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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 48
BY SENATOR HEBERT
MOTOR VEHICLES. Amends mini-vehicles authorization (Act 698 of 2008 RS) to delete
safety and emission requirements. (8/15/10)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:297.1, relative to motor vehicles and mini-vehicles; to delete2
safety and emission requirements; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 32:297.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง297.1. Low rider vehicles6
It shall be lawful to operate mini-vehicles powered by a motor with a7
displacement of six hundred sixty cubic centimeters or more on the streets and8
highways, except interstate highways, in this state. , if such vehicle meets all9
applicable federal and state safety and emissions standards. Furthermore, all mini-10
vehicles operating on the streets and highways in this state shall bear a valid safety11
inspection certificate issued by the state of Louisiana.12
Section 2. Upon the receipt of written notice by the President of the Senate and the13
Speaker of the House of Representatives from the secretary of the Department of14
Transportation and Development that all or any part of this Act shall result in a loss of15
federal highway funds, this Act shall become null and void. The secretary shall transmit a16
copy of such notice to the Louisiana Law Institute.17 SB NO. 48
SLS 10RS-220 ORIGINAL
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Present law authorizes mini-vehicles powered by a motor with a displacement of six hundred
sixty cubic centimeters or more to operate on the streets and highways , except interstate
highways, in this state, provided such vehicle meets all applicable federal and state safety
and emissions standards and bears a valid safety inspection certificate issued by the state of
Louisiana.
Proposed law deletes provisions of present law which require a mini-vehicle to meet all
applicable federal and state safety and emissions standards and to bear a valid safety
inspection certificate issued by the state of Louisiana.
Effective August 15, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 32:297.1)