Louisiana 2024 2024 Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB379 Comm Sub / Analysis

                    The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 379 Original	2024 Regular Session	Miguez
Present law declares the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge as a highway safety corridor and provides that a
person operating a motor vehicle that violates the provisions of present law while on the Atchafalaya
Basin Bridge shall be fined two times the standard fine imposed.
Proposed law repeals present law. 
Present law requires the Department of Transportation and Development to install camera safety
devices, establish a process for identification of motor vehicles traveling in excess of the posted
speed limit and issuance of warnings and citations, and to adopt policies and procedures for the
issuance of citations and the collection of fines.
Proposed law repeals present law. 
Present law creates in the state treasury a special fund and provides that any monies collected as fines
be deposited into the fund. 
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Repeals R.S. 32:57(J) and 268)