The Louisiana House has approved a bill that would eliminate the inspection sticker requirement for most drivers. DeSoto Parish Representative Larry Bagley has been pushing this bill for a number of years, because he looks at the inspection sticker as an outdated burden for drivers.
Instead of an inspection sticker, Bagley is proposing a Q-R code sticker that would contain the VIN, the color, the make and model. New Orleans Representative Aimee Freeman voted no and had concerns about the Q-R code.
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An inspection sticker costs ten dollars for one year or 18 dollars for two years. For vehicle owners in the Baton Rouge area who do not drive an E-V, it costs 18 dollars a year because an emissions test is required.
Agents who negotiate NIL deals for college and high school athletes would have to be registered with the state under legislation approved by the Senate Commerce Committee. Assistant Attorney General Oliva Nuss says this legislation modernizes student-agent laws to address the rapid growth of NIL endorsement deals…
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A bill that would give incarcerated people another mechanism to shorten their prison sentences is now just one vote away from landing on Governor Landry’s desk. Mandie Landry presented her House Bill 111 to the Senate Judiciary C Committee.
Landry pointed out that this bill adds on to an existing law giving inmates an opportunity to shorten their sentences by 90 days.