HLS 24RS-211 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
CRIME: Provides relative to the crime of solicitation on certain highways and streets
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 14:97.1(A) and to enact R.S. 14:97.1(C), relative to solicitation
3 on certain highways and streets; to provide relative to the elements of the offense;
4 to provide for a definition; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 14:97.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 14:97.1(C) is
8hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง97.1. Solicitation or offering on an interstate highway or a public street
10 A. Solicitation or offering on an interstate highway or a public street is the
11 intentional act of soliciting, begging, panhandling, offering or otherwise requesting
12 anything of value on any public street, interstate highway, or on any entrance or exit
13 ramp of an interstate highway.
14 * * *
15 C. For the purposes of this Section, "anything of value" means cash,
16 currency, coin, or any other financial instrument.
17 Section 2. The legislature finds that the safety and welfare of both motorists and
18pedestrians within this state may all be well served by implementation of this Act.
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are additions. HLS 24RS-211 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 97
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 97 Original 2024 Regular Session McMakin
Abstract: Provides relative to the elements of solicitation on interstate highways and public
streets.
Present law provides that the crime of solicitation on an interstate highway is the intentional
act of soliciting, begging, panhandling or otherwise requesting anything of value on any
interstate highway or on any entrance or exit ramp of an interstate highway.
Proposed law prohibits offering anything of value as an alternative element of this present
law crime. Further prohibits the commission of this offense on a public street.
Proposed law provides for a definition of "anything of value".
Proposed law provides that the legislature finds that the safety and welfare of both motorists
and pedestrians within La. may all be well served by implementation of proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 14:97.1(A); Adds R.S. 14:97.1(C))
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