McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY
Title 1, Section 1 – The operation of a motor vehicle on the campus is a privilege granted by the university. Serious or excessive infractions of these regulations constitute grounds for the revocation of this privilege. Students, faculty, and staff members are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the sections of this site pertaining to parking restrictions, moving violations, parking violations, and penalties.
Section 101 – (a) McNeese State University traffic and parking regulations include both the provisions outlined in this bulletin and signs, street and curb markings, etc., as located throughout campus.
Section 102 – The university assumes no responsibility for the safety and/or security of any vehicle or its contents at any time it is operated or parked on campus.
Section 103 – (a) The university reserves the right to tow and impound (or immobilize) vehicles abandoned or parked in any place or manner creating a potential hazard for pedestrian or vehicular traffic or impeding the movement of emergency equipment.
Section 104 – All students, faculty, staff, employees of contractors and other organizations affiliated with or housed at McNeese are responsible for fines arising from violations incurred in the operation of their vehicles, including those incurred by other individuals who use said vehicles. This applies to all vehicles owned by or registered to the address of the responsible party.
Section 105 – University police officers are duly commissioned under the laws of the State of Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish, and the university. These officers are authorized to make arrests and issue citations for all types of traffic violations, criminal acts and university violations. All university police officers are certified as peace officers by the Louisiana Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission.
Section 201 – (a) The university takes its responsibility in providing designated accessible parking spaces seriously in order to provide access to the campus for individuals with a physical disability. Enforcement is taken just as serious to ensure that these parking spaces are used appropriately.
Section 202 – The State of Louisiana has adopted the American’s With Disabilities Act (ADA) standard for designating and marking an accessible parking space. Thus State law merely requires that a parking stall be posted with a handicap logo parking sign. However, the university tries to include blue parking stall striping whenever possible as a further marking courtesy, (LRS 40:1742, et al).
Section 203 – (a) Citations issued by McNeese Police through the campus parking violation system are $244 for the 1st offense and $344 for the 2nd and subsequent offenses, along with potential immobilization and/or impoundment.
Section 204 – If you are a disabled resident of Louisiana, your disability must be certified by a physician to qualify for either the mobility impaired license plate or the mobility impaired hang-tag. There are several disability conditions which qualify you as mobility impaired in accordance with the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicle (OMV) rules. The disability must be classified by your physician as permanently impaired or as temporarily impaired.
You can download the Medical Examiner’s Certification of Mobility Impairment form (DPSMV 1966) which is necessary for obtaining either the mobility impairment license plates or the mobility impaired hang-tag. Provide the completed form to your physician for certification of the disability. Take the completed and certified form to your local Louisiana OMV for processing. Temporary hang-tags are valid for one year and permanent hang-tags are valid for four years. Disability license plates are valid for two years. There are fees assessed for each type of permit by OMV.
Section 301 – (a) All faculty, staff, and students who operate vehicles on the campus must register their vehicles and properly affix an official university vehicle hang tag within 24 hours following the completion of the registration in any given semester.
Section 302 – (a) Motor vehicles operated on campus are required to adhere to university parking and traffic regulations.
Section 303 – (a) Vehicle registration is completed at the McNeese Police Department located at 4497 Philip C Williams Drive. Hangtags will be issued during normal business hours 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday – Thursday and 7:30 am to 11:30 am on Friday. Hangtags will only be issued after-hours in the event of an emergency and must be preapproved by the Lieutenant.
Section 304 – (a) Anyone issued a hangtag must bring the hangtag with them into the McNeese Police Department in order to validate the hangtag each semester.
Section 305 – (a) Vehicle registration fees are collected at registration and are $18 for fall semester, $17 for spring semester and $15 for summer session. In the fall, students are also offered the option of registering for both fall and spring semesters; however, no portion of the combined $35 fee is refundable.
Section 306 – Receipt of a third hang tag will require hardship documentation submitted to the Traffic Control Committee.
Section 307 – (a) Faculty/staff may purchase, through payroll deduction, their annual hangtags for $5 at the McNeese Police office.
Section 308 – Visiting lecturers are required to have a Faculty/staff hang tag. They can purchase the hang tag for $5, through the cashiers window in Smith Hall at 150 Lawton Drive.
