HLS 17RS-828 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 465
BY REPRESENTATIVE STEVE CARTER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
TRAFFIC/SPEED LIMITS: Establishes maximum speed limits for certain motor vehicles
on interstate highways
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:62, relative to motor vehicle speed limits; to provide maximum speed
3 limits for certain motor vehicles; to require certain motor vehicles maintain a speed
4 limit of ten miles per hour below the posted speed limit on interstate highways; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:62 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง62. Maximum speed limit; certain vehicles
9 A. Any person operating a school bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or
10 any combination of these vehicles on any interstate highway of this state shall
11 maintain a speed of at least ten miles per hour below the posted speed limit.
12 B. The Department of Transportation and Development or its contractors
13 shall erect and maintain appropriate signage providing notice of the maximum speed
14 limit provided by this Section.
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are additions. HLS 17RS-828 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 465
DIGEST
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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 465 Original 2017 Regular Session Steve Carter
Abstract: Requires the operator of certain motor vehicles drive at least ten miles per hour
lower than the posted speed limit on all interstate highways.
Present law prohibits a person from operating a vehicle on any highway of the state in excess
of 55 miles per hour unless a lower maximum speed is posted on the highway and provides
for exceptions to present law.
Proposed law retains present law and adds a requirement that a person operating a school
bus, truck-tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, or any combination of these vehicles drive at least 10
miles per hour lower than the posted speed limit when traveling on any interstate highway.
(Adds R.S. 32:62)
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