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Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note On: HB 695 HLS 24RS 701
Bill Text Version: ENROLLED
Opp. Chamb. Action:
Proposed Amd.:
Sub. Bill For.:
Date: May 30, 2024 1:23 PM Author: FONTENOT
Dept./Agy.: Department of Transportation and Development
Subject: Creates special permits for certain circumstances Analyst: Kimberly Fruge
TRANSPORTATION EN +$50,000 SD EX See Note Page 1 of 1
Creates an overweight permit to transport earthen material for government funded levee projects
Proposed law establishes a per project special overweight permit for each truck transporting earthen materials for government funded
levee projects; specifies that the permit is valid for one year from the date of issuance; provides for permit requirements and weight
limits; provides for penalty; provides for definitions of earthen materials; and authorizes the secretary of the department to promulgate
rules and regulations necessary to enforce the provisions of proposed law.
Proposed law creates a special permit for the hauling of raw input materials for concrete and finished concrete products; establishes a fee
of $400 per unit; provides for weight limits.
Proposed law creates a special permit for single unit dump-trucks with no limitation as to the material being hauled; establishes a fee of
$800 per truck; provides for weight limits and penalties.
EXPENDITURES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other $50,000 SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW $50,000
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW SEE BELOW
Annual Total
REVENUES 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 5 -YEAR TOTAL
State Gen. Fd. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Agy. Self-Gen. $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Ded./Other INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE INCREASE
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Funds $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Annual Total
EXPENDITURE EXPLANATION
Proposed law will result in one-time expenditures out of the Statutorily Dedicated Transportation Trust Fund-Regular (TTF) to
modify the existing permitting system (LaGeaux). The Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) estimates
the programming costs necessary to effectuate the issuance of the special permits proposed in this measure at $50,000.
NOTE: Heavier loads increase deterioration of bridge and highway structures and substructures. Overweight loads carried on
short-wheel bases, or lower axle counts, can increase the rate of deterioration beyond that caused by long-wheel bases
because the load is applied in a more concentrated focal area. To the degree the special permits proposed in this measure
increase average load weights traveling across transportation infrastructure, the maintenance schedule required to keep
those roads within allowable safety parameters would increase and eventual replacement of the road and substructure would
realize an accelerated timetable.
REVENUE EXPLANATION
Proposed law will result in an indeterminable increase in revenues deposited into the Statutorily Dedicated Transportation
Trust Fund-Regular (TTF). Proposed law creates three special permits: 1) an overweight permit for trucks transporting
earthen materials for government funded levee projects, 2) a special permit for hauling of raw materials for concrete and
finished concrete products, and 3) a special permit for single unit dump trucks with no limitation as to the material being
hauled. The permit fees are $1,000 per project, per year, $400 per unit, per year, and $800 per truck per year, respectively.
The number of permits that may be issued on an annual basis is unknown and the potential revenues are indeterminable.
Proposed law allows the secretary to impose a civil penalty for each violation of the established weight limits. The number of
individuals that may violate proposed law and be assessed civil penalties is speculative and indeterminable.
NOTE: Overweight permit fees generally do not provide sufficient revenue to cover expenditures to repair additional
damages caused to bridge and highway structures and substructures by heavier loads.
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