Louisiana Code — 48
Browse 763 sections in division 48 of the Louisiana code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § RS 48:1. Terms defined
- § RS 48:11. Department of Transportation and Development; creation; composition
- § RS 48:12. Domicile
- § RS 48:13. Department as body politic and corporate; secretary
- § RS 48:21. Functions
- § RS 48:22. Powers
- § RS 48:22.1. Complete Streets; findings; requirements; exceptions
- § RS 48:23. Engineering and other services
- § RS 48:24. Bridges over navigable waters
- § RS 48:25. Operation or control of ferries, etc.
- § RS 48:25.1. Operation or control of ferries; New Orleans ferries; cooperative agreement for ferry service; rates; operating agreement
- § RS 48:25.2. New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations
- § RS 48:26. Incidental powers
- § RS 48:27. Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles
- § RS 48:35. Minimum safety guidelines of highway design, maintenance, and construction; exemptions
- § RS 48:35.1. Reflective glass highways markings; minimum standards
- § RS 48:36. Topographic mapping
- § RS 48:51. Head of department
- § RS 48:52. Powers of secretary
- § RS 48:53. Personnel authority
- § RS 48:54. Classification of state highways
- § RS 48:55. Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism rules and regulations; applicability
- § RS 48:56. Annual report on state projects
- § RS 48:57. Duties of the secretary; appointment of traffic control officers
- § RS 48:76. Regulation and control of annual budget
- § RS 48:77. Transportation Trust Fund; dedication and uses of certain monies to the Construction Subfund and the Megaprojects Leverage Fund
- § RS 48:77.1. Megaprojects Leverage Fund
- § RS 48:77.2. Bonds
- § RS 48:78. Transportation Trust Fund; limitations on appropriations; limitations on utilization
- § RS 48:80. Louisiana Vertiport Development Fund
- § RS 48:91. Qualifications; compensation; oath; bond
- § RS 48:92. Powers and duties
- § RS 48:93. Consulting engineers; quarterly reports
- § RS 48:94. District office transparency; publication of district work
- § RS 48:101. Creation of commission, appointment and terms of members; meetings; compensation
- § RS 48:102. Functions of commission
- § RS 48:103. Authority of commission
- § RS 48:105. Louisiana Transportation Research Center
- § RS 48:105.1. Transportation Training and Education Center Dedicated Fund Account; creation
- § RS 48:111. General counsel and assistants; qualifications
- § RS 48:112. Powers and duties
- § RS 48:121. Appointment of ex officio notaries; powers
- § RS 48:131. Department purchasing agent; functions; bond
- § RS 48:141. Financial services administrator to be appointed
- § RS 48:142. Financial services administrator has general charge of accounting, disbursing and cost accounting of the department
- § RS 48:143. Financial services administrator is disbursing officer; checks, vouchers, and warrants
- § RS 48:163.1. Use of highway funds for bicycle facilities
- § RS 48:167. Forfeiture of permit deposits to Transportation Trust Fund
- § RS 48:190. Definition
- § RS 48:191. State highway system; length; designation
- § RS 48:192. Engineering standards; naming state highways
- § RS 48:193. Highways through municipalities
- § RS 48:194. East Baton Rouge Parish
- § RS 48:196. State Highway Improvement Fund
- § RS 48:196.1. Bonds
- § RS 48:197. Motor vehicle license tax; Regional Maintenance and Improvement Fund
- § RS 48:201. Records and record keeping
- § RS 48:203. Annual highway budget
- § RS 48:205. Bids
- § RS 48:206. Formal contract; checks or money orders forfeited in default; bond
- § RS 48:207. Emergency purchases; no bids necessary
- § RS 48:208. Surplus federal equipment and material
- § RS 48:210. Sales in violation of Chapter void
- § RS 48:211. Accounting system
- § RS 48:212. Agreements with federal government
- § RS 48:213. Agreements with other states
- § RS 48:214. Fixed guideway rail systems; safety
- § RS 48:216. Participation in highway associations
