La. Admin. Code tit. 73 § I-1309

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-1309 - Private Property Owners

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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 73, § I-1309

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Highways, LR 5:26 (February 1979) amended by the Office of Weights, Measures and StandaLR rds, 22:120 (February 1996).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:2 et seq.