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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 316
BY REPRESENTATIVE BURFORD
MTR VEHICLE/INSPECTION: Exempts single axle two-wheel trailers from motor vehicle
inspection requirements
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:1311(B), (C), and (D), and to enact R.S. 32:1311(E), relative2
to motor vehicle inspection requirements; to remove the requirement that single axle3
two-wheel trailers bear a valid safety inspection certificate; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:1311(B), (C), and (D) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.7
32:1311(E) is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง1311. Exemptions 9
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B. Single axle two-wheel trailers and semitrailers are exempt from the11
inspection requirements of this Chapter.12
C. Motor vehicles which are less than twenty-five years old or older and13
which are used primarily for exhibition in shows, parades, tours, and other special14
uses and not for general transportation and which are registered and licensed as15
antique as provided in R.S. 32:707(L) shall be exempt from the inspection16
requirements of this Chapter.17
C. D. Motor vehicles which display a current safety inspection sticker as18
certified by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall be exempt from19
the inspection requirements of this Chapter.20 HLS 14RS-550 ORIGINAL
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D. E.(1) Commercial motor vehicle truck tractors, trailers, and semitrailers1
in interstate commerce which are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety2
Regulations shall be exempt from the inspection requirements of this Chapter3
provided that these commercial motor vehicles shall comply with the requirements4
of the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR 396.17) requiring periodic and annual5
inspections of commercial motor vehicles.6
(2) As an alternate means of compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR,7
the owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle truck tractor may opt to obtain8
a Louisiana commercial motor vehicle inspection certificate which satisfies the9
requirements of 49 CFR 396.17. A trailer or semitrailer being used in combination10
with a truck tractor meeting such exemption may opt to obtain a Louisiana11
commercial motor vehicle inspection certificate which satisfies the requirements of12
49 CFR 396.17.13
(3) As used in this Subsection, "commercial motor vehicle" means any self-14
propelled truck tractor or towed vehicle which is used on public highways to15
transport property in interstate commerce, has been issued an apportioned plate16
through the International Registration Plan; and17
(a) Has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross combination weight18
rating (GCWR) of 10,001 pounds or more; or19
(b) Is used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity20
placarding under regulations issued by the secretary under the Hazardous21
Transportation Act (49 USC app. 1801-1813). 22
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)]
Burford HB No. 316
Abstract: Exempts single axle two-wheel trailers from motor vehicle inspection
requirements. HLS 14RS-550 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 316
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Proposed law adds single axle two-wheel trailers to the list of exemptions to the inspection
requirements in present law.
(Amends R.S. 32:1311(B), (C), and (D); Adds R.S. 32:1311(E))