RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 155 (HB 215) 2023 Regular Session Echols
Existing law authorizes the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to accept credit cards,
charge cards, or debit cards for the payment of fees, fines, taxes, penalties, and interest.
Further authorizes the department to determine which specific programs or offices or
locations will accept credit cards, charge cards, or debit cards as payment.
New law requires the office of motor vehicles within the department to accept credit cards,
charge cards, and debit cards as a method of payment for fees, fines, taxes, penalties, and
interest, along with all other payment methods currently used.
New law provides, however, that the office of motor vehicles is not required to accept credit
cards, charge cards, and debit cards for the International Registration Plan authorized in
existing law (R.S. 47:511(B)).
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 40:1322(D))