SLS 23RS-220 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 223
BY SENATOR MORRIS
PUBLIC SFTY/CORRECT DEPT. Increases the transaction fee for processing office of
motor vehicles transactions in the city of West Monroe. (8/1/23)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 32:429(A)(3), relative to fees charged at the office of motor vehicles field
3 offices; to authorize the governing authority of the City of West Monroe to levy a fee
4 for each service or transaction carried out as an operation of the office of motor
5 vehicles field office in the City of West Monroe; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R. S. 32:429(A)(3) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง429. Office of motor vehicles field offices; authorization of fees
10 A.(1) * * *
11 * * *
12 (3) The fee provided for in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection may be
13 levied in an amount not to exceed eight dollars by the local governing authority
14 of the city of West Monroe.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 223
SLS 23RS-220 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
SB 223 Original 2023 Regular Session Morris
Present law authorizes the governing authority of a local governmental subdivision to levy
a fee not to exceed $4.50 for each service or transaction carried out as an operation of an
office of motor vehicles field office that is not fully funded by the state. Requires that the
fee be used solely to defray the cost of operations of that local field office and not be charged
for the procurement or renewal of a motor vehicle registration license.
Present law retains these provisions and provides that the fee levied by the governing
authorities in the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, and Calcasieu not exceed $6.00.
Proposed law authorizes the governing authority of the City of West Monroe to levy the fee
authorized under present law in an amount not to exceed $8.00.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Adds R.S. 32:429(A)(3))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.