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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 384 2024 Regular Session Knox
MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Extends the grace period applicable to penalties for lapse
of compulsory motor vehicle liability security
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Makes a technical change.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
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.
Present law imposes reinstatement fees for violations in present law as follows: $250 for the
first violation, $500 for a second violation, and $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation.
Specifies that a reinstatement fee not be owed for a violation when proof of the required
security is provided to the secretary within 60 days of the date of the notice. Further specifies
that persons having multiple violations within 60 days of notice that the total amount of fees
may not exceed $850 for violations or $1,075 for certain violations in present law.
Present law specifies that the total fees for violations inclusive of administrative fees, not
exceed $250 for persons 65 or older. Requires that after 60 days of the date of notice, all fees
be considered delinquent debt, and the $850 limit for persons under 65 no longer applies.
Proposed law retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a))
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