Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.4.3 – Manufacture, sale, possession, or use of counterfeit accessible parking placards; penalties
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.4.3
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, acting directly through its duly authorized officers and agents, or whatever state board, official, or body may hereafter be authorized by law to exercise the functions now devolving upon it under the law. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Person: means every natural person, individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association or other organization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person, property, or thing is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; provided, that for the purpose of this Chapter, a bicycle or a ridden animal shall not be deemed a vehicle, and provided further that a trailer or semitrailer shall be held and deemed each to be and constitute a separate vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
A. It shall be unlawful to manufacture, sell, possess, or use a counterfeit accessible parking placard which is a facsimile of the accessible parking placards issued by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, pursuant to the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 47:463.4. Additionally, a person shall be in violation of the provisions of this Section and accessible parking regulations if he knowingly parks a vehicle displaying a counterfeit accessible parking placard in a parking space or area reserved for persons with disabilities.
B. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both for a first offense. Any person committing a subsequent offense shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. The penalties provided by this Subsection shall be in addition to other applicable penalties.
Acts 2004, No. 574, §2; Acts 2014, No. 811, §25, eff. June 23, 2014.