This amendment changes state rules to allow the Office of Motor Vehicles to choose whether or not to send certain unpaid traffic debts to the Attorney General's office for collection.
Louisiana2026Enacted
HB762
Limits on Sending Motor Vehicle Reinstatement Fees to Collection
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM
In one sentence
This law stops the Office of Motor Vehicles from automatically sending unpaid reinstatement fees to a debt collection agency, allowing them to choose whether or not to send these specific cases.
What it does
- Prohibits the automatic referral of debts for unpaid reinstatement fees (under R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a)) from the Office of Motor Vehicles to the Office of Debt Recovery.
- Allows the Office of Motor Vehicles to decide at its own discretion whether to refer these specific reinstatement fee cases to debt recovery.
- Requires the office to notify people in writing that they have sixty days to pay their final delinquent debts before collection actions start.
- Mandates that all debts must be verified by the Office of Motor Vehicles before being sent for collection.
Who it affects
- The Office of Motor Vehicles
- People who owe unpaid reinstatement fees on their vehicle registration or license
Limits and unknowns
- The law only changes how reinstatement fee debts are handled; other types of motor vehicle debt may still be sent to collection automatically.
- This rule takes effect on August 1, 2026, so it does not apply before that date.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Office of Debt Recovery
- A state agency that collects money owed to the government from people who have not paid.
- Reinstatement fees
- Charges a person must pay to get their driving privileges or vehicle registration back after they were suspended, specifically those under R.S. 32:863(A)(3)(a).
Official record
Sources
Official summary
MTR VEHICLE/OFFICE: Prohibits the Office of Motor Vehicles from referring certain cases to the Office of Debt Recovery
Official activity
Bill history
- Effective date: 08/01/2026.H
- Becomes Act No. 952 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
- Received from the Senate without amendments.H
- Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.S
- Called from the Calendar.S
- Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.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 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 90, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H
- Scheduled for floor debate on 05/07/2026.H
- Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.H
- Reported with amendments (16-0).H
- Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.H
- First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.H
Changes
Amendments
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This amendment changes state rules to allow the Office of Motor Vehicles to choose whether or not to send certain unpaid traffic debts to the Attorney General's office for collection.