HLS 22RS-69 ORIGINAL
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 627
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRYANT
CRIME: Provides relative to the penalties for the crime of unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 14:68.4(B), relative to the crime of unauthorized use of a motor
3 vehicle; to provide relative to criminal penalties; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 14:68.4(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง68.4. Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
7 * * *
8 B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
9 Upon a first conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand
10 dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years, or
11 both.
12 (2) Upon a second conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or
13 without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than ten
14 thousand dollars, or both.
15 (3) Upon a third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned
16 at hard labor for not more than twenty years, or may be fined not more than fifty
17 thousand dollars, or both.
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HB NO. 627
DIGEST
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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 627 Original 2022 Regular Session Bryant
Abstract: Enhances the penalties for the crime of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Present law provides that unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is the intentional taking or use
of a motor vehicle which belongs to another without the intent to permanently deprive the
other of the motor vehicle permanently.
Present law provides that an offender shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned with
or without hard labor for not more than two years, or both.
Proposed law amends present law to enhance the penalties as follows:
(1)First conviction, a fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment with or without hard
labor for not more than two years, or both.
(2)Second conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for
not more than 10 years, or may be fined not more than $10,000, or both.
(3) Third or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not
more than 20 years, or may be fined not more than $50,000, or both.
(Amends R.S. 14:68.4(B))
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