La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § III-171

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-171 - General

A. The department may enter into reciprocity agreements with a foreign country which would allow citizens of that foreign country to apply for and be issued a Louisiana driver's license without having to take the written test and the skills test. Similarly, citizens of Louisiana would be able to apply for and be issued a driver's license in the same foreign country without having to take a written test or a skills test, or in the alternative, the foreign country may allow the Louisiana resident to drive in the foreign country with the Louisiana driver's license.

B. The deputy secretary of Public Safety Services may sign the reciprocity agreement on behalf of the department. A duly authorized representative of the foreign government may sign the agreement on behalf of the foreign government.

C. Prior to entering into such a reciprocity agreement, both parties shall undertake a review process of the other party's licensing requirements to determine that the licensing requirements are compatible. The nature, scope and extent of the review shall be at the sole discretion of the party conducting the review. The parties may enter into the reciprocity agreement only if both parties determine the licensing requirements of both parties are compatible.

D. The reciprocity agreement shall specify the rights and obligations of both parties. To the extent the laws of Louisiana regarding public contracts are applicable to the reciprocity agreement, the reciprocity agreement shall be subject to those laws.

E. The reciprocity agreement shall provide that any action against the state or the department, or both, arising out of the reciprocity agreement, shall be brought in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge.

F. The reciprocity agreement shall provide that all persons who are issued a Louisiana driver's license pursuant to the agreement shall be subject to all criminal, civil, and administrative laws governing the operation of a motor vehicle including, but not limited to, laws regulating traffic on public highways, roads and streets, the Implied Consent Law, the compulsory automobile liability insurance law, and the vehicle registration and titling laws. The reciprocity agreement shall also provide that persons issued driver's licenses pursuant to the agreement shall be subject to sanctions for violating state laws and rules promulgated pursuant to state law in the same manner as residents of the state of Louisiana.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-171

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, LR 24:1316 (July 1998).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:404(F).