HLS 18RS-1073 ORIGINAL
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 767
BY REPRESENTATIVE GISCLAIR
WEIGHTS/MEASURES: Extends the authorization for ready-mixed concrete trucks to
exceed the maximum permissible gross vehicle weight, under certain circumstances,
until 2020
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv), relative to trucks hauling concrete or
3 construction aggregates; to extend the termination date for two years for the
4 authorization of ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed the maximum gross vehicle
5 weight under certain conditions; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8follows:
9 ยง388. Penalties; payments
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11 B.(1)
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13 (b)
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15 (iv) Effective from August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2018 2020, no truck
16 hauling ready-mixed concrete shall be assessed a penalty for exceeding its maximum
17 permissible gross weight, as determined by law, provided the total excess weight is
18 ten percent or less of such truck's maximum permissible gross weight, such truck
19 contains a certificate evidencing its most recent mixer chip-out of build-up occurred
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HB NO. 767
1 within the previous ninety days, such truck does not exceed the posted load while
2 crossing a posted bridge, such truck is not operating on the interstate system, and no
3 tire on such truck exceeds its tire weight rating. If such truck's total excess weight
4 is greater than ten percent of its maximum permissible gross weight, as determined
5 by law, such truck shall be assessed a penalty calculated on the total amount by
6 which the truck's weight exceeds its maximum permissible gross weight, as
7 determined by law. For the purposes of this Item, a "ready-mixed concrete truck"
8 is defined as a vehicle designed exclusively to transport or manufacture ready-mixed
9 concrete and includes a concrete pump truck engaged in hauling ready-mixed
10 concrete.
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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 767 Original 2018 Regular Session Gisclair
Abstract: Extends the authorization for ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed the
maximum permissible gross vehicle weight without penalty, under certain
conditions, until 2020.
Present law authorizes ready-mixed concrete trucks to exceed the maximum permissible
gross weight, without penalty, provided the total excess weight is 10% or less of the trucks
maximum permissible gross weight, the truck contains a certificate evidencing its most
recent mixer chip-out of build-up occurred within the previous 90 days, the truck does not
exceed the posted load while crossing a posted bridge, the truck is not operating on the
interstate system, and no tire on the truck exceeds its tire weight rating. Present law is
effective from Aug. 1, 2012 through July 31, 2018.
Proposed law extends the termination date in present law for two years from July 31, 2018
to July 31, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(iv))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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