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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 260
BY SENATOR CLOUD
TRANSPORTATION/DEV DEPT. Provides for amending and transferring commercial
truck permits. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:387.14, relative to commercial truck permits; to provide for
3 a multi-use permit; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 32:387.14 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง387.14. Special permit; heavy equipment
7 In addition to the special permits issued on an annual basis or a per trip basis
8 as provided for in this Part, the secretary is hereby authorized to issue annual special
9 permits to transporters of heavy equipment. Notwithstanding any other provision
10 of law to the contrary, permits issued under this Section may be amended or
11 transferred between vehicles four times per calendar year. Any additional
12 transfers are within the discretion of the Department of Transportation and
13 Development. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance
14 with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section,
15 including but not limited to the fee for such annual permit, which shall not exceed
16 two thousand five hundred dollars, and the size and weight authorized under the
17 permit, which shall not exceed size and weight restrictions for transporters of heavy
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1 equipment under this Part.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 260 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Cloud
Present law provides the Department of Transportation and Development shall establish a
special permit to transporters of heavy equipment.
Proposed law retains present law and further provides the department shall allow permits to
be amended or transferred between vehicles four times a year.
Proposed law further provides for the department to have discretion for additional permit
transfers.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 32:387.14)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Makes technical changes.
2. Provides for a permit transfers.
3. Provides for rulemaking.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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