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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 582
BY SENATOR GALLOT
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to handlebars on motorcycles. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:191.3(B), relative to motorcycles; to provide relative to2
handlebars on motorcycles; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 32:191.3(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง191.3. Footrests and handlebars6
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B. No person shall operate any motorcycle with handlebars more than fifteen8
inches in height above the portion of the seat occupied by the operator which9
require the hands of the operator to be above the operator's shoulder height10
when the operator is sitting astride the seat and the operator's hands are on the11
handlebar grips. 12
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 no person shall operate a motorcycle with handlebars more than
15 inches in height above the portion of the seat occupied by the operator. SB NO. 582
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.
Proposed law prohibits handlebars which require the hands of the operator to be above the
operator's shoulder height when the operator is sitting astride the seat and the operator's
hands are on the handlebar grips.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 32:191.3(B))