HLS 23RS-2432 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 654 (Substitute for House Bill No. 530 by Representative
McKnight)
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCKNIGHT
STATE AGENCIES: Provides for the collection of fees associated with facilitating an
electronic signature or authorization
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 49:316.2, relative to state agencies; to provide relative to electronic payments;
3 to provide relative to fees associated with electronic signatures; to provide for the
4 authorization of the collection of fees by the state; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 49:316.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง316.2. Payments for electronic signatures; authorizations; fees
8 A. The state, through any department, agency, board, commission, or other state
9entity hereinafter referred to as "state entity" may charge a fee for use of an electronic
10signature in connection with official documents. The state may accept payment for use of
11an electronic signature by credit cards, debit cards, and any other form of electronic
12payments approved by the treasurer as provided in R.S. 49:316.1.
13 B. The fee charged by the state for the use of an electronic signature pursuant to this
14Section shall be a convenience fee paid directly to the state entity. The amount of the
15convenience fee, after review and recommendation by the treasurer, shall be approved by
16the Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and the House Committee on Ways
17and Means. In addition, the amount of the convenience fee shall be disclosed to the
18signatory before the transaction is completed, and the signatory shall be given the option of
19proceeding without the electronic signature at that time.
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are additions. HLS 23RS-2432 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 654
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 654 Original 2023 Regular Session McKnight
Abstract: Provides for a convenience fee for use of an electronic signature.
Proposed law allows a state entity to charge an optional convenience fee for use of an
electronic signature in connection with official documents. Provides for the payment of the
convenience fee by credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment approved pursuant
to present law (R.S. 49:316.1). Provides for the convenience fee to be approved by the
Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and the House Committee on Ways and
Means.
(Adds R.S. 49:316.2)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.