RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 535 (SB 379) 2016 Regular Session Martiny
Prior law (R.S. 32:80(A)(1)) required the driver of a vehicle upon a highway meeting or
overtaking from any direction any school bus that has stopped for the purpose of receiving
or discharging any school children to stop the vehicle not less than 30' from the school bus
before reaching such school bus when there are in operation on said school bus visual signals
as required by R.S. 32:318, and provided that said driver shall not proceed until such bus
resumes motion or the visual signals are no longer activated.
Prior law (R.S. 32:80(C)) provided that the driver of a vehicle upon a highway with separate
roadways need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus which is on a different
roadway.
New law specifies that a highway with one lane in each direction and with a dedicated two-
way left-turn lane is not a divided highway with separate roadways for purposes of prior law
and requires the driver of a vehicle upon any highway with one lane in each direction and a
dedicated two-way left-turn lane to stop upon meeting or passing a school bus as provided
in prior law.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 32:80(C))