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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY
TRANSPORTATION: Increases the speed limit for school buses on highways and
interstates
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To amend and reenact LAC 28:CXIII.907(C)(1) and(D)(2), which provides for school bus
3 driving speeds on highways and interstates; to increase the speed limit for school
4 buses on highways or interstates to the posted speed limit or sixty-five miles per
5 hour, whichever is less; to direct the Office of the State Register to print the
6 amendments in the Louisiana Administrative Code; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8 WHEREAS, during the 1960's and 1970's, school buses were transporting students
9safely at speeds ten to fifteen miles per hour slower than the posted speed limit on all types
10of roadways; and
11 WHEREAS, in recent years, safer designs of modern school buses, as well as more
12successful route planning and upgraded school bus driver training, have aided in the
13reduction of school bus passenger injuries; and
14 WHEREAS, eight other states have expressly provided for an increased speed limit
15for school buses on highways and interstates; and
16 WHEREAS, numerous school buses travel on interstate highways with a posted
17speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour or greater, and with school buses traveling at fifty-
18five miles per hour, this creates a safety hazard; and
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1 WHEREAS, R.S. 49:969 provides that "the legislature, by Concurrent Resolution,
2may suspend, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation or body of rules or regulations adopted
3by a state department, agency, board, or commission"; and
4 WHEREAS, increasing the maximum speed of school buses on highways or
5interstate highways from fifty-five miles per hour to the posted speed limit or sixty-five
6miles per hour, whichever is less, would enable school buses to maintain, or travel closer to,
7the speed of the faster flow of traffic, thereby reducing the opportunity for accidents created
8by vehicles unexpectedly slowing down or changing lanes.
9 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature Louisiana that LAC 28:
10CXIII.907(C)(1) and (D)(2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
11 ยง907. Intersections, Turns, Driving Speeds, and Interstate Driving
12 * * *
13 C. Driving Speeds
14 1. School buses must shall not be driven faster than 55 mph the posted speed
15 limit or sixty-five miles per hour if the posted speed limit exceeds sixty-five miles
16 per hour, and no faster than legal speeds on city streets, in school zones, etc.
17 * * *
18 D. Interstate Driving
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20 2. At no time shall a school bus be operated in excess of 55 miles per hour
21 the posted speed limit or sixty-five miles per hour if the posted speed limit exceeds
22 sixty-five miles per hour, including interstate highway travel.
23 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
24secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
26Office of the State Register.
27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of the State Register is hereby
28directed to have the amendments to LAC 28:CXIII.907(C)(1) and (D)(2) printed and
29incorporated into the Louisiana Administrative Code.
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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)]
HCR 1 Original 2020 Regular Session Bagley
Abstract: Authorizes a school bus to operate at the posted speed limit, or sixty-five miles
per hour, whichever is less, during highway and interstate highway travel.
Present LAC 28:CXIII.907(C)(1) specifies that a school bus must operate at 55 mph on the
highway.
Proposed LAC 28:CXIII.907(C)(1) increases the speed for a school bus to operate on the
highway from 55 mph to the posted speed limit, or 65 mph, whichever is less.
Present LAC 28:CXIII.907(D)(2) specifies that a school bus cannot operate in excess of 55
mph, including interstate highway travel.
Proposed LAC 28:CXIII.907(D)(2) increases the speed for a school bus to operate on an
interstate highway from 55 mph to the posted speed limit, or 65 mph, whichever is less.
(Amends LAC 28:CXIII.907(C)(1) and (D)(2))
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