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La. Rev. Stat. § 48:459 Devolutive appeal; effect of appeal
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§459. Devolutive appeal; effect of appeal A devolutive appeal shall lie from expropriation suits tried pursuant to this Part without any additional deposit by the plaintiff, and no appeal from any expropriation suit brought under the provisions of this Part shall operate to preve…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:460 Divesting of title
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§460. Divesting of title The plaintiff shall not be divested by court order of any title acquired under these provisions except where such court finds that the property was not taken for a public purpose. In the event of such findings, the court shall enter such judgment as is ne…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461 Declaration of policy
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§461. Declaration of policy The Legislature finds and declares that outdoor advertising and maintenance of junkyards are legitimate commercial uses of private property and, for the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.1 Terms defined
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§461.1. Terms defined (1) "Automobile graveyard" means any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. (2) "Conforming out-of-stan…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.10 Junkyards lawfully in existence
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§461.10. Junkyards lawfully in existence Any junkyard lawfully in existence on July 27, 1966 which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary systems shall be screened, if …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.11 Requirement as to screening
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§461.11. Requirement as to screening The department is authorized to establish and promulgate rules and regulations governing the location, planting, construction and maintenance of screening or fencing required by this Part, including the materials to be used. Added by Acts 1966…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.12 Acquisition of sites for removal and screening of junkyards
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§461.12. Acquisition of sites for removal and screening of junkyards A. The department may acquire by donation, purchase, lease, exchange or expropriation such interest in lands as it may deem necessary to secure the relocation, removal or disposal of the following junkyards when…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.13 Unlawful junkyards; injunction
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§461.13. Unlawful junkyards; injunction Any junkyard which violates the provisions of this Part is hereby declared to be illegal and the department may apply to the court in the parish in which such junkyard is located for an injunction to require compliance with the provisions o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.14 Interpretation
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§461.14. Interpretation Nothing in this Part shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any statute, ordinance or regulation which is more restrictive than the provisions of this Part. Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.15 Agreements with federal government
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§461.15. Agreements with federal government The department may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Commerce, as provided by Title 23, United States Code1, relating to the control of outdoor advertising and of junkyards in areas adjacent to the Interstate and Primary syste…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.16 Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 between LaPlace and Jefferson Parish prohibited
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§461.16. Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 between LaPlace and Jefferson Parish prohibited Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 48:461.2, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within visual observation of the main traveled way of Interstate Highway 10…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.17 Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 in the Atchafalaya River Basin Area; prohibited
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§461.17. Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 in the Atchafalaya River Basin Area; prohibited Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 48:461.2, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within visual observation of the main traveled way of Interstate Highway 10…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.18 Outdoor advertising control extended beyond six hundred sixty feet
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§461.18. Outdoor advertising control extended beyond six hundred sixty feet A. Control of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices is extended to signs, displays and devices located beyond six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right of way of the Federal Aid Interstate…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.19 Just compensation payable for signs beyond six hundred sixty feet
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§461.19. Just compensation payable for signs beyond six hundred sixty feet Legal outdoor advertising signs, displays or devices prohibited by Section 461.18 shall be removed upon the payment of just compensation in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as signs lawf…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.2 Limitations of outdoor advertising devices
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§461.2. Limitations of outdoor advertising devices A. No outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the nearest edge of the right of way and visible from the main traveled way of the interstate or primary highways in this state except the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.20 Landmark signs
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§461.20. Landmark signs Signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, determined by the state, subject to the concurrence of the United States Secretary of Transportation, to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, of historic or artistic sig…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.21 Limitation of outdoor advertising devices
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§461.21. Limitation of outdoor advertising devices In the event that the owner of an unlawful advertising sign fails or refuses to remove the sign after the thirty day notice from the department, as specified in Section 461.7, the department is authorized to give notice to the pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.22 Advertising and junkyards between Mississippi River and its levees
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§461.22. Advertising and junkyards between Mississippi River and its levees Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no outdoor advertising as described in R.S. 48:461.2(A)(4) and (5) and no junkyards as defined in this Part shall be erected or maintained withi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.23 Economic Hardship Exemptions
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§461.23. Economic Hardship Exemptions A. Outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices which provide directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public, and are such that removal would work a substantial economic hardship in a defined area,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.24 Removal or alteration of outdoor advertising devices
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§461.24. Removal or alteration of outdoor advertising devices A. Except any such ordinance which was enacted by a governing authority prior to May 1, 1989, no municipal or parish governing authority shall require by ordinance, or by amendment to any ordinance, the removal, altera…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.25 Outdoor advertising on Interstate Highway 310, in St
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§461.25. Outdoor advertising on Interstate Highway 310, in St. Charles Parish, between Interstate Highway 10 and the Mississippi River; prohibited Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 48:461.2, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within visual observation of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.26 Designation of state parkways; outdoor advertising prohibited; screening required;
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§461.26. Designation of state parkways; outdoor advertising prohibited; screening required; exceptions A.(1) Interstate Highway 49 is hereby designated as a parkway. (2) U.S. Highway 90 from the St. Mary - Assumption Parish line to the junction of U.S. Highway 90 and State Highwa…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.27 Outdoor advertising devices in forestry management areas
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§461.27. Outdoor advertising devices in forestry management areas A. The department may issue permits for outdoor advertising devices along highway rights-of-way in areas designated in a department forestry management plan. Applications for permits for devices in such areas may b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.3 Regulation of advertising; exemptions
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§461.3. Regulation of advertising; exemptions A. The department is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations governing the issuance of permits, including the collection of reasonable fees therefor, for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising coming within the except…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.4 Recognition of customary uses
