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La. Rev. Stat. § 48:292 Noncompetitive negotiation selections
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§292. Noncompetitive negotiation selections A. In special and rare circumstances, noncompetitive selection may be utilized. These circumstances include, but are not limited to: (1) Specialty contracts where the necessary expertise is available only from one or a few sources. (2) …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:292.1 Small Engineering Consultant Program
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§292.1. Small Engineering Consultant Program A. The department may establish a program to prequalify small engineering consultants for employment on selected department projects. The program shall be known as the "Small Engineering Consultant Program", hereafter referred to in th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:293 Competitive selection
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§293. Competitive selection A.(1) Except for Louisiana Transportation Research Center projects, upon termination of the deadline for receipt of responses, the evaluation committee team shall confer and evaluate said responses. A point-based rating system based upon the evaluation…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:294 Contract types
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§294. Contract types A. The department shall utilize either cost plus fixed fee with a maximum limitation, cost per unit of work, specific rates of compensation, or lump sum contracts for either competitive or noncompetitive selections. The fee shall either be negotiated or prede…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:295.1 Definitions
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§295.1. Definitions When used in this Part, the following words and phrases have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) "Contractor" means consultants selected pursuant to R.S. 48:285 et seq. Contractor shall al…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:295.2 Authority to debar or to suspend
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§295.2. Authority to debar or to suspend A. Applicability. This Section applies to a debarment for cause from consideration for awarding of contracts and participating in performance of contracts as a contractor, subcontractor, consultant, or subconsultant or a suspension from co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:295.3 Appeal to the secretary
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§295.3. Appeal to the secretary A. The secretary or his designee shall have the authority to review and determine any appeal by an aggrieved person from a determination by the debarment committee which is authorized by R.S. 48:295.2. B. This Section applies to a review by the sec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:295.4 Actions by or against the department in connection with contracts
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§295.4. Actions by or against the department in connection with contracts A. Any judicial action under this Part shall be governed by R.S. 49:978.1. B. Any appeal for judicial review of the secretary's decision shall be commenced in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court within s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:301 Authority to establish and regulate controlled-access facilities
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§301. Authority to establish and regulate controlled-access facilities The highway authorities of the state, parishes and municipalities of Louisiana, acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:302 Design of controlled-access facility; right of access
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§302. Design of controlled-access facility; right of access The highway authorities may design any controlled-access facility and regulate, restrict, or prohibit access so as to best serve the traffic for which it is intended. The authority's determination of that design is final…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:303 Acquisition of property and property rights
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§303. Acquisition of property and property rights For the purposes of this Part, the highway authorities may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by donation, p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:304 New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations
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§304. New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations The highway authorities may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within or being a controlled-acc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:305 Agreements with each other or with federal government
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§305. Agreements with each other or with federal government The highway authorities may enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation, or vacation of controlled-a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:306 Local service roads
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§306. Local service roads In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the highway authorities may plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets or designate as local service roads and stre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:307 Controlled-access areas; commercial activities
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§307. Controlled-access areas; commercial activities A. Except to the extent authorized by law for expressway projects of the Louisiana expressway authority or any other toll road or turnpike project, and except as provided by this Section, no automotive service station or other …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:341 Channeling traffic by lines
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§341. Channeling traffic by lines In the interest of the safety and convenience of motor vehicle operation, appropriate geometric designs and traffic regulatory devices shall be employed to provide separate channels for the movement of vehicles traveling in different directions a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:342 Parking or loading on highway
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§342. Parking or loading on highway The chief engineer may regulate, and, when the safety or convenience of the traveling public requires it, prohibit the parking or loading and unloading of any type of vehicle on any highway within the state highway system. Parking on the travel…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:343 Moving property across highways
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§343. Moving property across highways The chief engineer of the Department of Transportation and Development may regulate, as to method, the moving of tangible movable property across the highways. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1992, No. 350, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:344 Entrances and exits adjacent to highways
