Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:387.19 – Special permit; bagged rice for export; rules and regulations; Port of Lake Charles
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:387.19
- Axle: means the common axis of rotation of one or more wheels whether power-driven or freely rotating, and whether in one or more segments, and regardless of the number of wheels carried thereon. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Combination of vehicles: means every group of two or more vehicles howsoever joined together which are drawn or propelled by a single motor vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Department: means the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, including bridges, causeways, tunnels and ferries; synonymous with the word "street". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development or his delegated or authorized representative. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Truck: means every motor propelled single vehicle for the conveyance of property or things for hauling purposes and having one front steering axle and one rear or load carrying axle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Vehicle: means every device by which persons or things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
A. Provided there are no written objections raised by the Federal Highway Administration, the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development may issue special annual permits for one-way hauls of bagged rice for export within a sixty-mile radius of the Port of Lake Charles. These special permits shall be issued at the truck permit office of the Department of Transportation and Development.
(1) The permit shall be issued at the truck permit office of the Department of Transportation and Development.
(2) The fee for the permit shall be five hundred dollars annually.
(3) The permit may authorize the operation of a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a total gross vehicle weight not to exceed ninety-five thousand pounds. No tandem axle set equipped with low pressure pneumatic tires shall exceed thirty-four thousand pounds on the interstate system or thirty-seven thousand pounds off the interstate system. No tridum axle set equipped with low pressure pneumatic tires shall exceed forty-two thousand pounds on the interstate system or forty-five thousand pounds off the interstate system.
(4) The secretary may impose a civil penalty of up to five cents per pound for each violation of the weight limit established by this Section.
B. The secretary may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to enforce the provision of this Section.
Acts 2010, No. 847, §1.