Title 48, Roads, Bridges and Ferries
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La. Rev. Stat. § 48:589 Budget; provision for maintenance and repair
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§589. Budget; provision for maintenance and repair Whenever any gravel or other hard-surfaced roads have been constructed in any parish or district, the governing authority of the parish in which the roads are located shall provide annually in its budget for the amounts which wil…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:590 Consolidation of districts
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§590. Consolidation of districts The governing authority of any parish in which there is one or more road districts or sub-road districts may, in the manner prescribed in R.S. 48:591, consolidate all of the road districts and sub-road districts or any number of them into one road…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:591 Procedure for creating consolidated road district
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§591. Procedure for creating consolidated road district The procedure to create a consolidated road district is as follows: The parish governing authority shall pass an ordinance or resolution which shall specify (but need not describe) the existing districts to be included in th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:592 Liquidation bonds
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§592. Liquidation bonds The bonding ordinance specified in R.S. 48:591 shall first order the preparation and execution of consolidated road district coupon bonds. These shall be of as many series as there are district bond issues and shall be called liquidation bonds. Except as t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:593 Consolidated road district bonds
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§593. Consolidated road district bonds After provision is made for the issuance of consolidated road district liquidation bonds, the parish governing authority, either in the same or in another ordinance or ordinances, may provide for the issuance and sale of consolidated road di…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:594 Custody of liquidation bonds; exchange of district bonds for liquidation bonds
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§594. Custody of liquidation bonds; exchange of district bonds for liquidation bonds When the liquidation bonds have been prepared they shall be lodged with the State Treasurer. Any holder of a district bond may, upon surrendering the bond to the State Treasurer, receive in subst…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:595 Tax to pay principal and interest; custody and disposition of district bonds
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§595. Tax to pay principal and interest; custody and disposition of district bonds The parish governing authority shall, in proper time and manner, levy a tax sufficient to pay the interest upon all the bonds of each series as it accrues and to pay the principal as it matures. Th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:596 Consolidated road districts succeed to liabilities, duties, and rights
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§596. Consolidated road districts succeed to liabilities, duties, and rights The consolidated road district shall, upon lodging its liquidation bonds with the State Treasurer, succeed to and become charged with all the liabilities and duties and vested with all the rights, jurisd…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:600 District Four Road Commission of St
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§600. District Four Road Commission of St. Landry Parish A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, specifically R.S. 48:578, 579, 581, 583, and 588, District Four Road Commission of St. Landry Parish, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:600.1 District Five Road Commission of St
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§600.1. District Five Road Commission of St. Landry Parish A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, specifically R.S. 48:578, 579, 581, 583, and 588, District Five Road Commission of St. Landry Parish, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby create…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:600.2 District Six Road Commission of St
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§600.2. District Six Road Commission of St. Landry Parish A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, specifically R.S. 48:578, 579, 581, 583, and 588, District Six Road Commission of St. Landry Parish, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby created.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:600.3 District Eleven Road Commission of St
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§600.3. District Eleven Road Commission of St. Landry Parish A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, specifically R.S. 48:578, 579, 581, 583, and 588, District Eleven Road Commission of St. Landry Parish, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby cr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:600.4 District Three Road Commission of St
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§600.4. District Three Road Commission of St. Landry Parish A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, specifically R.S. 48:578, 579, 581, 583, and 588, District Three Road Commission of St. Landry Parish, hereinafter referred to as the "commission", is hereby crea…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:601 St
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§601. St. Landry Parish Road District A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, specifically R.S. 48:573 and R.S. 48:590, the governing authority of St. Landry Parish is hereby authorized to establish a road district, and such district shall become effective upon a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:602 Public works districts; St
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§602. Public works districts; St. Landry Parish A.(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, specifically R.S. 48:578, 579, 581, 583, and 588, the registered voters of each police jury district in St. Landry Parish may propose the creation and implementation of pub…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:631 Anticipation of revenues from special tax; borrowing money
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§631. Anticipation of revenues from special tax; borrowing money Where, pursuant to R.S. 48:588, a special tax has been voted and authorized on behalf of a parish, or a road, sub-road, or consolidated road district, the governing authority of the parish, the parish of Orleans exc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:632 Amount to be borrowed; payment of certificates of indebtedness
