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ACT No. 520
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 1135
BY REPRESENTATIVE BILLIOT
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:83, relative to driving on certain highways; to provide for method of2
driving on multiple-lane highways with left-turn lanes; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:83 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง83. Driving on highways with two-way left-turn lanes and dedicated left-turn lanes7
A.(1) The department may designate two-way left-turn lanes along segments8
of highways and may designate dedicated left-turn lanes on highways at9
intersections.10
(2) A highway with two or more lanes in each direction and with a11
designated two-way left-turn lane shall be considered a divided highway with12
separate roadways.13
(3) A two-way left-turn lane is a lane near the center of the highway for use14
by vehicles making left turns in both directions to and from connections on both15
sides of the highway. At an intersection, the department may designate the two-way16
left-turn lane as a dedicated left-turn lane.17
B.(1) A vehicle shall not be driven in a two-way left-turn lane for more than18
two hundred feet while making a left turn from a highway or when making a u-turn.19
(2) A vehicle shall not be driven in a two-way left-turn lane for more than20
two hundred feet while making a left turn onto a highway and merging into the21
adjacent lanes of travel.22
(3) A vehicle shall not be driven in a two-way left-turn lane for more than23
two hundred feet to reach a dedicated left-turn lane at an intersection.24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1135
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C. A vehicle in a dedicated left-turn lane at an intersection shall turn at the1
intersection only as designated by posted pavement marking, signing, or traffic2
signal indication.3
D. Vehicles shall not be driven across dedicated left-turn lanes at4
intersections or across areas delineated with pavement markings consisting of solid5
lines and filled in with diagonal striping. A vehicle may be driven across a two-way6
left-turn lane.7
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: