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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 162
BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR
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 ENROLLEDHB NO. 162
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B. Any person found in violation of this Paragraph Subsection A of this1
Section may be fined not more than twenty-five dollars. No court costs shall be2
assessed in addition to the fine authorized by this Paragraph this Section. Violations3
of the provisions of this Paragraph this Section shall not be considered moving4
violations.5
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: