Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:200.15 – Violations
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:200.15
- Certificate: means the permission issued, pursuant to the terms of La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:162
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:162
- Vehicle: means every device by which any person or property is transported upon the highways of this state, except devices moved by animal power or exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:162
A. Any person who shall operate a public carrier vehicle upon any street without complying with, or in violation of, any provision of La. Rev. Stat. 45:200.1-45:200.14 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than one year, or both.
B. Conviction hereunder shall, if so ordered, carry with it cancellation of the certificate or certificates involved, permanently or for a fixed period, as the court shall direct. No such certificate shall be re-issued in favor of the person in whose name it stood when cancelled permanently, as herein provided, except by authority of a judge of the court which ordered its cancellation.
C. Violation by a partnership, corporation or association shall be presumptive evidence of such violation by all partners, officers and directors thereof, and any such partner, officer or director who knowingly, or without exercise of due and reasonable care and inquiry, consented to, permitted or approved, directly or indirectly, such violation, in whole or in part, shall be subject to the penalties hereinabove provided.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.