RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 256 (SB 124) 2023 Regular Session Kleinpeter
Existing law (La. Highway Regulatory Act) provides, among other things, that the license
plate assigned to a trailer, semitrailer, motorcycle, or other motor vehicle must be attached
to the rear of the vehicle at all times.
New law retains existing law.
Existing law provides that the first violation of existing law (La. Highway Regulatory Act)
or any regulation made pursuant to existing law will be punished by a fine up to $175 or
imprisonment up to 30 days, or both. Existing law further provides that a subsequent
violation will be punished by a fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to 90 days, or both.
New law provides that if the violation of existing law requiring the license plate be attached
to the vehicle is committed in preparation to commit or during the commission of a felony
in order to escape detection, the violator is to be punished by an additional fine of $200, or
an additional imprisonment of 30 days, or both. New law further permits law enforcement
to impound the vehicle at the time of the violation of existing law.
New law otherwise retains existing law.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 32:57(A))