This amendment raises the maximum fee local governments can charge for motor vehicle services to $8 everywhere in Louisiana and removes special higher limits that only certain cities and parishes previously had.
Louisiana2026Enacted
HB593
HB593: Changes to Motor Vehicle Field Office Fees
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This law raises the maximum fee local governments can charge for motor vehicle services at field offices that are not fully paid for by the state.
What it does
- Increases the standard maximum service and transaction fee from $4.50 to $8 per visit statewide.
- Removes special rules that allowed certain parishes to set their own different maximum fees, except where new specific limits are created.
- Sets a specific limit of up to $6 for field offices in Orleans, Jefferson, and Calcasieu Parishes.
- Allows the city of West Monroe to charge up to $8 per service or transaction.
- Requires that all collected fees be used only to pay for office costs like rent, utilities, and maintenance.
Who it affects
- Local governments operating motor vehicle field offices not fully funded by the state
- Residents who use services at these local field offices
Limits and unknowns
- This law does not apply to fees for buying or renewing a car registration license.
- The new rules take effect on August 1, 2026.
- Local governments must pass a resolution before they can charge these specific fees.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Governing authority
- The group or officials in charge of a local government area.
- Field office
- A local branch location where people can get motor vehicle services instead of going to the main state building.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Increases the maximum service and transaction fee a governing authority may assess to fund an office of motor vehicles field office not fully funded by the state (EN +$1,540,000 LF RV See Note)
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 948 without the Governor's signature.H
- Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
- Signed by the President of the Senate.S
- Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
- Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.H
- Called from the calendar.H
- Read by title, returned to the calendar.H
- Scheduled for concurrence on 05/27/2026.H
- Received from the Senate with amendments.H
- Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
- Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
- Reported favorably.S
- Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.S
- Senate Committee amendments read and adopted.S
- Reported with amendments.S
- Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.S
- Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.S
- Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 83, nays 6. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
Changes
Amendments
6 stored
Filed 5
This amendment stops the new fee rules created by House Bill 593 from applying to motor vehicle offices located in Shreveport, Louisiana.
This amendment records that the House of Representatives voted to agree with changes made by the Senate to a bill about motor vehicle office fees.
This amendment stops a new fee from being charged at motor vehicle offices located in Shreveport.
This amendment stops a specific fee from being charged at motor vehicle offices located in Shreveport.