SLS 22RS-2507 ENGROSSED
2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 497(Substitute of Senate Bill No. 316 by Senator Cloud)
BY SENATOR CLOUD
MOTOR VEHICLES. Restricts alteration of a vehicle's wheel well. (8/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 32:381.1, relative to motor vehicles; to provide for prohibited alterations; and
3 to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 32:381.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง381.1. Prohibited vehicle modifications; wheel well
7 A. No person may operate a motor vehicle with any modification to the
8 front wheel well that alters the vehicle manufacturer's specified height more
9 than six inches higher than the rear wheel well.
10 B. For purposes of this Section, "wheel well" means the recessed space
11 in a vehicle's structure where the wheel is positioned.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 497
SLS 22RS-2507 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 497 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Cloud
Proposed law provides for prohibition on modifications to vehicle front wheel well.
Proposed law provides for definition of wheel well.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 32:381.1)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.