ENROLLEDSCAHB846 4379 2333 SENATE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works to Reengrossed House Bill No.

846 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative BAYHAMBayham ANDAMENDMENT MANDIENO. LANDRY AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

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to prohibit the application of coverings, films, substances, or devices over or on a license plate that impedes the visibility of the license plate;

to define the term "obscure";

to establish penalties for violations;

to provide for an effective date;

and to provide for related matters.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:

Section 1.

R.S.

32:53(A)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§53.

Proper equipment required on vehicles;

displayof plate A.

* * * (3)(a) Every permanent registration license plate shall at all times be securely fastened to the vehicle to which it is assigned, so as to prevent the plate from swinging, and at a height not less than twelve inches from the ground, measuringfromthebottomofsuchplate,inaplaceandpositiontobeclearlyvisible, and shall be maintained free from foreign materials and in a condition to be clearly legible.

Unless authorized by the commissioner, a person shall not apply a any covering, film, electrochromatic film, coating, spray, frame, bracket, or any substance to , electronic or nonelectronic device, or any material over or on the license plate or use an electronicdevice or electrochromaticfilm that obscures from Page 1 of 2 CODING:

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HB NO.

846 ENROLLED any angle the numbers, characters, year registration sticker, or name of the jurisdiction issuing the plate.

(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, "obscure" shall refer to any action or method that diminishes the visibility, legibility, or reflectivity of any numbers, characters, decals, stickers, symbols, or jurisdictional identifiers on a license plate.

(c) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions contained in R.S.

32:57, any person who violates the provisions provided for in this Paragraph shall incur a fine nottoexceedseventy-fivedollarsforthefirstoffenseandafineoftwohundredfifty dollars for a second and anysubsequent offense.

* * * Section 2.

This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2027.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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