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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 140
BY REPRESENTATIVES HORTON, CHASSION, KNOX, AND TAYLOR
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), and (B) relative to parking for disabled veterans; to
3 clarify 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) and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7follows:
8 ยง27.1. Airport parking exemption for certain disabled veterans
9 A. All air carrier airports shall provide free airport parking for a disabled
10 veteran, his conveyance, and his passengers if the disabled veteran provides proof
11 of his service-connected disability of fifty percent or more in the form of a military
12 honor license plate as provided for in R.S. 47:490.4 and 490.31, or a disabled veteran
13 identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or a
14 completed certificate from the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs certifying
15 that the disabled veteran has a service-connected disability of fifty percent or more,
16 as determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
17 B. A disabled veteran shall be authorized to park for free at an airport
18 pursuant to this Section shall be prohibited from parking for a period exceeding ten
19 days. An air carrier airport may charge a disabled veteran the customary parking fee
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1 for each day he is parked at the airport that exceeds ten days. upon proof of an airline
2 ticket showing the departure and return date.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 140 Reengrossed 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.
Present law specifies that a disabled veteran authorized to park for free at an airport
pursuant to present law is prohibited from parking for a period exceeding 10 days. Further
specifies an air carrier airport may charge a disabled veteran the customary parking fee for
each day he is parked at the airport that exceeds 10 days.
Proposed law modifies present law by removing the 10 day parking limitation and specifying
that a disabled veteran is authorized to park free at an airport upon proof of an airline ticket
showing the departure and return date.
(Amends R.S. 29:27.1(A) and (B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Specify that a disabled veteran is authorized to park free at an airport upon proof
of an airline ticket showing the departure and return date.
3. Remove a provision that limited a disabled veteran's ability to park to a
maximum of ten days.
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4. Remove the ability of an air carrier airport to charge a disabled veteran the
customary parking fee for each day beyond the ten days.
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