§ La. R.S. 18:1531(untitled)

Transportation of voters
A. No person or political committee shall accept or agree to accept, either directly or indirectly, from
a candidate, a political committee, or a person required to file reports pursuant to R.S. 18:1501.1, or from
a person on behalf of a candidate, a political committee, or a person so required to file reports, anything of
economic value, including any reimbursement of costs, for the purpose of conveying an elector or causing
an elector to be conveyed in a motor vehicle to a polling place for the purpose of voting in an election or to
any place where early voting is being conducted for the purpose of early voting, or for driving or being in
charge of any motor vehicle being so used.
B. No candidate, political committee, or person required to file reports pursuant to R.S. 18:1501.1,
and no person on behalf of a candidate, a political committee, or a person so required to file reports, shall
pay, or agree or offer to pay, anything of economic value, including any reimbursement of costs, to any
person or political committee for the purpose of conveying an elector or causing an elector to be conveyed
in a motor vehicle to a polling place for the purpose of voting in an election or to any place where early
voting is being conducted for the purpose of early voting, or for driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle
being so used.
C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be assessed a civil fine of not more than two
thousand five hundred dollars. On a second violation, or any succeeding violation, the penalty shall be a civil
fine of not more than five thousand dollars. The provisions of R.S. 18:1505.6 shall not apply to violations
of this Section.
D.(1) The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to any person who gratuitously
transports voters to the polls on election day or who gratuitously transports voters to vote during early voting.
(2) The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit paying or offering or agreeing to pay any bona
fide bus, taxi, or transportation service, which holds a license or permit duly issued by the appropriate
governmental entity and which regularly does business in the area, to convey an elector to vote or vote during
early voting, nor shall this Section prohibit any such bus, taxi, or transportation service from accepting or
agreeing to accept such a payment.