Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:387.6 – Special permits; trucks hauling cotton modules
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:387.6
- 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
- Department: means the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Gross weight: means the weight of a vehicle and/or combination of vehicles without load on all axles including the steering axle plus the weight of any load thereon. 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
- Motor carrier: means any person owning, controlling, managing, operating, or causing to be used or operated any commercial motor vehicle used in the transportation of persons or property over the public highways of this state, whether as a transportation agency or howsoever utilizing said public facilities. 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
- Single axle: means an assembly of two or more wheels, whose centers are in one transverse vertical plane or may be included between two parallel transverse vertical planes forty inches apart extending across the full width of the vehicle. 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
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the secretary shall issue annual special permits to persons who operate trucks which haul cotton modules and are in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. These permits shall be issued in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) The permits shall be issued at the truck permit office of the Department of Transportation and Development.
(2) The fee for the permits shall be fifty dollars per permit per year.
(3) The permit shall authorize the operation of a three-axle vehicle at a gross weight of sixty-eight thousand pounds; with a tandem axle not to exceed forty-eight thousand pounds; and a single axle not to exceed twenty thousand pounds. These permits shall allow travel on any state-maintained highway with the exception of interstates.
(4) The secretary may impose a civil penalty of up to five cents per pound for each violation of the limit established in this Subsection. The secretary, by rule, shall establish procedures for enforcing the provisions of this Subsection, including a procedure by which persons accused of violations may contest those accusations.
Acts 1995, No. 790, §1.