Louisiana § RS 32:1521 - Restrictions on transportation of hazardous materials

§ RS 32:1521. Restrictions on transportation of hazardous materials

A.(1)  No carrier shall transport hazardous materials on Louisiana Highway 73 between Interstate 10 and Louisiana Highway 74 and within three hundred yards or less of any building used as a public or private elementary or secondary school, except for carriers making local deliveries on this portion of Louisiana Highway 73.

(2)  No carrier shall transport hazardous materials on that portion of Louisiana Highway 48 designated as Apple Street in Norco, except for carriers making local pickups or deliveries, carriers using the route to reach a local pickup or delivery point, or carriers using the route to reach maintenance or service facilities.

B.  No carrier shall transport hazardous materials on Louisiana Highway 1 between its intersection with Louisiana Highway 3132 and its intersection with Interstate 220 and within three hundred yards or less of any building used as a public or private elementary or secondary school, except for carriers making local pickups or deliveries, carriers using the route to reach a local pickup or delivery point, or carriers using the route to reach maintenance or service facilities.

C.  No carrier shall transport hazardous materials on U.S. Highway 171 between its intersection with Louisiana Highway 3132 and its intersection with U.S. Highway 80 and within three hundred yards or less of any building used as a public or private elementary or secondary school, except for carriers making local pickups or deliveries, carriers using the route to reach a local pickup or delivery point, or carriers using the route to reach maintenance or service facilities.

D.  No carrier shall transport hazardous materials on U.S. Highway 71 between its intersection with Interstate 220 and its intersection with Interstate 20 and within three hundred yards or less of any building used as a public or private elementary or secondary school, except for carriers making local pickups or deliveries, carriers using the route to reach a local pickup or delivery point, or carriers using the route to reach maintenance or service facilities.

E.  Except for carriers making local pickups or deliveries, carriers using the route to reach a local pickup or delivery point, or carriers traveling to or from their terminal facilities, or carriers using the route to reach maintenance or service facilities within the boundaries of the parish, no carrier shall transport hazardous materials in the parishes of Caddo or Bossier, except on the following routes:

(1)  Interstate 20 between the Texas-Louisiana state boundary and the Caddo-Bossier parish boundary.

(2)  Interstate 220 between its intersection with Interstate 20 and the Caddo-Bossier parish boundary.

(3)  Interstate 49 between the Caddo-DeSoto parish boundary and its intersection with the Louisiana-Arkansas boundary.

(4)  Louisiana Highway 1 between the Caddo-Red River parish boundary and its intersection with Louisiana Highway 3132.

(5)  Louisiana Highway 1 between its intersection with Interstate 220 and the Louisiana-Arkansas state boundary.

(6)  U.S. Highway 171 between the Caddo-DeSoto parish boundary and its intersection with Louisiana Highway 3132.

(7)  Louisiana Highway 2 between its intersection with Louisiana Highway 1 and the Caddo-Bossier parish boundary.

(8)  U.S. Highway 79 between the Louisiana-Texas state boundary and its intersection with Interstate 20.

(9)  U.S. Highway 71 between its intersection with Interstate 220 and the Louisiana-Arkansas state boundary.

(10)  U.S. Highway 80 from the Louisiana-Texas state boundary to Greenwood, Louisiana.

(11)  Louisiana Highway 3132.

(12)  Louisiana Highway 526.

F.  No carrier shall transport hazardous materials on any route in the parishes of Caddo or Bossier within three hundred yards or less of any building used as a public or private elementary or secondary school, except for carriers making local pickups or deliveries, carriers using the route to reach a local pickup or delivery point, or carriers using the route to reach maintenance or service facilities within the boundaries of the parishes.

G.  Except for carriers making local pickups and deliveries, carriers using the route to reach a local pickup or delivery point, or carriers using the route to reach maintenance or service facilities, no carriers shall transport hazardous materials in the parishes of Caddo and Bossier, except on the following routes:

(1)  Interstate 20 between the Bossier-Caddo parish boundary and the Bossier-Webster parish boundary.

(2)  Interstate 220 between the Bossier-Caddo parish boundary and its intersection with Interstate 20.

(3)  U.S. Highway 71 between the Bossier-Red River parish boundary and its intersection with Interstate 20.

(4)  Louisiana Highway 3105 (Airline Drive) between the Louisiana-Arkansas state boundary and its intersection with U.S. Highway 71.

(5)  Louisiana Highway 3 (Benton Road) between the Louisiana-Arkansas state boundary and its intersection with Interstate 20.

(6)  Louisiana Highway 2 between the Bossier-Caddo parish boundary and the Bossier-Webster parish boundary.

(7)  Louisiana Highway 511 (Jimmie Davis Highway) between its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 and its intersection with Louisiana Highway 3132.

H.(1)  Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.

(2)  On a second or subsequent violation, the offender shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or both.

I.(1)  Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection B, C, D, E, F, or G of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.

(2)  On a second or subsequent violation, the offender shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars nor more than three thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.

Added by Acts 1979, No. 83, §1.  Amended by Acts 1980, No. 603, §1, eff. July 23, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 539, §1; Acts 1999, No. 829, §1; Acts 2001, No. 618, §1; Acts 2013, No. 18, §1; Acts 2013, No. 28, §1.