RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 203 (HB 354) 2021 Regular Session Schamerhorn
Existing law specifies that safety helmet requirements applicable to motorcycles, motor-
driven cycles, or motorized bicycles do not apply to a person operating or riding an autocycle
if the vehicle is equipped with supports that meet or exceed the standards for a safety helmet
or a rollbar or roll cage.
Prior law defined "autocycle" as a three-wheeled motorcycle on which the driver and all
passengers rode in either a completely enclosed seating area or in a side-by-side seating area
equipped with a rollbar or roll cage, with safety belts for all occupants, and designed to be
controlled with a steering wheel and pedals.
New law modifies the definition in prior law to include either a partially or completely
enclosed seating area and changes the controlling design from a steering wheel to a steering
mechanism.
Prior law exempted operators of autocycles with certain features from the requirement to
obtain a special endorsement on their driver's license.
New law changes the definition of "autocycle" relative to the driver's license law for which
a special endorsement exemption applies. Modifies the definition to include either a partially
or completely enclosed seating area and changes the controlling design from a steering wheel
to a steering mechanism.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Amends R.S. 32:1(2)(a), 401(2)(a), and 408(C)(3))