- § RS 48:217. Acquisition of rights-of-way and servitudes; entry for purpose of surveys, soundings, drillings, and examinations
- § RS 48:217.1. Recordation of maps of highway projects
- § RS 48:218. Expropriation for highways; compensation and damages
- § RS 48:219. Estoppel of contest after commencement of work; damages
- § RS 48:220. Width of right-of-way
- § RS 48:220.1. Width of right of way acquired informally
- § RS 48:221. Acquisition of balance of land in certain cases; disposition; exchange; excess property
- § RS 48:222. Acquisition of natural deposits; when allowed
- § RS 48:223. Drainage for highways
- § RS 48:224. Abandonment of highway; sale by department; acquisition by governing authority; ratification
- § RS 48:224.1. Transfer and exchange of state and local roads
- § RS 48:225. Lease or acquisition of necessary buildings
- § RS 48:226. Prescription not applicable
- § RS 48:227. Lands beneath elevated expressways; lease of
- § RS 48:228. Functional classification of state highways; current highway standards and continuing needs study by department; cost estimates presented to legislature
- § RS 48:228.1. Master characterization plan of state roads for maintenance
- § RS 48:229. Repealed by Acts 2015, No. 355, §2. eff. March 14, 2016.
- § RS 48:229.1. Statewide prioritization process for the Highway Priority Program
- § RS 48:230. Priority reports on future construction projects
- § RS 48:231. Final construction program for current fiscal year; public hearings; Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works; reports; review by legislature; restrictions on legislature
- § RS 48:232. Apportionment of appropriated fund by the department; construction restricted to priority listing; secretary's emergency fund
- § RS 48:232.1. Apportionment of appropriated funds by the department; tunnel replacement priority
- § RS 48:233. Delays in construction; public statement; substitution of another project; allocated funds
- § RS 48:234. Highway construction; authority for set-aside procurement from socially or economically disadvantaged or women owned businesses
- § RS 48:235. Adopt-a-road program
- § RS 48:250. Application of this Part
- § RS 48:250.1. Structured training program; construction and maintenance personnel
- § RS 48:250.2. Design-build contracts; administration
- § RS 48:250.3. Design-build contracts; qualifications of design-build entities; public announcement procedures; letters of interest; selection of short list; bid proposals by competitors; qualifications evaluation committee; proposal review committee; selection and process of award
- § RS 48:250.3.1. Progressive design-build contracts
- § RS 48:250.4. Public-private partnership projects
- § RS 48:250.4.1. State-owned toll facilities; toll collection and enforcement
- § RS 48:250.4.2. Use of toll revenue and credits; Belle Chasse Bridge public-private partnership
- § RS 48:250.4.3. Use of toll revenue and credits; I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge public-private partnership
- § RS 48:251. Contracts for projects
- § RS 48:251.1. Provision for trenching and shoring in construction contracts
- § RS 48:251.2. Prescription
- § RS 48:251.3. Prescription; claims by contractors; surety
- § RS 48:251.4. Architects and engineers; prohibitions against interest in organizations furnishing construction materials
- § RS 48:251.5. Payments under contract
- § RS 48:251.6. Prohibited donation, loan, or pledge of public credit or property; suits to invalidate contracts violative thereof
- § RS 48:251.7. Prohibited provisions
- § RS 48:251.8. Public contracts; certain provisions invalid
- § RS 48:251.9. Definitions
- § RS 48:252. Advertisement for bids; public presentment and reading of bids; fee for bid proposals
- § RS 48:252.1. Emergency contracting
- § RS 48:253. Bid bonds accompanying bids
- § RS 48:254. Submission of more than one bid; financial interest in other bids
- § RS 48:255. Award of contract; time limitations and exceptions; bond of successful bidder; rejection of certain bidders
