The bill enacts new provisions under R.S. 32:387.21, 387.22, and 387.23, which establish special permits for trucks transporting materials in Louisiana. Specifically, it allows for the issuance of per project special overweight permits for trucks transporting earthen materials for government-funded levee projects, with a validity of one year and a fee of $1,000 per project. The bill also sets weight limitations for these trucks, allowing a gross weight of up to 70,000 pounds, while ensuring that municipal or parish ordinances regarding weight limits are not preempted. Additionally, the secretary is authorized to impose penalties for violations of these weight limits and to promulgate necessary rules and regulations.

Furthermore, the bill introduces special permits for trucks hauling raw input materials for concrete and finished concrete products, allowing a ten percent weight variance for a fee of $400 per unit, and for single unit dump trucks, allowing a twelve percent weight variance for a fee of $800 per truck. These permits will exempt holders from gross weight and axle weight penalties as long as the excess weight remains within the specified limits, although they do not permit exceeding posted weight limits on bridges.