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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 79
BY SENATOR MORRISH
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv), relative to trucks hauling concrete or construction aggregates;2
to authorize ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed licensed gross vehicle weight under3
certain conditions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง388. Penalties; payments7
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B.(1)(a) * * *9
(b)(i) * * *10
(iv) Effective from August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2014, no truck hauling11
ready-mixed concrete shall be assessed a penalty for exceeding its maximum12
permissible gross weight, as determined by law, provided the total excess weight is13
ten percent or less of such truck's maximum permissible gross weight, such truck14
contains a certificate evidencing its most recent mixer chip-out of build-up occurred15
within the previous ninety days, such truck does not exceed the posted load while16
crossing a posted bridge, such truck is not operating on the interstate system, and17
no tire on such truck exceeds its tire weight rating. If such truck's total excess weight18
is greater than ten percent of its maximum permissible gross weight, as determined19
by law, such truck shall be assessed a penalty calculated on the total amount by20
which the truck's weight exceeds its maximum permissible gross weight, as21
determined by law. For the purposes of this Item, a "ready-mixed concrete truck"22
is defined as a vehicle designed exclusively to transport or manufacture ready-mixed23
concrete and includes a concrete pump truck engaged in hauling ready-mixed24 SB NO. 79 ENROLLED
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concrete.1
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: