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ACT No. 847
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1277 (Substitute for House Bill No. 53 by Representative Roy)
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROY AND SENATOR MCPHERSON
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:387.9.1 and 387.19, relative to special permits; to authorize vehicles2
hauling agronomic or horticultural crops by special permit to travel upon a segment3
of Interstate 49 as an alternate route to US 71 and US 167; to authorize issuance of4
special permits for one-way hauls of bagged rice for export within a sixty-mile radius5
of the Port of Lake Charles; to authorize the Department of Transportation and6
Development to promulgate rules and regulations; to provide for limitations; and to7
provide for related matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 32:387.9.1 and 387.19 are hereby enacted to read as follows:10
§387.9.1. Special permits; vehicles hauling agronomic or horticultural crops;11
authorization to travel upon segment of Interstate 49 as alternate route to US12
71 and US 16713
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and provided the14
federal government does not raise any objection to such permitted weight limit, any15
vehicle issued an annual special permit pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 32:387.916
may travel upon that segment of Interstate 49 between its interchange with US 7117
and US 167 (MacArthur Drive) south of the city of Alexandria and its interchange18
with Rapides Station Road north of the city of Alexandria as an alternate route to US19
71 and US 167.20
§387.19. Special permit; bagged rice for export; rules and regulations; Port of Lake21
Charles22
A. Provided there are no written objections raised by the Federal Highway23
Administration, the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development24
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a sixty-mile radius of the Port of Lake Charles. These special permits shall be1
issued at the truck permit office of the Department of Transportation and2
Development.3
(1) The permit shall be issued at the truck permit office of the Department of4
Transportation and Development.5
(2) The fee for the permit shall be five hundred dollars annually.6
(3) The permit may authorize the operation of a vehicle or combination of7
vehicles with a total gross vehicle weight not to exceed ninety-five thousand pounds.8
No tandem axle set equipped with low pressure pneumatic tires shall exceed thirty-9
four thousand pounds on the interstate system or thirty-seven thousand pounds off10
the interstate system. No tridum axle set equipped with low pressure pneumatic11
tires shall exceed forty-two thousand pounds on the interstate system or forty-five12
thousand pounds off the interstate system.13
(4) The secretary may impose a civil penalty of up to five cents per pound14
for each violation of the weight limit established by this Section.15
(B) The secretary may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with16
the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to enforce the provision of this17
Section.18
Section 2. The provisions of R.S. 32:387.9.1 shall become null and void and have19
no effect if federal highway funding is withheld due to the passage of this Act.20
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: