ENROLLED
ACT No. 406
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 369
BY REPRESENTATIVES LAFLEUR, ADAMS, BACALA, BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU,
BOYD, BRASS, BROWN, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARPENTER, ROBBY
CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, CORMIER, COUSSAN, COX, DEVILLIER,
EDMONDS, EMERSON, FISHER, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GAINES,
GLOVER, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HORTON, HUGHES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS,
MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, LACOMBE,
LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MCFARLAND, DUSTIN MILLER,
MOORE, NEWELL, CHARLES OWEN, ROBERT OWEN, PHELPS, PIERRE,
ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER, SCHLEGEL, SELDERS,
STAGNI, AND WILLARD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 22:1482(A), (B), and (C)(introductory paragraph) and (1),
3 relative to premium discounts on automobile insurance policies for servicemen of the
4 Louisiana Air National Guard and Louisiana Army National Guard; to provide for
5 premium discounts; to require insurers to provide a premium discount on automobile
6 insurance policies to personnel serving in the Louisiana Air National Guard and
7 Louisiana Army National Guard; and to provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 22:1482(A), (B), and (C)(introductory paragraph) and (1) are hereby
10 amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง1482. Military personnel premium discount; rebates; rating standards and methods
12 A. Beginning on July 1, 2006, and thereafter, every Every motor vehicle
13 insurer authorized to transact business in this state shall provide to active duty
14 military, Louisiana Air National Guard, and Louisiana Army National Guard
15 personnel based in this state a discount of twenty-five percent of the premium on any
16 automobile liability insurance policy purchased in this state to cover motor vehicles
17 owned by such military personnel.
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1 B. Insurers providing the discount authorized by this Section to active duty
2 military, Louisiana Air National Guard, and Louisiana Army National Guard
3 personnel shall be are entitled to a credit that shall be applied toward the premium
4 taxes imposed under R.S. 22:838 and 831 in an amount equal to the discount actually
5 provided. To the extent an insurer's credit authorized in this Section exceeds the
6 insurer's premium tax liability, the amount of credit not used to offset premium taxes
7 due shall be considered overpaid taxes and shall be refundable to the insurer, without
8 interest. Such insurers shall submit to the commissioner of insurance the documents,
9 evidence, and proof required, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted
10 by the commissioner, to establish the discounts actually provided.
11 C. The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules and regulations, in
12 accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of
13 this Section. The rules and regulations shall include and not be limited to the
14 following:
15 (1) Provisions defining and delineating active duty military, Louisiana Air
16 National Guard, and Louisiana Army National Guard personnel who may receive the
17 discount.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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