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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 316
BY REPRESENTATIVES BURFORD, BROWN, GUINN, HILL, HONORE, HOWARD,
AND PYLANT
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 are exempt from the inspection11
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 HLS 14RS-550 ENGROSSED
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C. D. Motor vehicles which display a current safety inspection sticker as1
certified by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall be exempt from2
the inspection requirements of this Chapter.3
D. E.(1) Commercial motor vehicle truck tractors, trailers, and semitrailers4
in interstate commerce which are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety5
Regulations shall be exempt from the inspection requirements of this Chapter6
provided that these commercial motor vehicles shall comply with the requirements7
of the Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR 396.17) requiring periodic and annual8
inspections of commercial motor vehicles.9
(2) As an alternate means of compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR,10
the owner or operator of a commercial motor vehicle truck tractor may opt to obtain11
a Louisiana commercial motor vehicle inspection certificate which satisfies the12
requirements of 49 CFR 396.17. A trailer or semitrailer being used in combination13
with a truck tractor meeting such exemption may opt to obtain a Louisiana14
commercial motor vehicle inspection certificate which satisfies the requirements of15
49 CFR 396.17.16
(3) As used in this Subsection, "commercial motor vehicle" means any self-17
propelled truck tractor or towed vehicle which is used on public highways to18
transport property in interstate commerce, has been issued an apportioned plate19
through the International Registration Plan; and20
(a) Has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or gross combination weight21
rating (GCWR) of 10,001 pounds or more; or22
(b) Is used in the transportation of hazardous materials in a quantity23
placarding under regulations issued by the secretary under the Hazardous24
Transportation Act (49 USC app. 1801-1813). 25 HLS 14RS-550 ENGROSSED
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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)]
Burford HB No. 316
Abstract: Exempts single axle two-wheel trailers from motor vehicle inspection
requirements.
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))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways
and Public Works to the original bill.
1. Removed semitrailers from the exemption to inspection requirements.