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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 497 2022 Regular Session Cloud
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
MOTOR VEHICLES. Restricts certain alterations of motor vehicles
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Change trigger of prohibition from wheel well measurements to fender
measurements.
2. Restrict application to vehicles with no payload and not trailer attached.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
SB 497 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Cloud
Proposed law prohibits the operation a motor vehicle upon any highway if, by alteration of
the suspension, frame, or chassis, the height of the front fender is six or more inches greater
than the height of the rear fender.
Proposed law provides that the height of the fender shall be a vertical measurement from and
perpendicular to the ground, through the centerline of the wheel, and to the bottom of the
fender.
Proposed law that the prohibition shall only apply to vehicles with no payload or no trailer
attached.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 32:381.1)
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Dawn Romero Watson
Executive Director