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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 309
BY SENATOR BARROW
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE. Revises the lapse time with automobile insurance before
persons can be penalized for failure to maintain security on a vehicle to 15 days. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a), relative to automobile insurance; to increase
3 the lapse time before a person may be penalized for not having the required security
4 on a vehicle; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง863. Sanctions for false declaration; reinstatement fees; revocation of registration;
8 review
9 A.(1) * * *
10 (3)(a) Sanctions for a violation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be
11 imposed until proof of required liability security is provided to the secretary and all
12 reinstatement fees are paid. Sanctions for a violation of Paragraph (2) of this
13 Subsection shall be imposed for a period of not less than twelve months nor more
14 than eighteen months. However, in no event shall these sanctions be removed until
15 such time as proof of the required security is provided to the secretary along with all
16 appropriate fees required by law, including a reinstatement fee of one hundred
17 dollars per violation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection if the vehicle was not
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1 covered by the required security for a period of one to thirty days, two hundred fifty
2 dollars if the vehicle was not covered by required security for a period of thirty-one
3 to ninety days, and five hundred dollars if the vehicle was not covered by required
4 security for a period in excess of ninety days. No reinstatement fee shall be imposed
5 by the secretary if the vehicle was not covered by required security for a period of
6 ten fifteen days or less and the insured surrenders the vehicle's license plate to the
7 secretary within ten fifteen days. The reinstatement fees for violations of Paragraph
8 (2) of this Subsection shall be as follows: two hundred fifty dollars for a first
9 violation, five hundred dollars for a second violation, and one thousand dollars for
10 a third or subsequent violation. The reinstatement fee shall not be owed for an
11 alleged violation of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection when proof of the required
12 security is provided to the secretary within sixty days of the date of the notice. If at
13 the time of reinstatement, a person has multiple violations and is within sixty days
14 of the notice, the total amount of fees to be paid shall not exceed eight hundred fifty
15 dollars, for violations of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, one thousand seventy-five
16 dollars for violations of Paragraph (2) of this Subsection. At no time shall the total
17 amount of fees, including administrative fees, exceed two hundred fifty dollars for
18 persons sixty-five years or older. After sixty days of the date of the notice, all fees
19 shall be considered final delinquent debt and therefore owed, and the eight hundred
20 fifty dollar limit for persons under sixty-five years shall no longer apply.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 309 Original 2020 Regular Session Barrow
Present law requires the office of motor vehicles to impose reinstatement fees when a person
allows a vehicle's automobile insurance to lapse or makes a false declaration of insurance.
Present law provides that no reinstatement fee shall be imposed if the vehicle was not
covered by required automobile insurance for a period of 10 days or less and the insured
surrenders the vehicle's license plate within 10 days.
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Proposed law retains present law and increases the time period from 10 to 15 days.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a))
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