- § RS 48:255.1. Information to be submitted to the department by contractors; confidentiality of information
- § RS 48:255.2. Liability of surety in case of default of contractor
- § RS 48:255.3. Contract contrary to provisions of this Part void
- § RS 48:255.4. Cost-plus contracts prohibited; exceptions
- § RS 48:255.5. Issuance of work orders and commencement of work
- § RS 48:255.6. Preference in letting contracts for public works
- § RS 48:255.7. Contracts in which the department is a participant; preferences; assistance; exclusions
- § RS 48:255.8. A+B bidding; authority
- § RS 48:256.1. Highway construction contracts; retained amounts; retainage bonds
- § RS 48:256.2. Reduce speed limit signs; removal
- § RS 48:256.3. Payment bond
- § RS 48:256.4. Acceptance by the department
- § RS 48:256.5. Claimant defined; filing of sworn statements of amounts due; payment by the department
- § RS 48:256.6. Authorization to cancel the inscription of claims and privileges; cancellation; lis pendens
- § RS 48:256.7. Filing of bond or other security; cancellation of statement of claim or privilege
- § RS 48:256.8. Petitions by authorities against claimants, contractors, and surety; preferential payment of claimants
- § RS 48:256.9. Liability on bond; summary trial of objections to solvency and sufficiency of bond
- § RS 48:256.10. Proceedings tried summarily
- § RS 48:256.11. Attorney fees
- § RS 48:256.12. Construction of Part
- § RS 48:257. Participation of federal government in construction work
- § RS 48:258. Contracts not in accordance with Chapter null
- § RS 48:259. Maintenance; selection of work
- § RS 48:260. Scope and extent of maintenance operations; emergency work
- § RS 48:261. Maintenance work by department employees; exceptions
- § RS 48:262. Maintenance equipment; rent or lease by the department; rent or lease to others
- § RS 48:263. Department owns repair shops; standby equipment
- § RS 48:264.1. Salvage materials; bridges and roads; coastal protection and restoration projects
- § RS 48:265. Laboratory
- § RS 48:266. Soil erosion control
- § RS 48:267. Preservation and encouragement of trees, shrubbery, and vegetation
- § RS 48:268. Tampering with trees or shrubs
- § RS 48:269. Rest areas; roadside development areas; procedure
- § RS 48:271. Historical markers; tourist attractions
- § RS 48:272. Access roads to rural cemeteries or graveyards
- § RS 48:273. Placing of distance markers on highways
- § RS 48:274. Roadside advertising permitted
- § RS 48:274.1. Placing of specific information logo signs on interstate highways; contracts with third parties
- § RS 48:274.2. Placing of advertising signs on state-owned ferries
- § RS 48:274.3. Placing of major shopping area guide signs on interstate highways
- § RS 48:275. Historic bridges and other structures
- § RS 48:276. Department liability for environmental contamination in right-of-way; exemption
- § RS 48:277. Signs in advance of driveways for churches
- § RS 48:278. Tourism signs; request by lieutenant governor
- § RS 48:279. Night time work on construction and maintenance projects; exceptions
- § RS 48:280. Directional signs in advance of Louisiana byways
- § RS 48:281. Major highway construction and maintenance; notification of elected officials
- § RS 48:282. Sale of timber by the department; authority; use
- § RS 48:283. Historical structures acquired by department; plan for preservation
- § RS 48:285. Purpose
- § RS 48:286. Retention of consultants
- § RS 48:287. Advertisement; solicitation list; response procedures
- § RS 48:288. Audit requirements
- § RS 48:289. Compliance with Civil Rights Act of 1964
- § RS 48:290. Requirements of consultants
- § RS 48:291. Selection procedure; evaluation teams
- § RS 48:292. Noncompetitive negotiation selections
- § RS 48:292.1. Small Engineering Consultant Program
- § RS 48:293. Competitive selection
- § RS 48:294. Contract types
- § RS 48:295.1. Definitions
- § RS 48:295.2. Authority to debar or to suspend
