Louisiana § RS 48:1301 - Power of parish governing authorities to create road lighting districts
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 48:1301 — Power of parish governing authorities to create road lighting districts, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 48:1301. Power of parish governing authorities to create road lighting districts
A. Parish governing authorities may create road lighting districts composed of territory wholly within a parish. A district so created shall be a political and legal subdivision of the state with full power to sue and be sued in its corporate name. It may enter into contracts with any electric public utility to provide and maintain electric lights on the streets, roads, highways, alleys, and public places of the district.
B. A parish governing authority may also authorize any such district that it creates or any consolidated district that it creates pursuant to R.S. 48:1304 to use up to twenty-five percent of its funds to purchase, install, operate, and maintain electronic safety equipment.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 514, §1; Acts 2024, No. 610, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 48:1306.
NOTE: Former R.S. 48:1301 redesignated as R.S. 48:1304 by Acts 2024, No. 610, §2A.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 48:1301 ("Power of parish governing authorities to create road lighting districts") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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