HLS 24RS-701 ENGROSSED
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 695
BY REPRESENTATIVE FONTENOT
TRANSPORTATION: Creates an overweight permit to transport earthen material for
government funded levee projects
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 32:387.21, relative to trucks transporting earthen materials; to authorize the
3 issuance of per project special permits for trucks transporting earthen materials under
4 certain circumstances; to establish a fee for the special permit; to provide for a
5 weight limitation; to establish certain requirements for permit holders; to provide for
6 a penalty; to provide for rule promulgation; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:387.21 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง387.21. Special permit; trucks transporting earthen materials for government
10 funded levee projects
11 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the secretary
12 shall issue a per project special overweight permit to persons who operate trucks that
13 transport earthen materials for government funded levee projects. Each per project
14 permit shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.
15 B. The permit shall be issued in accordance with the following provisions:
16 (1) Upon application for a special permit, the applicant shall designate the
17 specific routes to be utilized for transporting the materials and identify the project
18 for which they are transporting materials.
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1 (2) The fee for the permit shall be one thousand dollars per project.
2 However, if the project exceeds the one-year validity of the permit, a new permit
3 shall be required.
4 (3) The permit shall authorize the operation of the vehicle combination at a
5 gross weight not to exceed seventy thousand pounds for which twenty-two thousand
6 pounds for single axle and forty-eight thousand pounds for tridum group. Nothing
7 contained in this Section shall preempt municipal or parish ordinances from
8 regulating weight limits on municipal or parish streets or roads.
9 C. The secretary may impose a civil penalty of up to five cents per pound for
10 each violation of the weight limit established by this Section.
11 D. As used in this Section, "earthen materials" includes minerals, rocks, soil,
12 and water.
13 E. The secretary may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with
14 the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to enforce the provisions of this
15 Section.
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 695 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Fontenot
Abstract: Creates an overweight per project permit for trucks transporting earthen
materials for government funded levee projects.
Proposed law establishes a per project special overweight permit for persons who operate
trucks transporting earthen materials for government funded levee projects.
Proposed law specifies that the permit is valid for one year from the date of issuance.
Proposed law requires that the permit be issued in accordance with the following provisions:
(1)The applicant for the special permit must designate the specific routes to be utilized
for transporting the earthen materials and identify the project for which they are
transporting materials upon application.
(2)The permit fee is $1,000 per project. Requires a new permit if the project exceeds
the one-year validity of the project.
(3)The vehicle combination must not exceed a gross weight of 70,000 lbs. for which
22,000 1bs. for a single axle and 48,000 lbs. for tridum group.
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Proposed law authorizes the secretary to impose a civil penalty of up to five cents per lb. for
each violation of the weight limit established by proposed law.
Proposed law defines "earthen materials" as materials which include minerals, rocks, soil,
and water.
Proposed law authorizes the secretary of the department to promulgate rules and regulations
as are necessary to enforce the provisions of proposed law.
Proposed law specifies that nothing contained in proposed law preempts municipal or parish
ordinances from regulating weight limits on municipal or parish streets or roads.
(Adds R.S. 32:387.21)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Change the gross weight from 90,000 lbs. to 70,000 lbs for which 22,000 lbs. for
single axle and 48,000 lbs. for tridum group.
2. Clarify that nothing contained in proposed law will preempt municipal or parish
ordinances from regulating weight limits on municipal or parish streets or roads.
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