HLS 24RS-56 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 384
BY REPRESENTATIVE KNOX
MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to the imposition of penalties for the
lapse of insurance coverage
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a), relative to the lapse of motor vehicle insurance
3 coverage; to provide with respect to reinstatement fees for lapse of insurance
4 coverage; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง863. Sanctions for false declaration; reinstatement fees; revocation of registration;
8 review
9 A.
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11 (3)(a) Sanctions for a violation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall be
12 imposed until proof of required liability security is provided to the secretary and all
13 reinstatement fees are paid. Sanctions for a violation of Paragraph (2) of this
14 Subsection shall be imposed for a period of not less than twelve months nor more
15 than eighteen months. However, in no event shall these sanctions be removed until
16 such time as proof of the required security is provided to the secretary along with all
17 appropriate fees required by law, including a reinstatement fee of one hundred
18 dollars per violation of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection if the vehicle was not
19 covered by the required security for a period of one to thirty days, two hundred fifty
20 dollars if the vehicle was not covered by required security for a period of thirty-one
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1 to ninety days, and five hundred dollars if the vehicle was not covered by required
2 security for a period in excess of ninety days. No reinstatement fee shall be imposed
3 by the secretary if the vehicle was not covered by required security for a period of
4 ten days or less and the insured surrenders the vehicle's license plate to the secretary
5 within ten days or if the violation is the insured's first violation pursuant to Paragraph
6 (1) of this Subsection and the lapse of insurance coverage was for five ten days or
7 less, provided immediate notice of the cancellation is given within one to five days
8 before issuing the violation.
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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 384 Original 2024 Regular Session Knox
Abstract: Provides with respect to the imposition of penalties for lapse of insurance
coverage.
Present law prohibits the imposition of reinstatement fees for lapse of insurance coverage
for a period of five days or less, if the violation is the insured's first.
Proposed law extends the period prohibiting the imposition of reinstatement fees for the
lapse of insurance coverage in present law from five days or less to 10 days or less.
(Amends R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a))
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