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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 192
BY SENATOR MORRISH
WEIGHTS/MEASURES. Authorizes ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed maximum
allowable gross vehicle weight under certain conditions until 2016. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv), relative to trucks hauling concrete or2
construction aggregates; extends termination date for two years for ready-mixed3
concrete trucks to exceed licensed gross vehicle weight under certain conditions; and4
to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows:8
ยง388. Penalties; payments9
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B.(1)(a) * * *11
(b)(i) * * *12
(iv) Effective from August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2014 2016, no truck13
hauling ready-mixed concrete shall be assessed a penalty for exceeding its maximum14
permissible gross weight, as determined by law, provided the total excess weight is15
ten percent or less of such truck's maximum permissible gross weight, such truck16
contains a certificate evidencing its most recent mixer chip-out of build-up occurred17 SB NO. 192
SLS 14RS-187 ENGROSSED
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within the previous ninety days, such truck does not exceed the posted load while1
crossing a posted bridge, such truck is not operating on the interstate system, and no2
tire on such truck exceeds its tire weight rating. If such truck's total excess weight3
is greater than ten percent of its maximum permissible gross weight, as determined4
by law, such truck shall be assessed a penalty calculated on the total amount by5
which the truck's weight exceeds its maximum permissible gross weight, as6
determined by law. For the purposes of this Item, a "ready-mixed concrete truck"7
is defined as a vehicle designed exclusively to transport or manufacture ready-mixed8
concrete and includes a concrete pump truck engaged in hauling ready-mixed9
concrete.10
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Morrish (SB 192)
Present law prohibits assessment of a penalty on any truck hauling ready-mixed concrete
which exceeds its maximum allowable gross weight, as determined by law, provided the
total excess weight is ten percent or less of the truck's maximum allowable gross weight, the
truck contains a certificate evidencing its most recent mixer chip-out of a build-up occurred
within the previous 90 days, the truck does not exceed the posted load while crossing a
posted bridge, the truck is not operating on the interstate system, and no tire on the truck
exceeds its tire weight rating.
Present law provides that if the truck's total excess weight is greater than ten percent of the
truck's maximum allowable gross weight, as determined by law, the truck shall be assessed
a penalty calculated on the total amount by which the truck's weight exceeds its maximum
permissible gross weight, as determined by law.
Present law applies to a ready-mixed concrete truck which is defined as a vehicle designed
exclusively to transport or manufacture ready-mixed concrete and includes a vehicle
designed exclusively to transport and manufacture ready-mixed concrete or a concrete pump
truck, engaged in hauling ready-mixed concrete.
Present law terminates in two years and is effective from August 1, 2012, through July 31,
2014.
Proposed law extends termination date for two years from July 31, 2014, to July 31, 2016.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv))