2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 379
BY SENATOR MARTINY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:80(C), relative to motor vehicles; to provide relative to
3 overtaking and passing a school bus; to require a driver on a highway with a
4 dedicated left-turn lane to stop for a school bus; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:80(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง80. Overtaking and passing school buses
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9 C. (1)The driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate roadways need
10 not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different roadway or
11 when upon a controlled access highway and the school bus is stopped in a loading
12 zone which is a part of or adjacent to such highway and where pedestrians are not
13 permitted to cross the roadway.
14 (2) A highway with one lane in each direction and with a dedicated two-
15 way left-turn lane shall not be considered a divided highway with separate
16 roadways for purposes of this Section.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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