HLS 10RS-2247 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1277 (Substitute for House Bill No. 53 by Representative Roy)
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROY
TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Authorizes the use of a portion of Interstate 49 as an
alternate route for U.S. Highway No. 71 and U.S. Highway No. 167 to haul
agronomic or horticultural crop on the interstate system
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:387.19, relative to special permits; to authorize the use of a portion of2
Interstate 49 as an alternate route for U.S. Highway No. 71 and U.S. Highway No.3
167 to haul agronomic or horticultural crops on the interstate; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S.32:387.19 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง387.19. Special permits; authorization to travel on portions of Interstate 49; to8
hauling of agronomic or horticultural crops9
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, and provided10
the federal government does not raise any objection to such permitted weight11
limitations, the segment of interstate between the interchange of Interstate 49 with12
U.S. Highway No. 71 and U.S. Highway No. 167 (MacArthur Drive) south of13
Alexandria and the interchange of Interstate 49 with Rapides Station Road north of14
Alexandria is hereby deemed as an alternate route for U.S. Highway No. 71 and U.S.15
Highway No. 167. Any vehicle traveling under a special permit issued under the16
provisions of this Subpart, the conditions of which permit travel on U.S. Highway17
No. 71 and U.S. Highway No.167, is hereby authorized to travel Interstate 49 under18
the same conditions and restrictions as those applicable to its permit to travel on19 HLS 10RS-2247 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 1277
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U. S. Highway No. 71 and U.S. Highway No. 167.1
Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall become null and void and have no effect2
if federal highway funding is withheld due to the passage of this Act.3
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Roy HB No. 1277
Abstract: Authorizes the use of a portion of Interstate 49 as an alternate route for U.S.
Highway No. 71 and U.S. Highway No. 167 to haul agronomic or horticultural crop
on the interstate system.
Proposed law authorizes vehicles which are traveling under any special permit issued under
present law (R.S. 32-379, et seq. - Size, Weight, and Load of Vehicles) to travel on I-49 as
an alternative route for U.S. Highway No. 71 and U.S. No. 167 (MacArthur Drive) south of
Alexandria and the interchange of I-49 with Rapides Station Road north of Alexandria.
Provides that the provisions of proposed law shall become null and void and have no effect
if federal highway funding is withheld due to the passage proposed law.
(Adds R. S. 32:387.19)