HLS 24RS-964 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 689
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILEY
MTR VEHICLE/RADAR DEVICE: Provides relative to speed camera citations
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:45(B)(3), relative to required notification of mobile speed cameras; to
3 prohibit the issuance of citations; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 32:45(B)(3) is enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง45. Required notification for mobile speed camera
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8 B.
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10 (3) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no citation may be
11 issued to any driver of a motor vehicle whose image is collected by a camera if there
12 are no posted signs indicating a mobile speed camera is present.
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 689 Original 2024 Regular Session Wiley
Abstract: Prohibits the issuance of citations for speed cameras if there is no posted signage
indicating a speed camera is present.
Present law requires local municipal authorities or local parishes to post signs indicating a
speed camera is present no less than 250 feet and no more than 500 feet of the location of
each mobile speed camera. Specifies that speed camera must be clearly visible and comply
with present law.
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are additions. HLS 24RS-964 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 689
Present law specifies that failure to comply with the regulations will prohibit the use of any
photographic or video image collected by the speed camera to impose or collect any civil or
criminal penalty.
Proposed law requires signs be posted indicating that a mobile speed camera is present in
order to issue a citation to any driver of a motor vehicle whose image is collected.
(Adds R.S. 32:45(B)(3))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.