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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 396
BY REPRESENTATIVE TERRY LANDRY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:232(2)(a), (3)(c), and (4) and to enact R.S. 32:232(5), relative2
to traffic control signals; to provide for vehicular traffic regulations under certain3
conditions; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:232(2)(a), (3)(c), and (4) are hereby amended and reenacted and6
R.S. 32:232(5) is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง232. Traffic-control signals8
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals exhibiting different9
colored lights, or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in10
combination, only the colors green, red, and yellow shall be used, except for special11
pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and said lights shall indicate and apply to12
drivers of vehicles and pedestrians as follows:13
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(2) Steady YELLOW indication:15
(a) Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal alone is thereby warned16
that the related green signal is being terminated or that a red signal will be exhibited17
immediately thereafter and such vehicular traffic shall not enter or be crossing the18
intersection when the red signal is exhibited.19
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(3) Steady RED indication:21
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(c) Except when a sign prohibits a turn, vehicular traffic facing any steady1
red signal may cautiously enter the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a2
one-way street into a one-way street, or to U-turn at a signalized U-turn after3
stopping as required by Subparagraph (a) or Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.4
Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an5
adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.6
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(4) When a flashing YELLOW arrow indication is activated, vehicular8
traffic, on an approach to an intersection, facing a flashing yellow arrow signal9
indication, displayed alone or in combination with another signal indication, is10
permitted to cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated11
by such arrow. In addition, vehicular traffic facing a flashing yellow arrow, turning12
left or making a U-turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles13
approaching from the opposite direction. Such vehicular traffic, including vehicles14
making a U-Turn, shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within the15
associated crosswalk, and to other vehicles lawfully within the intersection.16
(4)(5) In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained17
at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this Section shall be applicable18
except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any19
stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where20
the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any such sign or marking, the stop shall21
be made at the signal.22
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Section 2. The Act shall become effective upon signature of the governor or, if not24
signed by the governor, upon expiration of time for bills to become law without signature25
of the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18, of the Constitution of Louisiana. If26 ENROLLEDHB NO. 396
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vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become1
effective on the day following such approval.2
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: