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HB 950 Original 2024 Regular Session Wilder
Abstract: Provides for an exception to vehicle and axle weight limits for consensual tows from
private property.
Present law provides the total gross weight of any single axle attached to any vehicle and equipped
with low pressure pneumatic tires cannot exceed 20,000 pounds.
Proposed law provides an exception to present law when a towing company is engaged in a
consensual vehicle tow from private property.
Present law provides vehicles and combinations of vehicles must be loaded so that the axle
limitations set forth in present law are not exceeded, except on state-maintained highways, excluding
the Interstate System, when the axle weight exceeds by more than 2,000 pounds for present law (R.S.
32:386(C) and (F)) and 3,000 pounds for present law (R.S. 32:386(D), (E), and (G)).
Proposed law excepts the provisions of present law (R.S. 32:386(C)) when a towing company is
engaged in a consensual tow from private property with the agreement of the vehicle owner.
(Amends R.S. 32:386(C) and (K))