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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 534
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN
MTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to the booting of motor vehicles parked
on private property
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1741(I), relative to the booting of motor vehicles parked on
3 private property; to remove the prohibition on a parking facility company, valet
4 company, or general manager from having an ownership interest in a business
5 engaged in booting vehicles on private property or from accepting a rebate or other
6 compensation from a booting company; to clarify that the monetary prohibition
7 applies solely to the owner of the parking facility; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 32:1741(I) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1741. Immobilization of motor vehicles by booting; private property; legislative
11 findings
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13 I. A parking facility operation company, valet company, or a general
14 manager of a parking facility may not have a direct or indirect monetary or
15 ownership interest in a business engaged in booting motor vehicles on private
16 property which, for compensation, boots unauthorized vehicles in a parking facility.
17 A parking facility operating company, valet company, or general manager of a
18 parking facility in which vehicles are booted may not accept any rebate,
19 compensation, or other valuable consideration, directly or indirectly, from the owner
20 or operator of a business engaged in booting motor vehicles on private property in
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HB NO. 534
1 connection with the booting of vehicles, other than the collected unpaid parking fees.
2 An owner of a parking facility shall not receive any compensation, including any
3 rebate or other valuable consideration in connection with the immobilization of
4 motor vehicles by booting on private property other than unpaid parking fees.
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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 534 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Freeman
Abstract: Removes the prohibition against a parking facility operation company, valet
company, or a general manager of a parking facility having a monetary or ownership
interest in a business engaged in booting motor vehicles for compensation and from
receiving any rebate, compensation, or other valuable consideration with the
exception of unpaid parking fees on private property. Specifies that the monetary
prohibition applies solely to the owner of the parking facility.
Present law prohibits a parking facility operation company, valet company, or a general
manager of a parking facility from having a direct or indirect monetary or ownership interest
in a business engaged in booting motor vehicles on private property for compensation of
unauthorized vehicles in a parking facility.
Proposed law removes present law.
Present law prohibits a parking facility operation company, valet company, or a general
manager of a parking facility from accepting, directly or indirectly, any rebate,
compensation, or other valuable consideration from the owner or operator of a business
engaged in booting motor vehicles on private property other than the collection of unpaid
parking fees.
Proposed law removes present law and solely prohibits the owner of the parking facility
from receiving any compensation, including any rebate or other consideration in connection
with booting a vehicle on private property other than unpaid parking fees.
(Amends R.S. 32:1741(I))
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