HLS 24RS-286 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 140
BY REPRESENTATIVE HORTON
AIRCRAFT/AIRPORTS: Provides relative to proof of disability requirements for an airport
parking exemption for disabled veterans
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 29:27.1(A), relative to parking for disabled veterans; to clarify
3 proof of disability requirements for honoring free airport parking for disabled
4 veterans; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 29:27.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง27.1. Airport parking exemption for certain disabled veterans
8 A. All air carrier airports shall provide free airport parking for a disabled
9 veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers if the disabled veteran provides proof
10 of his service-connected disability of fifty percent or more in the form of a military
11 honor license plate as provided for in R.S. 47:490.4 and 490.31, or a disabled veteran
12 identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or a
13 completed certificate from the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs certifying
14 that the disabled veteran has a service-connected disability of fifty percent or more,
15 as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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are additions. HLS 24RS-286 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 140
DIGEST
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part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 140 Original 2024 Regular Session Horton
Abstract: Adds disabled veteran identification cards to the proof of disability requirements
for air carrier airports to provide free parking to disabled veterans.
Present law provides free parking for a disabled veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers
at any air carrier airport if the veteran provides proof of his disability in the form of a
military honor license plate or a completed certificate from the La. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
certifying that the disabled veteran has a service-connected disability of 50% or more, as
determined by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
Present law specifies that free parking at air carrier airports is authorized for any disabled
veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers at any air carrier airport.
Present law specifies that if the disabled veteran provides proof of his service-connected
disability in the form of a military honor license plate or a completed certificate from the La.
Dept. of Veterans Affairs certifying that the disabled veteran has a service-connected
disability, as determined by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, he may avail himself of free
airport parking.
Proposed law adds a disabled veteran identification card issued by the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs as an acceptable form of proof of disability for purposes of present law.
(Amends R.S. 29:27.1(A))
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