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§344. Entrances and exits adjacent to highways Entrances to and exits from private properties adjacent to the rights-of-way of state highways may be regulated, prohibited, or abolished in the interest of the safety of the traveling public. The chief engineer of the Department of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:345 Designation of a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on highways in the state
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§345. Designation of a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on highways in the state highway system; penalty A. The secretary or his designee may designate high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on any highway in the state highway system where adequate shoulders exist and may restrict t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:346 Closing or restricting use of highways
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§346. Closing or restricting use of highways The assistant secretary of the office of operations or the chief engineer may close any section of highway to all or any class or part of traffic or restrict the use thereof to the extent he thinks expedient for any length of time that…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:346.1 Temporary road signs; sugarcane harvest season
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§346.1. Temporary road signs; sugarcane harvest season During the sugarcane harvest season, the Department of Transportation and Development may install in those parishes where sugarcane is harvested, temporary road signs which warn motorists of particular road hazards existing t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:347 Removal of obstacles or hazards from highway or vicinity; campaign signs
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§347. Removal of obstacles or hazards from highway or vicinity; campaign signs A. The department may apply to the court for any process necessary to prevent the installation of any structure, sign, obstacle, object, deposit, or thing within the limits of a highway contrary to thi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:348 Informational maps and literature
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§348. Informational maps and literature The secretary may, from time to time, issue maps of the state highway system, or brochures or pamphlets for the information and education of the traveling public in matters of traffic and safety. All such literature shall be issued in the n…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:35 Minimum safety guidelines of highway design, maintenance, and construction; exemptions
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§35. Minimum safety guidelines of highway design, maintenance, and construction; exemptions A. The Department of Transportation and Development shall adopt minimum safety guidelines with respect to highway and bridge design, construction, and maintenance. These guidelines shall c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:35.1 Reflective glass highways markings; minimum standards
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§35.1. Reflective glass highways markings; minimum standards A. The legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Inorganic arsenic is a hazardous substance and is recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Occupational Health and Sa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:36 Topographic mapping
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§36. Topographic mapping A. The department shall develop and maintain a statewide digital geospatial database for topographic mapping with the assistance of other state agencies or departments. The department shall act as authority for geographic names, set standards for the mapp…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:381 Use and occupancy of highways
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§381. Use and occupancy of highways A. When not inconsistent with the purposes of state highways, the chief engineer may issue permits for the use and occupancy of the rights-of-way of state highways as follows: (1) For the installation, operation, and maintenance of underground …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:381.1 Rights-of-way; joint use agreements; fees
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§381.1. Rights-of-way; joint use agreements; fees A. The chief engineer, or his duly authorized representative, may enter into joint use agreements affecting those highway rights-of-way which consist of elevated sections and other highway rights-of-way which may be deemed suitabl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:381.2 Rights-of-way; telecommunication installations, including wireless telephone
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§381.2. Rights-of-way; telecommunication installations, including wireless telephone hardware, fiber-optic lines, and telecommunications towers; annual report to the legislature A.(1) The chief engineer or his duly authorized representative may issue nonexclusive permits, on a co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:381.3 Duty of care associated with placement of public utility facilities on or adjacent to rights-of-way of state highways
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§381.3. Duty of care associated with placement of public utility facilities on or adjacent to rights-of-way of state highways A. The duty of care owed to the motoring public by the owners and/or operators of public utility facilities, located adjacent to a highway, road, street, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:381.4 Rights-of-way; wireless telecommunications tower managers
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§381.4. Rights-of-way; wireless telecommunications tower managers The assistant secretary for project delivery or his duly authorized representative may enter into agreements with a wireless telecommunications tower manager to manage such towers for specified periods as follows: …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:382 Intersection of highways by utilities and facilities
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§382. Intersection of highways by utilities and facilities A. When an existing highway is intersected or proposed to be intersected by a facility or utility used or to be used for the transportation of persons or commodities, as a railway or canal, or when an existing highway is …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:383 Removable bridges over certain canals
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§383. Removable bridges over certain canals Where a highway is built across a drainage or irrigation canal which was dug by a floating dredge or which may be subject to cleaning or recleaning by a floating dredge, a bridge shall be built at the crossing of a design approved by th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:384 Source of money for bridges
