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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 633
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
MTR VEHICLE/COMMERCIAL: Provides relative to Weigh-In-Motion System
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:390(C), relative to commercial motor vehicles; to provide2
relative to the Weigh-In-Motion System; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 32:390(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง390. Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) System6
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C. All trucks attempting to bypass weigh station facilities using certain off-8
ramp bypass routes will be screened and monitored by a Weigh-In-Motion (WIM)9
Photo Enforcement System. Trucks which do not exit to the weigh station shall be10
weighed and classified by a highly accurate Single Load Cell Weigh-In-Motion11
(WIM) Photo Enforcement System. As trucks traverse the Weigh-In-Motion (WIM)12
site a camera will capture an image of the truck and match it with the truck's weight.13
Its images shall be captured and stored by the Roadside Weigh-In-Motion (WIM)14
Electronics and shall be transmitted to the central office station computer via a15
communication modem. At the central office, a station computer with monitor will16
display the image of the violating truck, with the truck's gross weight indicated on17
the screen. This image can then be printed using a laser printer located in the central18
office and used for enforcement purposes.19
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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)]
St. Germain HB No. 633
Abstract: Makes technical revisions to Weigh-In-Motion system requirements.
Present law requires all trucks attempting to bypass weigh station facilities using certain off-
ramp bypass routes will be screened and monitored by a Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) Photo
Enforcement System. Provides that trucks which do not exit to the weigh station are
weighed and classified by a highly accurate single load cell WIM System. Also provides
that the image captured can be printed using a laser printer located in the central office and
used for enforcement purposes.
Proposed law removes the reference to "single load cell" and the phrase "using a laser printer
located".
(Amends R.S. 32:390(C))