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ACT No. 704
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 534
BY REPRESENTATIVE FREEMAN
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
8 Be 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
21 connection with the booting of vehicles, other than the collected unpaid parking fees.
22 The ownership entity of the parking facility shall not receive any compensation,
23 including any rebate or other valuable consideration, in connection with the
24 immobilization of motor vehicles by booting on private property, other than unpaid
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1 parking fees. Any unpaid parking fees assessed pursuant to this Section shall not
2 be in any amount greater than the amount actually incurred for parking in the parking
3 facility.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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