La. Rev. Stat. § 45:200.8 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 200.8
Appointment of secretary of state as agent to receive service of process
Status: in_force

A. The acceptance by an owner of a public carrier vehicle or vehicles, of a certificate issued by the duly designated authority of a municipality or parish, shall be deemed appointment, by such owner, of the secretary of state of Louisiana, to be his true and lawful attorney for service of process, upon whom may be served all lawful process, whether issued out of a court or by other lawful authority, in any action or proceeding involving such owner by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of such vehicle or vehicles upon any street; and acceptance of such certificate shall constitute agreement by such owner that any such process against him so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally.

B. When any process or pleadings are served upon the secretary of state, it shall be by duplicate copies, one of which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and the other immediately forwarded by the secretary of state by registered or certified mail or by commercial courier as defined in R.S. 13:3204(D), when the person to be served is located outside of this state to the address shown on such certificate of such owner against whom the process and pleadings are directed. The secretary of state shall note on the copy retained the date, the manner and other particulars of service, and disposition of the forwarded copy.

C. To facilitate service of process on such owners, the duly designated authority of each municipality and parish shall make and deliver in January of each year to the secretary of state, printed or typed certified lists giving in alphabetical order, the full names and addresses of all owners of public carrier vehicles holding valid certificates issued by said authority.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1; Acts 1999, No. 395, §5; Acts 2012, No. 544, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:791 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 791
Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest to shorten the time required for a citizen to request and receive emergency aid. There exist thousands of different emergency phone numbers throughout the state, and telephone exchange boundaries and central office service areas do not necessarily correspond to public safety and political boundaries. Provision of a single, primary three digit emergency number through which emergency services can be quickly and efficiently obtained would provide a significant contribution to law enforcement and other public service efforts by making it less difficult to quickly notify public safety personnel. Such a simplified means of procuring emergency services will result in the saving of life, a reduction in the destruction of property, quicker apprehension of criminals, and ultimately the saving of money. The legislature further finds and declares that the establishment of a uniform, statewide emergency number is a matter of statewide concern and interest to all inhabitants and citizens of this state. It is the purpose of this chapter to establish the number 911 as the primary emergency telephone number for use in this state and to encourage units of local government and combinations of such units to develop and improve emergency communication procedures and facilities in such a manner as to be able to quickly respond to any person calling the telephone number 911 seeking police, fire, medical, rescue, and other emergency services.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 94, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1455 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1455
Substitution of affidavit for appearance and return; effect
Status: in_force

A. When a subpoena is served on a news media organization or reporter as those terms are defined in R.S. 45:1451 or on any custodian of records, photographer, or other representative of a news media organization, in any judicial or administrative proceeding to which neither the news media organization nor any reporter, custodian of records, photographer, or other representative is a party, or in any legislative proceeding, it shall not be necessary for the news media organization, the reporter, the custodian of records, the photographer, or the representative thus subpoenaed to appear or to testify in response to the subpoena: (1) to confirm the circulation or the broadcast audience of the news media organization, or (2) to confirm the publication or broadcast of specified materials, if the reporter, custodian of records, photographer, or other representative of the news media organization delivers by registered mail or by hand, before or at the time specified in the subpoena, an affidavit in conformity with Subsection B of this Section together with any documents or records described in the subpoena to the clerk of the court or other tribunal, or, if there is no clerk, then to the court or other tribunal, or, with respect to a deposition subpoena, to the party requesting the issuance of the subpoena.

B. An affidavit delivered pursuant to Subsection A of this Section shall state in substance each of the following:

(1) The name of the proceeding and any docket number assigned to such proceeding as shown on the subpoena itself.

(2) The name of the affiant and his business title or other description indicating his position or relationship to the party to whom the subpoena was issued if he is not the person to whom it was directed.

(3) The dates of publication or broadcast records searched and the dates of publication or broadcast of the documents or records actually produced.

(4) A statement that the documents or records produced were published or broadcast by the news media organization.

(5) If requested, a statement summarizing the circulation or broadcast audience of the news media organization.

(6) If requested, a statement describing the placement of an article within a publication.

(7) An itemization of the costs of complying with the subpoena.

C. An affidavit conforming to the requirements of Subsection B of this Section shall be received in evidence and shall be prima facie proof of its contents. A copy of any document, or the text thereof, or of any record, including, without limitation, any article, photograph, or sound or video recording, identified in the affidavit and stated in the affidavit to have been published or broadcast shall be received in evidence and shall be prima facie proof of publication or broadcast as stated in the affidavit.

D. This Section shall not affect the rights of parties to production of documents pursuant to the laws governing discovery or other laws pertaining thereto.

