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HB 789 Original 2020 Regular Session DeVillier
Abstract: Includes divisible shipments in the total gross weight of any vehicle or combination of
vehicles and authorizes a special permit to include shipments that are divisible.
Present law prohibits the total gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles from exceeding
80,000 lbs and a vehicle or combination of vehicles from exceeding its licensed gross weight.
Proposed law modifies present law to include a divisible shipment in the total gross weight of a
vehicle or combination of vehicles.
Present law authorizes the secretary to issue a special permit for the operation of a vehicle or
combination of vehicles with a weight in excess of the limits imposed by present law and prohibits
a shipment that is divisible from receiving a special permit.
Proposed law modifies present law to authorize a special permit for a shipment that is divisible.
(Adds R.S. 32:386(A) and 387(B))