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§384. Source of money for bridges A. When the state builds a highway across a canal, the bridge shall be paid for out of the Transportation Trust Fund, except in cases where the owner or owners of the canal are obligated to the erection and maintenance of a bridge over it. B. Whe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:385 Sewage disposal in highway ditches
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§385. Sewage disposal in highway ditches No industrial wastes, sewage, septic tanks effluent, nor any noxious or harmful matter, solid, liquid, or gaseous, shall be discharged into the side or cross ditches or placed upon the rights-of-way of state highways, without the prior wri…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:386 Repairs to railway grade crossings and crossing warning devices; responsibility on railroads
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§386. Repairs to railway grade crossings and crossing warning devices; responsibility on railroads A. Whenever a highway crosses a railroad track at grade, and the grade crossing needs repair and should, in the judgment of the chief engineer or his duly authorized representative,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:386.1 Maintenance of railroad rights-of-way at public road or highway railroad grade crossings; notice; penalty
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§386.1. Maintenance of railroad rights-of-way at public road or highway railroad grade crossings; notice; penalty A. As used in this Section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Maintenance length" means a distance of three hundred feet on each side of the centerline of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:387 Contributions by the Department of Highways to the maintenance of flashing light signals at railroad crossings; conditions
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§387. Contributions by the Department of Highways to the maintenance of flashing light signals at railroad crossings; conditions The Department of Transportation and Development may, to the extent that the legislature appropriates funds therefor, make payments to railroads, whose…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:388 State rail freight service assistance
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§388. State rail freight service assistance A. The Department of Transportation and Development is hereby authorized to exercise those powers necessary for the state to qualify for federal rail freight service assistance pursuant to the provisions of the Railroad Revitalization a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:388.1 Class II and III Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program
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§388.1. Class II and III Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program A.(1) The Class II and III Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program is hereby created within the department. (2) The program shall be made available to Class II and III railroads for rail improvement needs to maintai…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:389 Railroad traffic; certain speed restrictions
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§389. Railroad traffic; certain speed restrictions A. In accordance with the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA), 45 USC §421 et seq., specifically Section 434 thereof, the Department of Transportation and Development is authorized to establish speed restrictions for railroad traf…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:389.1 Parish public roadways; designation as public crossings
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§389.1. Parish public roadways; designation as public crossings Each parish governing authority is authorized to designate parish public roadways, as defined in R.S. 48:753(F), intersecting a railroad right of way as public crossings. Upon a formal designation as a public crossin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:390 Railroad grade crossing improvement and elimination; notification
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§390. Railroad grade crossing improvement and elimination; notification A. The secretary shall complete a study of all public railroad grade crossings to establish priorities for improvement, relocation, or closure in compliance with federal guidelines and shall develop a priorit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:390.1 Railroad grade crossing elimination; parish and municipal roads
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§390.1. Railroad grade crossing elimination; parish and municipal roads A.(1) The department is authorized to evaluate the need to close any public railroad grade crossing on a non-state maintained highway within the territorial jurisdiction of any local governing authority in co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:391 Obstruction of railroad grade crossings
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§391. Obstruction of railroad grade crossings A.(1) It shall be unlawful for any train, railroad car or equipment, or engine to obstruct vehicular traffic at a public highway railroad grade crossing for a period in excess of twenty consecutive minutes, except when such train, rai…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:392 Obstruction of railroad grade crossings; moving or nonmoving trains
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§392. Obstruction of railroad grade crossings; moving or nonmoving trains A.(1) It shall be unlawful for any moving or non-moving train, railroad car or equipment, or engine to obstruct vehicular traffic at a public highway railroad grade crossing for a period in excess of twenty…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:394 Private crossing elimination
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§394. Private crossing elimination A.(1) Any railroad company operating in this state which desires to close or remove a private crossing shall, no less than one hundred eighty days prior to the proposed closing or removal, provide a written request by registered or certified mai…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:421 Personal interest of department officers or employees in contracts; penalties
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§421. Personal interest of department officers or employees in contracts; penalties The secretary, undersecretary, assistant secretaries or any of the employees of the Department of Transportation and Development and corporations or firms in which the secretary, undersecretary, a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:422 Personal interest of members of legislature or officers of executive department in contracts; penalties
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§422. Personal interest of members of legislature or officers of executive department in contracts; penalties Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no member of the legislature or officer of the executive department of the state shall be in any way interested in any contr…
