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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 162
BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR
MOTOR VEHICLES: Requires drivers to use headlights when driving through a tunnel
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:301, relative to motor vehicles; to provide that lighted lamps2
are required to be used while driving through a tunnel; and to provide for related3
matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:301 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง301. When lighted lamps are required7
A. Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display lighted lamps8
and illuminating devices as hereinafter respectively required for different classes of9
vehicles subject to exception with respect to parked vehicles at any of the following10
times:11
(1) At any time between sunset and sunrise.12
(2) When, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions,13
persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernable at a distance of five14
hundred feet ahead.15
(3) When moisture in the air or precipitation necessitates the continuous use16
of windshield wipers.17
(4) While driving in a tunnel.18
B. Any person found in violation of this Paragraph may be fined not more19
than twenty-five dollars. No court costs shall be assessed in addition to the fine20 HLS 12RS-804 ENGROSSED
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authorized by this Paragraph. Violations of the provisions of this Paragraph shall not1
be considered moving violations.2
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)]
Gisclair HB No. 162
Abstract: Requires use of lighted lamps while driving through a tunnel.
Present law requires that lighted lamps be used while driving between sunrise and sunset,
when light is insufficient to see people and vehicles at 500 feet, and when windshield wipers
are used.
Proposed law adds while driving in a tunnel to the list of times when lighted lamps are to be
used while driving.
(Amends R.S. 32:301)