Section 309 – DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR HANG TAG. (a) All hangtags are the property of McNeese Police Department and must be turned in upon resignation or graduation.
Section 310 – Recreation Center members who otherwise do not qualify for a student or staff hangtag, can only receive their permit once they have received permission from the Recreation Center staff and they must bring the approved receipt from the Recreation Center with their vehicle registration.
Section 401 – (a) All parking hangtags must be properly displayed hanging from the front mirror of the vehicle with the permit number clearly visible from outside of the vehicle at all times.
Section 402 – Owners of registered vehicles must notify McNeese Police as soon as possible whenever their hangtag has been destroyed or otherwise rendered useless.
Section 403 – (a) The display of permits on vehicles other than those for which said permits are specifically issued constitutes a serious infraction of the Campus Traffic Regulations and may lead to the revocation of registration privileges.
Section 404 – Expired permits/hang tags must be removed from vehicles.
Section 405 – (a) In case of emergency, you may obtain temporary permits at the McNeese Police office.
Section 406 – Students/faculty/staff are responsible for all vehicles operated on campus whether or not registered with the McNeese Police.
Section 407 – (a) Hang tags for the handicapped should be placed behind the MSU tag.
Section 501 – (a) Restricted parking according to specifically designated zones is in effect Monday – Friday (officially recognized holidays excepted) from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. During these hours of restriction, faculty, staff, employees, and students are to park only in those zones to which they are entitled on the Parking Map.
Section 502 – (a) Faculty/staff restricted hours parking areas are restricted to faculty/staff only.
Section 503 – No students are not allowed to park in faculty/staff parking areas until after 4 p.m.
Section 504 – Resident lots are reserved for residents only at all times.
Section 505 – The 15-minute parking in Zone A, adjacent to Student Services and the Bookstore, may be used by faculty, staff, and students with current hang tags. The time limit will be strictly enforced.
Section 506 – Parking behind the cafeteria is for cafeteria personnel only and is restricted for their use at all times.
Section 507 – (a) Residents are issued resident parking hang tags and must park only in lots assigned for use by residents of their respective residence halls between the hours of 7:00AM – Noon.
Section 508 – Vehicles parked in a manner creating a hazard, such as in fire zones, streets, or traffic lanes may be towed at owner’s expense.
Section 509 – Specially designated parking spaces for service vehicles are located adjacent to various buildings and are restricted to the use of service vehicles at all times.
Section 510 – Special parking permits (permits to park in any parking lot with the exception of visiting parking, wheelchair zones, and behind cafeteria) must be justified in writing and approved by the University Traffic Control Committee.
Section 601 – (a) Faculty/staff may park in lots designated for students.
Section 602 – (a) The university provides over 6,000 parking spaces on the University Campus, and even when the main campus may become congested during peak use hours, parking is available in the overflow lots.
Section 701 – Parking and Traffic Violations and Fines
| 1st Offense | $30 |
| 2nd Offense | $40 |
| 3rd Offense | $55 |
| 4th Offense | $80 |
| 1st Offense | $30 |
| 2nd Offense | $40 |
| 3rd Offense | $55 |
| 4th Offense | $80 |
| Parking Over Line | $30 |
| Parking in Fire Zone | $200 |
| Parking on Lawn | $50 |
| Parking on Sidewalk | $50 |
| Parking on Street | $50 |
| 1st Offense | $55 |
| 2nd Offense | $110 |
| 1st Offense | $30 |
| 2nd Offense | $40 |
| 3rd Offense | $55 |
| 4th Offense | $80 |
| 1st Offense | $244 |
| 2nd Offense | $344 |
| Blocking Handicap Ramp | $200 |
| 1st Offense | $50 |
| 2nd Offense | $100 |
| 3rd Offense | $150 |
| Boot/Wheel Lock Tamper | $500 |
| 1st Offense | $30 |
| 2nd Offense | $40 |
| 3rd Offense | $55 |
| 4th Offense | $80 |
| 1st Offense | $30 |
| 2nd Offense | $40 |
| 1st Offense | $30 |
| 2nd Offense | $40 |
| 1st Offense | $200 |
| 2nd Offense | $300 |
| 1st Offense | $30 |
| 2nd Offense | $60 |
| 3rd Offense | $120 |
| Wrong Way on One Way Street | $30 |
| Failure to Obey Police | $50 |
| Improper Display of Permit | $30 |
| Timed Zone Violation | $30 |
| Blocking Drive | $30 |
| Parking in a Travel Lane | $50 |
| Failure to Yield | $30 |
| Disregarding Stop Sign | $30 |
| Littering | $50 |
| Texting While Driving | $50 |
| Dangerous Operation of a Vehicle | $150 |
| Revocation Violation | $250 |
| Unauthorized Possession of a Permit | $250+revocation of parking privileges for remainder of academic term |
Section 702 – All operators of vehicles on the campus are subject to the penalties for moving violations.
Section 703 – Reckless driving, driving while intoxicated, driving while under the influence of drugs, drag racing, and driving at excessively high rates of speed constitute serious moving violations. Citations issued for these offenses will be referred to District Court for prosecution under the traffic laws of the State of Louisiana.
Section 704 – Collision reports for on campus crashes will be on file at the McNeese Police Department.
Section 705 – Violations / fine amounts are subject to change by the Traffic Committee at any time.
Section 706 – ALL REVENUE FOR UNIVERSITY PARKING AND TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS GO TO THE UNIVERSITY’S GENERAL OPERATING FUND – NOT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Section 801 – All visitors must obtain a temporary parking pass from McNeese Police.
Section 802 – (a) Visitors are entitled to the use of all parking areas and zones except those for specially designated service vehicles.
Section 803 – (a) Vehicles brought on campus by students, faculty members, staff personnel, or employees are not eligible for classification as a “visitor vehicle” under any circumstances.
Section 804 – Large groups such as conventions, conferences, etc., who anticipate visiting the campus are required to make advance special parking arrangements with the McNeese Police Department, call 337-475-5711 during regular business hours, Monday – Friday.
Section 901 – Bicycles are to be parked in the bicycle racks situated at various locations throughout the campus.
Section 902 – The locking of bicycles to trees, utility poles, etc., or the parking of bicycles along walkways, lawns, etc., or in any area that impedes the flow of pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic or hinders the work of the grounds maintenance crew are considered parking violations. These infractions subject the bicycle in question to impoundment.
Section 903 – Motorcycles are to be parked adjacent to bike racks and are subject to the same regulations as bicycles.
Section 1001 – (a) If a student or a member of the university faculty or staff believes a citation for a parking or other violation is unwarranted, an appeal may be made to the University Traffic Appeals Committee.
Section 1002 – (a) Appeals against any violation citation issued by the McNeese Police may be filed within 7 calendar days of the date the citation was issued. Appeals must be filed online.
Section 1003 – (a) The University Traffic Appeals Committee shall meet monthly at a time and place selected by its membership.
Section 1101 – Continual efforts are made to inform the McNeese community of matters that affect personal safety and security. Regular reports regarding current problems and reported crimes are published in the student newspaper, as well as issues relevant to the campus community.
Section 1102 – (a) The McNeese Police Department also reports its monthly crime statistics to the Universities of Louisiana System and the FBI Uniform Crime Report.
Section 1201 – (a) Individuals receiving four or more citations may be subject to immobilization of his or her vehicle for the fourth and subsequent violations.
I am a McNeese graduate with a bachelor's degree in Family and Consumer Science and a concentration in Child and Family Studies. As a student, I competed on the rodeo team and served on the SGA board. I earned my master’s degree in 2022 from the University of South Dakota in Educational Administration and Leadership with a concentration in Adult and Higher Ed. I have over 13 years of experience in adult education and 20 years of educational experience.
My favorite part of being a Freshman Advisor is helping students navigate their new life routine as a college freshman by offering support with in-person office visits or by email to help students meet their goals. I always remind students of my favorite BB King quote – “Education is one thing no one can ever take away from you.” I believe that supporting students is vital to a student's success.
In my spare time, I raise registered American Brahman cattle, and I enjoy all the "country girl" things like hunting, fishing, growing a garden and cooking.