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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 766
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROWN
MTR VEHICLE/TRUCK REGS: Provides relative to the authorization of dump trucks
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(v) and (B)(4)(b)(introductory paragraph) and (xiv) through
3 (xvii), relative to trucks hauling construction aggregates; to provide that such
4 authorization to exceed the maximum gross vehicle weight limit shall not apply in
5 certain circumstances; to provide for exceptions; to provide for definitions; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(v) and (B)(4)(b)(introductory paragraph) and (xiv)
9through (xvii) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง388. Penalties; payments
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12 B.(1)
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14 (b)
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16 (v) No dump truck hauling concrete or construction aggregates shall be
17 assessed a penalty for exceeding its maximum permissible axle weight, as
18 determined by law, provided the total excess gross weight is ten percent or less of the
19 truck's maximum permissible gross weight, the truck does not exceed the posted load
20 while crossing a posted bridge, the truck is not operating on the interstate system,
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1 and no tire on the truck exceeds its tire weight rating. If the truck's total excess gross
2 weight is greater than ten percent of its maximum permissible gross weight, as
3 determined by law, the truck shall be assessed a penalty calculated on the total
4 amount by which the truck's weight exceeds its maximum permissible gross weight,
5 as determined by law. For the purposes of this Section, "dump truck" shall mean a
6 vehicle designed exclusively to transport construction aggregates.
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8 (4)
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10 (b) When used in this Paragraph Section, "construction aggregates" means
11 any of the following:
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13 (xiv) Bulk soil.
14 (xv) Bulk rock.
15 (xvi) Sand rock.
16 (xvii) Asphalt millings.
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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 766 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Brown
Abstract: Creates a weight variance for "dump trucks".
Present law defines "construction aggregates" as sand, gravel, crushed stone, reef shell, clam
shell, sand-clam shell mixture, sand-reef shell mixture, sand clay gravel, clam-reef shell
mixture, crushed concrete, expanded clay, calcium sulfate hemihydrate, and asphalt.
Proposed law modifies the present law definition for "construction aggregates" to include
bulk soil, bulk rock, sand rock, and asphalt millings.
Proposed law authorizes dump trucks hauling concrete or construction aggregates to exceed
the maximum permissible axle weight, without a penalty, provided the truck does not exceed
its maximum permissible gross weight by more than 10%, 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.
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Proposed law further provides that if the truck's total excess weight is greater than 10% of
its maximum permissible gross weight it must be assessed a penalty based on the total
amount by which the truck's weight exceeds its maximum permissible gross weight.
Proposed law defines "dump truck" as a vehicle designed exclusively to transport
construction aggregates.
(Adds R.S. 32:388(B)(1)(b)(v) and (B)(4)(b)(intro. para.) and (xiv) through (xvii))
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