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§632. Amount to be borrowed; payment of certificates of indebtedness The amount so borrowed for and on behalf of the parish or district shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the estimated income to be realized from the special tax previously voted in the parish or district. T…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:633 Due date of certificates; interest rate
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§633. Due date of certificates; interest rate The certificates of indebtedness shall be made due and payable annually not later than March 1st of the years following that for which the special taxes shall be dedicated and set aside. They shall bear interest at a rate of not more …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:634 Manner of issuance; valid obligations
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§634. Manner of issuance; valid obligations The governing body of the parish shall provide by ordinance the manner and form of issuance of the certificates of indebtedness. When issued in accordance with the provisions of this Part, the certificates are legal and valid obligation…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:671 Model roads through municipalities
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§671. Model roads through municipalities Whenever necessary, parish governing authorities may construct good roads in whole or in part of the type commonly known as model roads through the corporate limits of municipalities to form a connection through the municipalities between …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:672 Issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness
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§672. Issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness Where sufficient funds cannot be provided out of either the general or road funds of the parish, the parish governing authority may either issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness under existing laws for the purpose of co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:673 Appropriations by parish governing authorities for highways
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§673. Appropriations by parish governing authorities for highways The governing authority of a parish may, for the purpose of connecting or completing permanent, or continuous highways, appropriate out of its general fund sufficient monies to defray not more than one-half of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:701 Revocation of dedication; reversion of property
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§701. Revocation of dedication; reversion of property The parish governing authorities and municipal corporations of the state, except the parish of Orleans, may revoke and set aside the dedication of all roads, streets, and alleyways laid out and dedicated to public use within t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:701.1 Repealed by Acts 1995, No
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§701.1. Repealed by Acts 1995, No. 140, §2, eff. June 12, 1995.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:701.2 Webster Parish; revocation of dedication; reversion of property
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§701.2. Webster Parish; revocation of dedication; reversion of property A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Webster Parish or of its municipalities may revoke and set aside the dedication of any road, street, or alleyway laid out an…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:702 Abandoning certain roads and exchanging property with other property owners
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§702. Abandoning certain roads and exchanging property with other property owners Whenever the governing authorities of any parish or municipal corporation of this state desire to construct a road, street or alley leading to any property of the state or any of its subdivisions, b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:703 Suit to establish title or interest after notice of abandonment; prescription
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§703. Suit to establish title or interest after notice of abandonment; prescription Any person, other than the person to whom the abandoned property is exchanged, having or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in or to any property abandoned and exchanged by a parish go…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:704 Contracts of exchange
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§704. Contracts of exchange All contracts of exchange made under the provisions of R.S. 48:702 shall be in notarial form. They shall be followed by an ordinance or dedication of the new road, street, or alley, with reference to plans made by the parish engineer or a similar offic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:71 §§71 to 75 Repealed by Acts 1977, No
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§71. §§71 to 75 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 291, §3
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:711 Authorization to dispose of immovable property; parishes of East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and St
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§711. Authorization to dispose of immovable property; parishes of East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and St. Tammany; cities of Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Slidell; municipalities of Jefferson Parish Upon a determination by the governing authority of the parishes of East Baton Rouge, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:712 Methods of disposition of property
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§712. Methods of disposition of property The said property may be disposed of by one of the following four methods: (1) revocation of the dedication of the property if it consists of a street, road or alley dedicated to public use; (2) sale of any type of property at public aucti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:713 Disposal of immovable property
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§713. Disposal of immovable property The governing authority of the parish or municipality shall adopt an ordinance after advertising a summary of said ordinance in the official journal of the parish or municipality at least once three weeks in advance, but not more than ninety d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:714 Streets, servitudes, roads and alleys
