Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Mtr vehicle' in Louisiana

Provides relative to certified copies of state identification to be used as documentation in obtaining a duplicate or replacement ID card

Requires parishes and municipalities to provide for the removal of abandoned motor vehicles

Transfers the Motorcycle Safety, Awareness, and Operator Training Program into the Highway Safety Commission (EG +$925,602 SG EX See Note)

Prohibits the use of a wireless telephone or electronic communications device while driving

Provides for the definition of felony

Prohibits owners or operators of vehicles with an approved Medical and Security Exemption Affidavit from placing window tint on an entire windshield of a vehicle

Increases penalties for violations for failure to properly restrain child in motor vehicle (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Requires that an application of a motor vehicle registration and certificate of title include such applicant's full legal name

Provides for the creation of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital prestige license plate (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)

Provides with respect to notary requirements for sale of motor vehicles

Repeals the motorcycle helmet law

Provides relative to violations of the operation of commercial motor vehicles

Provides relative to the requirements for certain classes of commercial driver's licenses

Directs the Department of Public Safety and Corrections not to implement the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Allows Purple Heart law enforcement officers to be eligible to receive the military honor license plate for "Purple Heart" recipients (OR NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Increases the penalty for failure to pay sales and use taxes on certain purchases of off-road vehicles (RE NO IMPACT See Note)

Increases the convenience fees charged by public license tag agents (RE NO IMPACT SG RV See Note)

Increases the amount of time on the remittance of taxes by a motor vehicle dealer (EG NO IMPACT GF RV See Note)

Removes requirement for minimum number of military honor license plate applicants (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

Removes requirement for minimum number of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated prestige plate applicants (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Provides for special permits for the transportation of modular buildings (OR DECREASE SG RV See Note)

Provides relative to the sale of an auto hulk to a scrap metal processor or a licensed automotive dismantler and parts recycler

Requests the House and Senate Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee to study the fee schedule and classification of certain motor vehicles

Requests the House and Senate transportation committees to study the effectiveness of periodic motor vehicle safety inspections and related issues

Requests study of how current law relative to recreational and used motor vehicles can be amended to be more industry specific and how jurisdictional discrepancies between the Louisiana Recreational and Used Motor Vehicle Commission and the Louisiana Motor Vehicle Commission can be resolved

Requests the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to study issues relative to the towing of abandoned vehicles

Requests the House Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to study requiring trucks to avoid using the left lane on certain highways

Urges and requests the office of motor vehicles to inform applicants for issuance and renewal of drivers' licenses of the availability of forms to make declarations concerning life-sustaining procedures

Directs OMV to inform applicants for issuance and renewal of drivers' licenses of the anatomical gift donor and living will designations on the reverse side of the license

Provides a credit against state and local use tax for motor vehicles purchased and titled in another state (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)

Provides relative to the annual registration license schedule for pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, motorcycles, and vans (EG INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Provides that compulsory automobile liability insurance laws apply in private parking lots

Creates the Driver Responsibility Progran (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Provides relative to violations on an individual's official operating record

Provides relative to Louisiana Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Act (EN +$19,850 SG EX See Note)

Provides for the creation of the Ladies Auxiliary, V. F. W. prestige license plate (EN INCREASE SD RV See Note)

Repeals the fees and requirements for obtaining vehicle safety inspection certificates on motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers registered in this state (OR -$14,630,000 SG RV See Note)

Provides with respect to the validity of traffic citations issued by law enforcement officers

Restricts certain trucks to the right lanes on all highways and interstates (OR NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides relative to violations on an individual's official operating record (EN NO IMPACT See Note)

Provides with respect to the application for a medical or security exemption from window tinting regulations

Provides relative to exceptions to the assessment of penalties for certain overweight and over-axle violations (EN INCREASE SG RV See Note)

Provides with respect to qualifications for motor vehicle registration

Provides relative to the creation and issuance of military honor license plates for veterans and military personnel

Authorizes the issuance of temporary permits electronically under certain circumstances

Provides relative to requirement that OMV register certain persons with the federal Selective Service System

Repeals certain provisions relative to issuance of special annual permits for trucks hauling containerized cargo intended for international trade

Authorizes an increase in service and transaction fees that fund the office of motor vehicles field offices (EG +$500,000 LF RV See Note)

Provides with respect to the area of responsibility, mandatory repurchase, and warranty requirements for marine, motorcycle, all-terrain, and recreational vehicle dealers (OR NO IMPACT SG See Note)

Provides relative to registration and licensing of certain farm vehicles (RE DECREASE GF RV See Note)

Prohibits a motor vehicle from passing in a school zone while school in session (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Prohibits use of a cellular telephone by any person while driving public transportation

Prohibits school bus operators from using cell phones while driving

Establishes the "Iraq Campaign Veteran" and "Afghanistan Campaign Veteran" military plates (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Creates the Gold Star Family License Plate

Provides for the return of lien documents on motor vehicles to consumers in certain circumstances

Allows certain repair work on school buses to be performed at a repair shop by a manufacturer or distributor authorized provider which is not a school bus dealer (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)

Changes the design of the Purple Heart plate

Provides for changes to express warranties on new motor vehicles

Repeals an exemption on minimum garage liability insurance coverage on certain used motor vehicle dealers