- § RS 48:295.3. Appeal to the secretary
- § RS 48:295.4. Actions by or against the department in connection with contracts
- § RS 48:301. Authority to establish and regulate controlled-access facilities
- § RS 48:302. Design of controlled-access facility; right of access
- § RS 48:303. Acquisition of property and property rights
- § RS 48:304. New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations
- § RS 48:305. Agreements with each other or with federal government
- § RS 48:306. Local service roads
- § RS 48:307. Controlled-access areas; commercial activities
- § RS 48:341. Channeling traffic by lines
- § RS 48:342. Parking or loading on highway
- § RS 48:343. Moving property across highways
- § RS 48:344. Entrances and exits adjacent to highways
- § RS 48:345. Designation of a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane on highways in the state highway system; penalty
- § RS 48:346. Closing or restricting use of highways
- § RS 48:346.1. Temporary road signs; sugarcane harvest season
- § RS 48:347. Removal of obstacles or hazards from highway or vicinity; campaign signs
- § RS 48:348. Informational maps and literature
- § RS 48:381. Use and occupancy of highways
- § RS 48:381.1. Rights-of-way; joint use agreements; fees
- § RS 48:381.2. Rights-of-way; telecommunication installations, including wireless telephone hardware, fiber-optic lines, and telecommunications towers; annual report to the legislature
- § RS 48:381.3. Duty of care associated with placement of public utility facilities on or adjacent to rights-of-way of state highways
- § RS 48:381.4. Rights-of-way; wireless telecommunications tower managers
- § RS 48:382. Intersection of highways by utilities and facilities
- § RS 48:383. Removable bridges over certain canals
- § RS 48:384. Source of money for bridges
- § RS 48:385. Sewage disposal in highway ditches
- § RS 48:386. Repairs to railway grade crossings and crossing warning devices; responsibility on railroads
- § RS 48:386.1. Maintenance of railroad rights-of-way at public road or highway railroad grade crossings; notice; penalty
- § RS 48:387. Contributions by the Department of Highways to the maintenance of flashing light signals at railroad crossings; conditions
- § RS 48:388. State rail freight service assistance
- § RS 48:388.1. Class II and III Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program
- § RS 48:389. Railroad traffic; certain speed restrictions
- § RS 48:389.1. Parish public roadways; designation as public crossings
- § RS 48:390. Railroad grade crossing improvement and elimination; notification
- § RS 48:390.1. Railroad grade crossing elimination; parish and municipal roads
- § RS 48:391. Obstruction of railroad grade crossings
- § RS 48:392. Obstruction of railroad grade crossings; moving or nonmoving trains
- § RS 48:394. Private crossing elimination
- § RS 48:421. Personal interest of department officers or employees in contracts; penalties
- § RS 48:422. Personal interest of members of legislature or officers of executive department in contracts; penalties
- § RS 48:423. Conspiracy to raise bids on contracts or supplies; penalty
- § RS 48:424. Use of unlicensed trucks on road building projects prohibited
- § RS 48:425. Purchasing, rules and regulations; intentional violation; penalty
- § RS 48:441. Authority to expropriate and acquisition of property prior to judgment
- § RS 48:441.1. Authority to acquire and to expropriate prior to judgment; property needed for proposed Mississippi River bridge
- § RS 48:441.2. Authority to acquire and to expropriate prior to judgment; property needed for T.I.M.E. projects
- § RS 48:442. Contents of petition for expropriation; place of filing
- § RS 48:442.1. Contents of petition for expropriation; property needed for design-build projects; place of filing
- § RS 48:443. Appointment of estimators; restrictions in selection
- § RS 48:443.1. Minable minerals
- § RS 48:444. Prayer of petition; ex parte order of taking
- § RS 48:445. Vesting of title
