Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 73 - WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND STANDARDS › Part I - Weights and Standards › Chapter 13 - Laws and Regulations Enforced by Other Agencies › Section I-1309 - Private Property Owners

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any
				time a vehicle, because of its size, requires the temporary removal of trees,
				mailboxes, or other items owned privately, permission must be secured before
				the movement. The owner of such private property cannot be required to permit
				such movement, and the owner may impose different of additional conditions as
				may seem best to that owner.
First Overweight Permit Fee Schedule
This schedule is for three types of vehicles:
· Vehicles and combinations of vehicles which
							 do not exceed their legal gross weight, but do exceed the legal axle weight on
							 one to three axles or axle groups* (including steering axles).
· Vehicles or combinations of vehicles which
							 have two or three axles ** total and which exceed both their legal gross weight
							 and legal axle weight.
· All two-to-four axle ** off-road equipment.
Excess Weight
(in pounds)
Distance (in miles)
0-50
51-100
101-150
151-200
over 200
0-10,000
$ 20
$ 30
$ 35
$ 45
$ 55
10,001-20,000
35
65
90
115
140
20,001-30,000
55
100
140
185
230
30,001-40,000
70
135
195
255
315
40,001-50,000
90
170
245
325
405
50,001-60,000
105
205
300
395
490
Over 60,000
$10 plus $0.07 per ton-mile
*Axle groups are tandem, tridum, and quadrum axles.
**"Axle" here refers to single or individual axles.
							 Tandem axle groups will be counted as two axles and tridum axle groups as three
							 axles.
Second Overweight Permit Fee Schedule
This schedule is for combinations of vehicles
							 with four axles* (including the steering axle).
Gross Weight
(in pounds)
Distance (in miles)
0-50
51-100
101-150
151-200
over 200
66,001-80,000
$20
$35
$ 45
$ 60
$ 70
80,001-90,000
45
75
110
145
175
*"Axle" here refers to single or individual axles.
							 Tandem axle groups will be counted as two axles and tridum axle groups as three
							 axles.
Third Overweight Permit Fee Schedule
This schedule is for combinations of vehicles
							 with five or more axles* (including the steering axle) when the gross weight
							 exceeds 80,000 pounds.
Gross Weight
(in pounds)
Distance (in miles)
0-50
51-100
101-150
151-200
over 200
80,001-100,000
$ 30
$ 45
$ 65
$ 80
$ 100
100,001-108,000
50
95
135
180
220
108,001-120,000
70
130
190
250
310
120,001-132,000
90
170
250
330
415
132,001-152,000
120
225
335
445
555
152,001-172,000
155
295
440
585
730
172,001-192,000
190
365
545
725
905
192,001-212,000
225
435
650
865
1080
212,001-232,000
260
505
755
1005
1250
232,001-238,000
290
575
855
1135
1420
over 238,000
$ 10-plus $0.50 per ton-mile of weight in excess of
							 80,000 pounds, plus a fee for structural evaluation based on the following
							 schedule:
$125-for evaluation of treated timber, concrete
							 slab, and precast concrete slab bridges
$850-for evaluation of truss, continuous span, and
							 movable bridges and for all Mississippi River structures
$500-for all other structures
Price of fuel showing tax paid* "Axle" here refers
							 to single or individual axles. Tandem axle groups will be counted as two axles
							 and tridum axle groups as three axles.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
							 contrary, any combination vehicle with a gross weight greater than 212,000
							 pounds, but not in excess of 238,000 pounds shall be authorized a maximum
							 tandem axle weight of 45,000 pounds and a maximum steering axle weight of
							 13,000 pounds, provided the spread between axle groups is a minimum of 12 feet
							 and the spread between tires in a group is a minimum of 4 feet.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  32:2 et
				  seq.