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Mobility Impairment in Louisiana: 2001

2001

2001 Act No. 508

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 46:2583(A)(1) and to enact R.S. 40:1742(C), relative to parking spaces reserved for mobility-impaired persons; to clarify the existing provisions of R.S. 40:1742 and R.S. 46:2583; to provide relative to local authority to regulate such parking; and to provide for related matters.

2001 Act No. 626

AN ACT To amend and reenact RS. 47:463.4 (A) (6), (B), (E) (3), (G) (5), and (), to enact RS. 47:463.4(E) (4), and to repeal RS. 47:463.4(A) (7) and (H), relative to mobility-impaired license plates, hang tags, and identification cards; to provide relative to eligibility and renewal; and to provide for related matters.

2001 Act No. 1181

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:2(7), 101(D)(introductory paragraph), 109, 152(C)(2)(b), 157, 193(F), 196(C)(2), 435(A)(1) and (B), 443.2 (introductory paragraph), 521(B)(2), 533(E), 562(A)(2) and (B)(1), (2), and (3)(c), 564(D)(2), 565(B), 571(11), 1259(B)(5), 1300(C)(2), 1307(A)(introductory paragraph) and (5) and (B)(1), 1309(A)(3), (D) and (E)(2) and (3), 1310(A), 1311(D)(3) and (4)(a), 1312(E), 1313(A), 1315(C)(2) and (3), 1351(11), 1353(B) and (C)(4), 1354(B)(5), 1355(6), 1361(A), 1363(A)(introductory paragraph) and (B), 1392, 1399(C)(2) and (D)(2), 1400.1(C)(2), 1400.6(B), 1461(C)(1), and R.S. 24:56(A) and to enact R.S. 18:18(7), 111(C), 173(E), 553(E), 1307(A)(6), (7), and (8) and (F), 1309(A)(4) and (E)(4), 1334(D), 1363(C), (D), and (E), 1400.3(D)(4) and (E)(5) and (6), 1400.4(D)(3), and 1495.7, and to repeal R.S. 18:1363(A)(5) and (6), relative to the election code; to make technical changes to the election code; to provide for the definition of "immediate family"; to change the time frame for a voter to vote in Louisiana after he has changed his residence; to limit the requirement for a registrar of voters to send registration information to an inactive voter; to provide for a voter who has become physically unable to sign his name; to change certain references from custodian of voting machines to the contractor authorized to deliver voting machines; to provide for the delivery of the supplemental list of voters to the precinct; to allow the registrar of voters to use information in obituary notices to remove deceased persons from the voting rolls; to except the presidential preference primary from the requirement for publication of the inactive list of voters; to provide for the registrar to make changes in the voter rolls based upon information in the address confirmation card as the application to vote absentee by mail; to provide for the manner of appointment of watchers; to change the percentage registration for certain political party organizational requirements; to provide with regard to leases of private property for polling places; to provide for identification of voters at the polls and when voting absentee in person; to provide for the delivery of supplemental lists of absentee voters and updates to the precinct registers; to provide for certain election documents to be placed in the registrar of voters envelope; to require the registrar of voters envelope be sealed; to provide for the revision of propositions and questions submitted at an election; to provide for the application to vote absentee by mail; to provide for non-commercial hand delivery of an application to vote absentee by mail; to provide for the address to which a voter may request an absentee ballot be sent; to allow the registrar of voters to use law enforcement officers to maintain order; to require an inactive voter to complete an address confirmation card; to allow voter to have registrar of voters fill in some information on the absentee ballot certificate; to provide for the manner of voting absentee provided by law to be superseded in the event of a change in voting equipment; to require the registrar of voters to contact the commissioner-in-charge at a precinct upon receipt of certain types of absentee ballots on election day; to repeal the requirement to retain certain absentee ballot affidavits; to provide for the appointment of absentee commissioners; to provide for an exception to the prohibition against electioneering at a nursing home; to provide for the number for voting machines allocated to each precinct; to provide with regard to voting machine tally sheets; to provide for the fee for recording a proces verbal with the secretary of state; to provide that law enforcement officers are an election expense; to provide for interest on overdue billings for elections costs; to provide for additional penalties for certain elections offenses; to provide for a voter protection zone around a polling place; to provide with respect to certain fundraising activities; and to provide for related matters.