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HB 591 Original 2016 Regular Session Terry Landry
Abstract: Provides an exception from certain weight requirements for certain vehicles.
Present law provides that the total gross weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not
exceed a certain amount.
Proposed law provides an exception to present law that allows for a vehicle, if operated by an engine
fueled wholly or partially by compressed or liquified natural gas, to exceed this limitation by up to
2000 lbs.
Proposed law specifies that the weight exception provided in proposed law applies to all state roads
and interstate highways per the exemption expressly permitted by federal law.
(Adds R.S. 32:386(L))