Title 48, Roads, Bridges and Ferries
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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. § 48:492 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§492. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:493 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§493. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:494 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§494. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:495 Repealed by Acts 2012, No
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§495. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
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.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:574 Notice of intention to create district
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§574. Notice of intention to create district No district shall be created under the provisions of this Part until the notice prescribed in this Section has been given. Parish governing authorities may give this notice upon their own initiative. They shall give the notice when req…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:575 Hearing of objections; powers of parish governing authority
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§575. Hearing of objections; powers of parish governing authority The governing authority of the parish shall hear all objections at the time appointed or at any time to which the hearing thereof may be adjourned and pass upon them. Its decision thereon shall be final and conclus…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:576 Notice of formation
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§576. Notice of formation Notice of the formation of the district shall be published in a newspaper published in the parish. If there is none, the notice shall be posted in two public places in the parish and published in a newspaper published in an adjoining parish. One publicat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:577 Abolishing district or changing boundaries thereof; notice by resolution
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§577. Abolishing district or changing boundaries thereof; notice by resolution The parish governing authority may abolish a district in its entirety or may change or alter the boundaries thereof. However, neither the existence nor the territorial boundaries of any district shall …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:578 Domicile of districts
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§578. Domicile of districts The domicile of each district is the parish seat of the parish in which it is created. The domicile of any district composed of territory partly within two or more parishes is the parish seat of the parish furnishing the most territory.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:579 Corporate seal
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§579. Corporate seal The corporate seal of the parish governing authority creating the district may be adopted by the district as its corporate seal.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:580 Official journal
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§580. Official journal The official journal of the parish governing authority or authorities creating the district is the official journal of the district.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:581 Officers of districts; treasurer's bond
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§581. Officers of districts; treasurer's bond The officers of the governing authority of the parish in which the particular district is located are the officers of the district. They shall serve without extra compensation. Where a district is composed of territory located wholly …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:582 Powers
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§582. Powers Districts constitute public corporations, and as such have all the powers of public corporations. They have perpetual existence. They may incur debt and contract obligations; sue and be sued; have a corporate seal; do and perform all acts in their corporate capacity …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:583 Governing body of district
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§583. Governing body of district If a district is composed of territory wholly within one parish, the governing authority of that parish is the governing authority of the district. If a district is composed of territory partly within two or more parishes, the governing authoritie…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:584 Supervisory board; establishment; chairman and secretary
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§584. Supervisory board; establishment; chairman and secretary The parish governing authority shall, on request of fifty per cent or more of the property tax payers resident in any district, appoint a supervisory board of three property tax payers, residing in the district. The p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:585 Powers of supervisory board
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§585. Powers of supervisory board The members of supervisory boards are the agents of the parish governing authority in all matters pertaining to road construction in their respective districts. During road construction, the supervisors shall meet every week. The supervisory boar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:586 Parish may assume all indebtedness of districts
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§586. Parish may assume all indebtedness of districts Subject to the provisions of Title 33, any parish may assume all the indebtedness, both bonded and floating, of any or all of the districts wholly within its territorial limits.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:587 Proposition to incur additional indebtedness
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§587. Proposition to incur additional indebtedness When, subject to the provisions of Title 33, an election is called for the purpose of submitting to the property taxpayers of a parish the question of the assumption by the parish of the indebtedness of any or all of the district…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:588 Special tax for maintenance; election
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§588. Special tax for maintenance; election Whenever an election is called by the governing authority of any parish or district for the purpose of incurring debt and issuing bonds therefor, for the purpose of acquiring, building, improving, or maintaining public roads or highways…