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Mobility Impairment in Louisiana: 2008

2008

2008 Act No. 51

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 56:103(C)(2), 103.1(B)(2), 104(A)(3) and (4), 104(B)(4), 104.1(A), 116(B) and (C), 302.1(G), 643(B)(2)(a), 646, 649.1(A), 699.8(B) and (D), relative to deer hunting; to authorize the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries commission to establish special deer hunting seasons for primitive firearms and crossbows; to authorize the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to define the weapons eligible for use during such special seasons; to authorize special licenses for the use of primitive firearms; and to provide for related matters.

2008 Act No. 136

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:18(A)(8)(b), 51(C), 108(B), 110(B)(2)(b), 115(A)(3), 154(C), 171, 172, 193(E) and (F), 196(D), 425(B)(4), 443.2(7), 503, 532(B)(5), 532.1(B)(2)(b) and (D), 535(B), 563(C)(2), 564(A), 566.2(B) and (G), 571, 1259(A) and (B)(1),(2)(introductory paragraph), and (5), 1275.14(B), 1284(F)(1), 1299.1(A), 1306(B)(2), 1307(C), 1309(B), 1313(D), 1402(A)(introductory paragraph) and (B)(1)(introductory paragraph), and 1903, to enact R.S. 18:2(12), 552(A)(4), 1300.7(C), (D), and (E), 1306(B)(3), 1309(J), and 1332(C), and to repeal R.S. 18:532.1(G) and (H), relative to the Louisiana Election Code; to provide relative to the powers and duties of the secretary of state; to provide relative to the duties of clerks of court; to provide relative to the duties of registrars of voters; to provide relative to the duties of the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections; to provide definitions; to provide relative to filling a vacancy in the office of registrar of voters; to provide relative to transfer and cancellation of duplicate registrations; to provide relative to the effectiveness of certain changes in registration; to provide relative to disclosure of voter information; to provide relative to reporting of felony convictions; to provide relative to procedures for challenge and cancellation of registration; to provide relative to reporting of judgments of interdiction; to provide relative to the qualifications of commissioners; to provide relative to the submission of apportionment plans of the state central committees of certain recognized political parties; to provide relative to notice of withdrawal or disqualification of a candidate; to provide relative to notice of location of precincts and polling places; to provide relative to assistance in voting; to provide relative to procedures for voting; to provide relative to the counting and tabulation of provisional ballots for federal office; to provide relative to procedures for counting and tabulating votes; to provide relative to arrangement of the voting machine ballot; to provide relative to selection of nominees in congressional elections; to provide relative to requirements for statements of propositions or questions to be submitted to the voters; to provide relative to recall elections; to provide relative to election paraphernalia accompanying absentee by mail and early voting ballots; to provide relative to the validity of certain applications to vote absentee by mail by certain persons; to provide relative to information required to be posted at an early voting polling place; to provide relative to persons present during the counting and tabulation of absentee and early voting ballots; to provide relative to registration of persons approved for participation in the special program for handicapped voters; to provide relative to parties to an action objecting to candidacy; to provide relative to precincts; to provide for effectiveness; and to provide for related matters.

2008 Act No. 304

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1306(E) (2), relative to voting; to provide relative to procedures for absentee by mail and early voting; to provide relative to materials for absentee by mail and early voting; to provide relative to certificates on absentee by mail and early voting ballot envelopes; and to provide for related matters.

2008 Act No. 599

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1303(I) and 1307(G), relative to absentee voting by mail; to provide for evidence of disability to be submitted in order to vote absentee by mail; to provide for indefinite applicability of applications to vote absentee by mail for disabled voters and senior citizen voters, including exceptions and procedures; and to provide for related matters.

2008 Act No. 602

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 18:564(D), relative to assistance in voting; to provide relative to evidence of disability to be presented by a voter in order to be entitled to vote with assistance; and to provide for related matters.

2008 Act No. 700

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 47:463.24(A), 463.58(D), 463.121(E)(2), 463.122(E)(2) and 490.4(B) and to enact R.S. 47:463.136, relative to motor vehicle prestige license plates; to provide for creation and issuance of the New Home Full Gospel Ministries license plate; to provide for the design of the plate; to provide relative to the required number of applicants for prestige license plates for the Beacon Light Baptist Church and the Greater St. Stephens Ministries; to provide for the distribution of the proceeds collected from applicants for the Life Center Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral prestige license plate; to provide for issuance of prestige license plates for retired law enforcement officers to certain vehicles and motorcycles; to provide for issuance of military honor license plates for disabled veterans to motorcycles; to authorize the promulgation of rules and regulations; and to provide for related matters.