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§714. Streets, servitudes, roads and alleys Where servitudes, streets, roads or alleys are involved, if the dedication of the same is revoked, upon the effective date of the revocation all of the soil covered by and embraced in such servitudes, street, road or alley up to the cen…
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La. Rev. Stat. § 48:716 Sale at public auction
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§716. Sale at public auction If the governing authority decides to dispose of any of said property by sale at public auction, a minimum price shall be established by the governing authority and it may fix the conditions of the sale, which conditions may include the right to rejec…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:717 Private sale
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§717. Private sale If the governing authority decides to dispose of any of said property at private sale, it shall have the property appraised by an expert appraiser or appraisers appointed by the authority and the property shall not be sold for less than the value so established…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:718 Exchange
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§718. Exchange If the governing authority decides to dispose of the property by exchange, it may be exchanged for other property of approximately equal value, provided that the governing authority may pay or receive any difference in value in cash. Acts 1968, No. 432, §6. Amended…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:719 Alternative procedure
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§719. Alternative procedure This Part shall be construed as affording an alternative procedure to that set forth in R.S. 33:4711, 4712, 4717, 4718, and 4719, and shall supersede the provisions of R.S. 48:701 through 704 insofar as the parishes and municipalities specified in R.S.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:720 Disposal of immovable property by the governing authority of St
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§720. Disposal of immovable property by the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish A. The governing authority of St. Tammany Parish shall not dispose of any immovable property pursuant to this Part unless such property has been held by the governing authority for at least ten …
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:725 Authorization to dispose of immovable property; methods and procedures; sale
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§725. Authorization to dispose of immovable property; methods and procedures; sale A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon a determination by the governing authority of the city of Mandeville to the effect that any immovable property owned by the city or title to which i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:726 Authorization to dispose of certain immovable property; methods and procedures
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§726. Authorization to dispose of certain immovable property; methods and procedures A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the governing authority of the city of Covington determines that any servitude, street, road, or alleyway which is owned by the city or title to whi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:727 Authorization to dispose of streets and rights-of-way; methods and procedures; sale
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§727. Authorization to dispose of streets and rights-of-way; methods and procedures; sale A. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon a determination by the governing authority of the town of Abita Springs that any street or right-of-way owned by the city or title to which i…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:731 §§731 to 733 Repealed by Acts 1977, No
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§731. §§731 to 733 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 187, §1
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:751 Parish transportation
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§751. Parish transportation There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be designated the "Parish Transportation Fund" to consist of the funds and to be used for the purposes hereinafter provided in this Part. Acts 1990, No. 221, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:752 Composition of the fund
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§752. Composition of the fund The state treasurer shall credit to the Parish Transportation Fund created by R.S. 48:751 et seq. the following: (1) All monies made available to the parishes for road purposes from funds annually appropriated by the legislature in accordance with th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:753 Use of the fund
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§753. Use of the fund A. The monies in the Parish Transportation Fund shall be used: (1) To regulate the proportion and direction and the making and repairing of the roads, bridges, causeways, dykes, dams, levees, and highways when, in the opinion of the parish governing authorit…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:754 Use of the fund for bonds of the parish
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§754. Use of the fund for bonds of the parish A. The governing authority of any parish, with the approval of a majority of the electors of the parish voting in an election called for that purpose and approval of the State Bond Commission, is hereby authorized to fund into bonds o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:755 System of administration
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§755. System of administration A. Unless otherwise provided by law, parishes shall adopt a system of road administration which shall require approval of the governing authority for any expenditures made out of this fund, and no member of the governing authority shall expend any f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:756 Distribution formula
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§756. Distribution formula A.(1) The monies in the Parish Transportation Fund shall be distributed to the several parish governing authorities on a per capita basis in population categories, based on the population as determined by the latest federal decennial census or by the Lo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 48:757 Off-system work; prohibitions; exceptions
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§757. Off-system work; prohibitions; exceptions A.(1) The Department of Transportation and Development shall perform no work on the parish road system or on any other roads or streets which are not in the state highway system, whether such work is construction or maintenance and …