SLS 20RS-220 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 134
BY SENATOR WOMACK
MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes inclusion of notice on driver's license of health condition
that may impede ability to communicate with a peace officer. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:412(O), relative to motor vehicles; to provide for
3 identification of persons who need accommodation; relative to health conditions that
4 impede communication; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:412 (O) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง412. Amount of fees; credit or refund; duration of license; veteran designation;
8 disabled veteran designation; university logo; "I'm a Cajun"
9 designation; needs accommodation designation; disbursement of
10 funds; renewal by mail or electronic commerce of Class "D" or "E"
11 drivers' licenses; disposition of certain fees; exception
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13 O.(1) Upon request of an applicant for a driver's license who needs
14 accommodation, a designation that the applicant needs accommodation shall be
15 exhibited on the driver's license, upon presentation of a statement from a qualified
16 medical professional licensed in Louisiana or any other state or territory of the
17 United States verifying the medical reason, including any mental, physical, or
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SLS 20RS-220 ORIGINAL
1 developmental disability developmental disability, or any other health condition
2 that may impede the applicant's ability to communicate with a peace officer, the
3 applicant needs accommodation as established by administrative rule. No additional
4 fee shall be charged to include such designation.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Xavier I. Alexander.
DIGEST
SB 134 Original 2020 Regular Session Womack
Present law provides that an applicant for a driver's license who needs accommodation, shall
have a designation that the applicant needs accommodation on the applicant's driver's
license, upon the applicant providing a statement from a qualified medical professional
verifying a medical reason, including any mental, physical, or developmental disability.
Proposed law retains present law and adds any health condition that may impede the
applicant's ability to communicate with a peace officer as a medical reason.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 32:412(O))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.