- § RS 48:446. Notice to defendant
- § RS 48:447. Contesting validity of taking; waiver of defenses
- § RS 48:448. Right of possession; limitation by court
- § RS 48:449. Withdrawal of amount deposited
- § RS 48:450. Defendant's answer; requirements; delay for filing
- § RS 48:451. Fixing for trial; notice
- § RS 48:451.1. Right to trial by jury
- § RS 48:451.2. Time limit for demanding jury trial; waiver of demand for jury trial; limitations
- § RS 48:451.3. Deposit of security for jury costs
- § RS 48:451.4. Trial of less than all issues; stipulation
- § RS 48:451.5. Qualification and exemption of jurors
- § RS 48:451.6. Procedure in general
- § RS 48:451.7. Swearing of juror before examination
- § RS 48:451.8. Examination of juror
- § RS 48:451.9. Peremptory challenges
- § RS 48:451.10. Challenges for cause
- § RS 48:451.11. Time for peremptory challenge
- § RS 48:451.12. Challenging or excusing jurors after acceptance
- § RS 48:451.13. Swearing of jurors; selection of foreman
- § RS 48:451.14. Alternate jurors
- § RS 48:451.15. Time for charging the jury; recordation of charge
- § RS 48:451.16. Contents of charge to jury
- § RS 48:451.17. Instruction to jury; objections
- § RS 48:451.18. Taking evidence to jury room
- § RS 48:451.19. Number required for verdict
- § RS 48:451.20. Special verdicts
- § RS 48:451.21. General verdict accompanied by answer to interrogatories; objection
- § RS 48:451.22. Remittitur or additur as alternative to new trial; reformation of verdict
- § RS 48:451.23. New trial on showing of misconduct by jury
- § RS 48:452. Laches by defendant forfeits defenses; judgment
- § RS 48:452.1. Abandonment in trial and appellate court
- § RS 48:453. Measure of compensation; burden of proof; extent of loss
- § RS 48:454. Trial according to Code of Civil Procedure and the general expropriation laws
- § RS 48:455. Judgment to provide interest
- § RS 48:456. Judgment as to difference awarded; payment of judgment
- § RS 48:456.1. Estimate less than deposit
- § RS 48:457. Distribution of final award
- § RS 48:458. Grant as additional authority
- § RS 48:459. Devolutive appeal; effect of appeal
- § RS 48:460. Divesting of title
- § RS 48:461. Declaration of policy
- § RS 48:461.1. Terms defined
- § RS 48:461.2. Limitations of outdoor advertising devices
- § RS 48:461.3. Regulation of advertising; exemptions
- § RS 48:461.4. Recognition of customary uses
- § RS 48:461.5. Removal of nonconforming advertising
- § RS 48:461.6. Compensation for removal of advertising and priorities for removal of advertising
- § RS 48:461.7. Unlawful advertising
- § RS 48:461.8. Advertising in safety rest areas
- § RS 48:461.9. Limitations of junkyards
- § RS 48:461.10. Junkyards lawfully in existence
- § RS 48:461.11. Requirement as to screening
- § RS 48:461.12. Acquisition of sites for removal and screening of junkyards
- § RS 48:461.13. Unlawful junkyards; injunction
- § RS 48:461.14. Interpretation
- § RS 48:461.15. Agreements with federal government
- § RS 48:461.16. Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 between LaPlace and Jefferson Parish prohibited
- § RS 48:461.17. Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 in the Atchafalaya River Basin Area; prohibited
- § RS 48:461.18. Outdoor advertising control extended beyond six hundred sixty feet
- § RS 48:461.19. Just compensation payable for signs beyond six hundred sixty feet
- § RS 48:461.20. Landmark signs
- § RS 48:461.21. Limitation of outdoor advertising devices
- § RS 48:461.22. Advertising and junkyards between Mississippi River and its levees
- § RS 48:461.23. Economic Hardship Exemptions
- § RS 48:461.24. Removal or alteration of outdoor advertising devices
- § RS 48:461.25. Outdoor advertising on Interstate Highway 310, in St. Charles Parish, between Interstate Highway 10 and the Mississippi River; prohibited
- § RS 48:461.26. Designation of state parkways; outdoor advertising prohibited; screening required; exceptions
- § RS 48:461.27. Outdoor advertising devices in forestry management areas