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ACT No. 678
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVE MCMAKIN
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. The legislature finds that the practices of solicitation and offering or
8 donating to persons on public roadways or rights-of-way and interstate highways creates an
9 unsafe situation for the well-being of both pedestrians and motorists within this state and all
10 will be well served by implementation of this Act.
11 Section 2. R.S. 14:97.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 14:97.1(C) is
12 hereby enacted to read as follows:
13 ยง97.1. Solicitation on an interstate highway or in a public right-of-way
14 A. Solicitation on an interstate highway or in a public right-of-way is the
15 intentional act of soliciting, begging, panhandling, or otherwise requesting anything
16 of value on any interstate highway, public right-of-way, or any entrance or exit ramp
17 of an interstate highway.
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1 C. For the purposes of this Section, "anything of value" means cash,
2 currency, coin, or any other financial instrument given to a person not exempted by
3 R.S. 32:218.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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