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2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 632
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEVILLIER
TRANSPORTATION DEPT: Authorizes a special permit to include a divisible load
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:386(A) and 387(B)(1)(introductory paragraph), relative to
3 divisible shipments; to provide for the inclusion of divisible shipments in the total
4 gross weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles; to provide for an additional
5 fee applicable to a special permit for shipments that are divisible; to provide for fees;
6 and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:386(A) and 387(B)(1)(introductory paragraph) are hereby
9amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 §386. Weight
11 A. The total gross weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall not
12 exceed eighty thousand pounds, which shall include shipments considered as
13 divisible that are readily divided, broken, or dismantled, and no vehicle or
14 combination of vehicles shall exceed its licensed gross weight.
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16 §387. Special permits
17 A.(1) No vehicle or combination of vehicles that does not meet the
18 requirements of R.S. 32:380 through 386 shall use the public highways of this state
19 without first obtaining a special permit from the department in addition to any other
20 special permit which may be required from any other agency or department of the
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1 state or a political subdivision, and the special permit herein provided for shall be
2 issued at the discretion of the secretary.
3 (2) If a permit issued pursuant to Subsection B of this Section authorizes a
4 vehicle to operate on interstate highways, the secretary may allow the vehicle to
5 operate on interstate highways at night if requested by the owner or operator.
6 (3) If a permit issued pursuant to this Section for any vehicle or combination
7 of vehicles includes shipments considered as divisible, that are readily divided,
8 broken, or dismantled, an additional ten percent fee of the applicable permit fees
9 shall be assessed.
10 B.(1) The secretary may issue a special permit for the operation of vehicles
11 or combination thereof having dimensions or weights in excess of the limits imposed
12 by R.S. 32:380 through 386 if the shipment is not , which shall include shipments
13 considered as divisible that are readily divided, broken, or dismantled and that do not
14 exceed the weight limits in this Section, or and exclude the operation of such
15 vehicles is otherwise prohibited by law, however, if the parts which have been
16 divided, broken or dismantled from the shipment weight in the aggregate of five
17 hundred pounds, or less, then the shipment shall be considered as indivisible.
18 Provided further, however, that the secretary may issue special overwidth permits for
19 vehicles transporting pipe. In the exercise of his discretion, the secretary shall
20 consider the following factors, as well as any other circumstances existing in the
21 particular case:
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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 632 Original 2021 Regular Session DeVillier
Abstract: Includes divisible shipments in the total gross weight of any vehicle or
combination of vehicles, authorizes a special permit to include shipments that are
divisible, and assesses an additional 10% fee to existing permit fees for the inclusion
of divisible shipments.
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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.
Proposed law requires an additional 10% fee of the applicable permit fees be assessed if any
vehicle or combination of vehicles includes shipments that are considered divisible.
(Adds R.S. 32:386(A) and 387(B)(1)(intro. para.)
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