ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 442
BY REPRESENTATIVES MCFARLAND, ADAMS, BAGLEY, CARPENTER,
CARRIER, GARY CARTER, EDMONDS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON,
FIRMENT, FREIBERG, GADBERRY, GREEN, HARRIS, HORTON, ILLG,
JEFFERSON, MIKE JOHNSON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, LACOMBE, LARVADAIN,
MACK, MCMAHEN, GREGORY MILLER, MINCEY, MOORE, CHARLES
OWEN, PRESSLY, RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SCHEXNAYDER,
SELDERS, THOMPSON, TURNER, WHEAT, WHITE, WRIGHT, AND
ZERINGUE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:387(C)(3)(d)(ii)(bb) and (cc), relative to timber harvest
3 season permits; to modify the total excess gross axle weight authorized for vehicles
4 owned or operated by a permittee; to designate a maximum speed limit authorized
5 on the public highways of this state; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 32: 387(C)(3)(d)(ii)(bb) and (cc) are hereby amended and reenacted
8 to read as follows:
9 ยง387. Special permits
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11 C.
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13 (3)
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15 (d)
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17 (ii) An applicant for a timber harvest season permit shall have the option to
18 pay a one-time fee of one hundred dollars to the secretary for each harvest year for
19 the issuance of such permit. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
20 any vehicle or combination of vehicles owned or operated by a timber harvest season
21 permittee who paid one hundred dollars for the permit shall:
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1 (bb) Not be assessed a penalty for exceeding its maximum permissible axle
2 weight, as determined by law, provided the total excess gross weight is ten percent
3 or less of the vehicle's maximum permissible gross weight does not exceed ninety-
4 two thousand pounds.
5 (cc) Not exceed the posted maximum speed limit fifty-five miles per hour
6 on the public highways of this state.
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8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
9 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
10 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
11 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
12 effective on the day following such approval.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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