2018 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 68
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 32:58.1, relative to careless operation of motor vehicles; to provide relative
3 to careless operation during flood conditions; to provide relative to injury or damage
4 caused by the wake created by a motor vehicle during flood conditions; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32:58.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง58.1. Careless operation during flood conditions
9 A. Any person operating a motor vehicle on the public roads of this state
10 during flood conditions shall drive in a careful and prudent manner, so as not
11 to create a wake that endangers the life, limb, or property of any person. Failure
12 to drive in such a manner shall constitute careless operation during flood
13 conditions.
14 B. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the following persons
15 were operating a motor vehicle in a careful and prudent manner during flood
16 conditions:
17 (1) Any person operating a vehicle owned or operated by a public utility,
18 whether publicly or privately owned, while acting in the course and scope of his
19 employment or agency relating to the operation, repair, or maintenance of a
20 facility, servitude, or any property owned by the utility.
21 (2) Any person operating a military, law enforcement, or emergency
22 services vehicle while acting in the course and scope of his employment or
23 official duties.
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1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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