HLS 16RS-991 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 704
BY REPRESENTATIVE HAVARD
MTR VEHICLE/TRUCKS: Authorizes night movement of permitted vehicles on interstate
highways
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:387(A), relative to special permits for travel on the state's
3 highways; to allow permitted travel at night on interstate highways; and to provide
4 for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:387(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง387. Special permits
8 A. No vehicle or combination of vehicles which that does not meet the
9 requirements of R.S. 32:380 through R.S. 32:386 shall use the public highways of
10 this state without first obtaining a special permit from the department in addition to
11 any other special permit which may be required from any other agency or department
12 of the state or a political subdivision, and the special permit herein provided for shall
13 be issued at the discretion of the secretary. The secretary may authorize a permitted
14 vehicle to travel the interstate highways in the state at night
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are additions. HB NO. 704
HLS 16RS-991 ORIGINAL
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)]
HB 704 Original 2016 Regular Session Havard
Abstract: Authorizes permitted vehicles to travel the interstate highways at night.
Present law provides that vehicles that do not meet the standard measurements for regular
operation of vehicles may be permitted by the secretary of DOTD through issuance of a
special permit. Proposed law authorizes the issuance of a permit for that vehicle to travel
the interstate highways at night.
(Amends R.S. 32:387(A))
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