ENROLLED
ACT No. 208
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 181
BY REPRESENTATIVE BRASS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:295.1(A)(1), (3), and (B), relative to safety belt use in
3 passenger trucks; to increase the weight limit for vehicles required to use safety
4 belts; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:295.1(A)(1), (3), and (B) are hereby amended and reenacted to
7 read as follows:
8 ยง295.1. Safety belt use; tags indicating exemption
9 A.(1) Each driver of a passenger car, van, sports utility vehicle, or truck
10 having a gross weight of ten twenty-six thousand pounds or less, commonly referred
11 to as a pickup truck, in this state shall have a safety belt properly fastened about his
12 or her body at all times when the vehicle is in forward motion. The provisions of this
13 Section shall not apply to those cars, vans, sports utility vehicles, or pickups
14 manufactured prior to January 1, 1981.
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16 (3) Each driver of a passenger car, van, sports utility vehicle, or truck having
17 a gross weight of ten twenty-six thousand pounds or less, commonly referred to as
18 a pickup truck, shall not transport more persons than there are safety belts available
19 in the vehicle.
20 B. Except as provided by R.S. 32:295 for children under the age of thirteen
21 or as otherwise provided by law, each occupant of a passenger car, van, sports utility
22 vehicle, or truck having a gross weight of ten twenty-six thousand pounds or less,
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1 commonly referred to as a pickup truck, in this state shall have a safety belt properly
2 fastened about his or her body at all times when the vehicle is in forward motion.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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