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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 483
BY SENATOR PERRY
MOTOR VEHICLES. Allows golf carts to be driven by licensed and insured drivers on the
roadways of Palmetto Island State Park. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:127.2, relative to golf carts; to authorize operation of golf carts on2
roadways within Palmetto Island State Park; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 32:127.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง127.2. Golf carts; Palmetto Island State Park6
A. Notwithstanding any law, rule, and regulation to the contrary, a golf7
cart may be operated between sunrise and sunset on the roadways within the8
boundaries of Palmetto Island State Park by any operator who is in possession9
of a valid driver's license and liability insurance.10
B. For the purposes of this Section, the provisions of R.S. 32:53(D), 261,11
and Chapter 5 of this Title shall not apply, and golf carts shall not be considered12
a vehicle for purposes of defining "equipment" as referenced in Part V of13
Chapter 1 of this Title.14 SB NO. 483
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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
Proposed law provides that golf carts may operate between sunrise and sunset on the
roadways within the limits of Palmetto Island State Park by any operator who is in
possession of a valid driver's license and liability insurance.
Proposed law excepts the provisions of this Act from certain requirements contained in
present law and provides that golf carts not be considered a vehicle for purposes of defining
"equipment."
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 32:127.2)