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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 17
BY REPRESENTATIVE GUILLORY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HIGHWAYS: Provides relative to permits for off-road equipment
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:387.12(A), relative to annual noncritical off-road equipment2
permits; to allow noncritical off-road equipment with additional axle configurations3
to obtain an annual permit; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:387.12(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง387.12. Annual noncritical off-road equipment permit; authorization7
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the secretary8
shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative9
Procedure Act as may be necessary to provide for an annual noncritical off-road10
equipment permit. "Noncritical off-road equipment" means either vehicles or11
combinations of vehicles without booster units, or vehicles with a single-single,12
single-tandem, single-triple, or tandem-tandem axle configuration in which no single13
axle is in excess of thirty thousand pounds nor tandem or triple axles in excess of14
fifty-four thousand pounds, as defined in the manual entitled "Louisiana Regulations15
for Trucks, Vehicles and Loads", or those vehicles classified as noncritical off-road16
equipment by the department.17
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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)]
Guillory HB No. 17
Abstract: Provides for an annual noncritical off-road equipment permit to be issued by
DOTD for vehicles or combinations of vehicles with single-triple axle configurations
in which no single axle is in excess of 30,000 pounds nor triple axle is in excess of
54,000 pounds.
Present law provides for an annual noncritical off-road equipment permit to be issued by
DOTD for vehicles or combinations of vehicles without booster units, or vehicles with a
single-single, single-tandem, or tandem-tandem axle configuration in which no single axle
is in excess of 30,000 pounds nor tandem axles in excess of 54,000 pounds.
Proposed law includes single-triple axles not in excess of 30,000 pounds and triple axles not
in excess of 54,000 pounds in the list of vehicles eligible for such permits.
(Amends R.S. 32:387.12(A))