREAS, in 2015 those goods totaled approximately one hundred seventy-six
million metric tons and were worth about seven hundred billion dollars; and
WHEREAS, both the value and tonnage of the trucking freight are expected to only
increase; and
WHEREAS, insurance premiums for long-haul and trucking companies have doubled
from between six thousand and seven thousand dollars in 2010, to between twelve thousand
and fourteen thousand dollars today; and
WHEREAS, these increased premiums are the largest single increases in operating
costs for trucking companies; and
WHEREAS, there is a shortage of commercial truck drivers by more than fifty
thousand drivers, and it is estimated that this shortage could be three times higher within the
next eight years; and
WHEREAS, the high insurance premiums are unaffordable for independent
commercial truck drivers which prevents them from being able to accept independent jobs;
and
WHEREAS, the high insurance premiums are unaffordable for trucking companies
which prevents them from being able to hire truck drivers with newly issued commercial
driver's licenses.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
authorize and request the Louisiana Department of Insurance to work with commercial
trucking insurers and commercial freight companies to develop and implement a program
that provides a good driver discount to truck drivers with newly issued commercial driver's
licenses.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Insurance and insurers study
and address all of the following:
(1) The use of a monitoring device in the vehicle to collect data on the driver's
driving habits for transmittal back to the insurance company.
(2) The use of an evaluation form compiled by the insurer that includes a checklist
of practices and procedures that the truck drivers and trucking companies must follow to
participate in the good driver discount program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
commissioner of the Department of Insurance.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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