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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 138
BY SENATOR ALLAIN
MOTOR CARRIERS. Provides relative to special permits for vehicles hauling sugarcane.
(8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:387.7(B), relative to special permits; to provide relative to2
special permits for vehicles hauling sugarcane; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 32:387.7(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง387.7. Special permits; vehicles hauling sugarcane6
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B. Beginning August 1, 2012, the secretary shall not issue any an annual8
special permits permit pursuant to the provisions of this Section to any owner or9
operator of a vehicle hauling sugarcane who has not added an additional single axle10
on the sugarcane trailer for a total of six axles for the vehicle and trailer combination.11
The provisions of this Subsection shall not prohibit the secretary from issuing12
an annual special permit to any owner or operator of a vehicle hauling13
sugarcane pursuant to the provisions of any other Section.14 SB NO. 138
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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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 provides that beginning August 1, 2012, the DOTD is prohibited from issuing
any annual special permit to any owner or operator of a vehicle hauling sugarcane who has
not added an additional single axle on the sugarcane trailer.
Proposed law provides that such prohibition applies only to a special annual permit issued
pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 32:387.7 and provides that DOTD is not prohibited from
issuing an annual special permit to any owner or operator of a vehicle hauling sugarcane
pursuant to the provisions of any other Section.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 32:387.7(B))