2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 32 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation
RS 32:422 - Learner's license; driving school instruction permit; special restrictions on motorcycles

§422. Learner's license; driving school instruction permit; special restrictions on motorcycles

A. Any person who is at least seventeen years of age may apply to the department for a learner's license to drive motor vehicles or power cycles, provided such person has completed a driving course in accordance with R.S. 32:402.1. The department may, in its discretion, after the applicant has successfully passed all parts of the examination, other than the driving test, issue to the applicant a learner's license at the regular fee of a Class "E" driver's license, which shall entitle the applicant while having such license in his immediate possession to drive a motor vehicle upon public highways when accompanied by a licensed parent or guardian, by a licensed adult at least twenty-one years of age, or by a licensed sibling at least eighteen years of age. In addition to a licensed parent, sibling, guardian, or adult, there may be other members of the licensee's immediate family in the vehicle, and when accompanied by a driver's education instructor, there may be one or more fellow driver's education students in the vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any other person to accompany the beginner and licensed driver, except in the event the applicant is operating a motorcycle. Any person under the age of seventeen who has a valid learner's license and is operating a motorcycle is restricted to a distance of three miles from the applicant's residence, unless a parent, tutor, or other person having custody is temporarily staying or residing at another location, where the applicant would be restricted to within three miles of that location. Any person seventeen years of age or older being issued a learner's license may apply for a regular Class "E" license thirty days after the issuance of a learner's license, or at any time after the issuance of the learner's license provided the applicant provides proof that the applicant has completed an approved thirty-six hour driver education course, and there shall not be any additional fee for the regular license.

B. Any person who is at least fifteen years of age may apply to the department for a school instruction permit if he is enrolled in a driver education course conducted by a person who meets certification requirements as established by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, for instructors of driver education and traffic safety. The department may, in its discretion, after the applicant has successfully passed all parts of the examination, other than the driving test, issue to the applicant a school instruction permit for which no fee shall be charged. Such driving school instruction permit shall be valid only during the period of such instruction, and when the person to whom the permit is issued is accompanied by the instructor of driver education and traffic safety. Such permit shall be in the possession of the instructor during the period of its validity and shall be presented at any time for examination, when so requested by any law enforcement officer. Upon completion of such course of instruction, it shall be the responsibility of the instructor, as directed by the department, to return for cancellation any and all permits which have been issued and are held by him.

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 165, §8; Acts 1992, No. 382, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 119, §1, eff. July 7, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 163, §1, eff. June 12, 1995; Acts 1995, No. 1247, §1; Acts 1997, No. 725, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 427, §1; Acts 2011, No. 294, §2.