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§461.4. Recognition of customary uses A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Part, outdoor advertising shall be permitted in areas zoned industrial or commercial and in unzoned commercial and industrial areas as hereafter defined, including all land, buildings, or other …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.5 Removal of nonconforming advertising
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§461.5. Removal of nonconforming advertising Any sign, display or device lawfully in existence along the interstate or primary systems on July 27, 1966 and which is not in conformity with the provisions contained herein shall not be required to be removed until July 1, 1970. Any …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.6 Compensation for removal of advertising and priorities for removal of advertising
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§461.6. Compensation for removal of advertising and priorities for removal of advertising A.(1) The department shall acquire by donation, purchase, lease, exchange, or expropriation and, when required by state or federal law, shall pay just compensation upon the removal of the fo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.7 Unlawful advertising
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§461.7. Unlawful advertising Unlawful advertising shall be any sign, display or device which violates the provisions of this Part. The department shall give thirty days notice, by certified mail, to the owner of such device to remove same if it is a prohibited device or cause it …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.8 Advertising in safety rest areas
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§461.8. Advertising in safety rest areas A. In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the department may maintain maps and permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas, and to establis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:461.9 Limitations of junkyards
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§461.9. Limitations of junkyards No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following: (1) Those which are screened by natural …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:471 Application of Chapter
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§471. Application of Chapter This Chapter does not apply in any manner to roads, streets, or alleys which are part of the state highway system.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:481 Powers of parish governing authorities as to roads, bridges, and ditches; penalties
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§481. Powers of parish governing authorities as to roads, bridges, and ditches; penalties Parish governing authorities may pass all ordinances which they think necessary relative to roads, bridges, and ditches, and may impose such penalties to enforce them as they think proper.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:482 Contracts for making and repairing bridges
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§482. Contracts for making and repairing bridges Parish governing authorities may let out contracts for opening and repairing roads, making and repairing bridges, on the terms and conditions that they think most conducive to the public interest. However, they shall not make contr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:483 Draining of public roads
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§483. Draining of public roads Parish governing authorities may drain the public roads of their respective parishes by cutting ditches and canals where necessary through private property. The ditches and drains shall be of sufficient size to drain both the public road and the lan…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:484 Employment of engineers
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§484. Employment of engineers The governing authority of any parish may employ an engineer to design blacktop, concrete or other hard surfaced roads, highways, bridges and tunnels in the parish to be constructed with funds from the royalty road fund whenever the department of hig…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:485 Designation of roads or streets
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§485. Designation of roads or streets The governing authority of any parish may designate roads or streets located within the parish and outside of municipalities by assigning thereto road numbers and indicating the parish and ward in which such road is located and may post appro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:491 Public roads
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§491. Public roads A. All roads or streets in this state that are opened, laid out, or appointed by virtue of any act of the legislature or by virtue of an order of any parish governing authority in any parish, or any municipal governing authority in any municipality shall be pub…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:501 Guide posts at cross-roads
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§501. Guide posts at cross-roads Parish governing authorities shall post all cross-roads in their respective parishes so as to indicate the nearest point of local importance to which the respective roads lead and the distance thereto.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:51 Head of department
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§51. Head of department The secretary is the executive officer of the department. He shall be appointed, shall serve and his salary shall be fixed, all in accordance with the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 151, §1; Acts…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:511 Changing public road; penalty
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§511. Changing public road; penalty A. No person shall turn, alter, or change any public road as defined in R.S. 48:491 and being a parish or municipal road, except upon order of the governing authority of the parish for a parish road, whether or not within a municipality, or upo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:512 Prohibition against closing, obstruction, or changing legal roads; restoring to former condition; exceptions
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§512. Prohibition against closing, obstruction, or changing legal roads; restoring to former condition; exceptions A. No person shall close, obstruct, or change any legal road, public road, or street, as defined in R.S. 48:491 and being a parish or municipal road, except upon ord…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:52 Powers of secretary
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§52. Powers of secretary The secretary as the executive head of the department shall exercise all of the functions of the department through the departmental organizations provided for by law and to the extent provided by applicable law. Every lawful act of the secretary performe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:53 Personnel authority
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§53. Personnel authority The secretary, subject only to the limitations of appropriations thereto and all of the applicable provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, may abolish positions; transfer duties between positions; and assign duties to, direct and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:54 Classification of state highways
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§54. Classification of state highways The secretary, for the purpose of administering the provisions of this Chapter, may divide or classify the highways of the state highway system by type, volume and kind of traffic, geographical area, mileage, condition, purpose, or otherwise.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:55 Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism rules and regulations; applicability
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§55. Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism rules and regulations; applicability Rules and regulations of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism adopted in pursuance of the aims and purposes of the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission and t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:56 Annual report on state projects
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§56. Annual report on state projects A. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 106, §1. B. The office of facility planning and control of the division of administration shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Capital Outlay Committee on October first of each year and to the legislatur…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:57 Duties of the secretary; appointment of traffic control officers
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§57. Duties of the secretary; appointment of traffic control officers A.(1) The secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development may, at his discretion, appoint, fix salaries of, and pay traffic control officers in accordance with Department of State Civil Service re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:571 Creation authorized; political subdivision
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§571. Creation authorized; political subdivision Parish governing authorities may create road districts and sub-road districts in the manner and subject to the limitations and restrictions contained in this Part. Road districts so created are sub-divisions of the state within the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:572 District, defined
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§572. District, defined Whenever used in this Part, except in R.S. 48:574 through 48:576, "district" means "road district, sub-road district, or consolidated road district." In R.S. 48:574 through 48:576, "district" means only "road district or sub-road district."
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:573 Territorial composition
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§573. Territorial composition No district shall be created comprising the whole territory of a parish. It may, however, be composed of territory either wholly within one parish or partly within two or more parishes.