Acts 1987, No. 803, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 323
Streets; pavement and repair of
Status: in_force

A. All railroads, except those owned and operated by a political corporation, railways and street railway companies in any subdivision of the state, whose tracks are laid on or across the public street of any municipality, shall keep in good condition and suitable for vehicular traffic that portion of the street lying between the rails of the tracks of such railroad and railways, and for a distance of two feet on the outside of each rail of the tracks used or operated by them, together with the necessary headers; and when the street is paved, whether before or after the tracks are laid, they shall pave, repave, repair, and keep in good condition and suitable for vehicular traffic that portion of the public street lying between the rails of the tracks used by such railroad or railways, and for a distance of two feet on the outside of each rail of the tracks used or operated by them, with such character or kind of paving, together with the necessary headers, as may, from time to time, be designated by the governing body of the municipality. If the ties of any track shall extend for a greater distance than two feet on the outside of the rails, the duty and obligation of the railroads or railways to pave, repave, repair, and keep in good condition said pavement, shall extend to the ends of the ties. In addition the railroad or railways shall in all cases install and maintain the necessary headers to separate that portion of the public street to be paved, repaved, repaired, and maintained by them from the other portions of the public street.

B. If any railroad, except those owned and operated by a political corporation or railway shall have two or more tracks laid on or across the streets of any municipality, and the distance between the centers of any two parallel and adjacent tracks shall exceed fourteen feet, the paving, repaving, repair, and maintenance of the street between any two parallel and adjacent tracks, lying between the two foot limit on the outside of the rails of the tracks shall be at the cost of the property owners along the street, and on the intersecting streets, or the municipality, as the case may be provided for by existing laws, and prorated as provided for in those laws.

C. If any railroads, except those owned and operated by a political corporation or railway shall have two or more tracks laid on or across the streets of any municipality, and the distance between the centers of any two parallel and adjacent tracks shall be fourteen feet or less, the paving, repaving, repair, and maintenance of the street between any two parallel and adjacent tracks lying between the two foot limit on the outside of the rails of said tracks shall be at the cost of railroads and railways.

D. All railroads, except those owned and operated by a political corporation, railways and street railway companies in any incorporated municipality within the state, shall comply with the provisions, rules and regulations of the governing body of such municipality concerning the cutting of grass and weeds on rights of way within the incorporated limits of a municipality and extending three miles outside the incorporated limits.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 578, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1602 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1602
Water cooperative rate change; regulation
Status: in_force

A. Any request for a change to the rate structure of a water cooperative that receives financing from the U.S.D.A. shall be granted when all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) A rate assessment or study has been conducted by a qualified third party.

(2) A majority vote of the board of directors of a water cooperative has been conducted in accordance with the bylaws of the water cooperative and approves the proposed rate structure.

(3) Final approval of the U.S.D.A. has been granted.

B. Any request for a change to the rate structure of a water cooperative that receives financing from the department shall be granted when all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) A rate assessment or study has been conducted by a qualified third party.

(2) A majority vote of the board of directors of a water cooperative has been conducted in accordance with the bylaws of the water cooperative and approves the proposed rate structure.

(3) Final approval of the department has been granted.

C. Any request for a change to the rate structure of a water cooperative that receives no financing from a lending entity or that receives financing and the lending entity is neither the U.S.D.A. nor the department shall be granted when all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1) A rate assessment or study has been conducted by the Louisiana Rural Water Association.

(2) The rate assessment or study conducted by the Louisiana Rural Water Association has been approved by the legislative auditor.

(3) A majority vote of the board of directors of a water cooperative has been conducted in accordance with the bylaws of the water cooperative and approves the proposed rate structure.

D. Any request for a change to the rate structure of a water cooperative that receives financing from multiple lending entities shall be granted when the water cooperative obtains approval in accordance with one of the applicable Subsections of this Section.

Acts 2016, No. 444, §1, eff. June 9, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:352 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 352
Foreign corporations' power to operate in state
Status: in_force

Any foreign railway corporation may extend, construct, and operate their lines of railroad into and through Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1183 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1183
Expenses of investigation; utilities affected
Status: in_force

The provisions of R.S. 45:1180 through 45:1182 shall apply to all persons doing business as a public service or public utility in Louisiana, or applying for admission to do business, whose rates or services are, in whole or in part, subject to the regulations of the commission.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:141 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 141
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Authorized person" means:

(a) Employees or electrical or communication contractors or other contractors employed for the maintenance of electric lines of an electric public utility with respect to the electrical system owned or operated by such electric public utility; employees or electrical or communication contractors or other contractors employed for the maintenance of electric lines of an electric cooperative with respect to the electrical system owned or operated by such cooperative; employees or electrical or communication contractors or other contractors employed for the maintenance of electric lines of a municipality or other public entity with respect to the electrical system owned or operated by such municipality or other public entity; and the employees of a transportation system with respect to the electrical circuits of such system.

(b) Employees or electrical or communication contractors, including cable television, telephone, and other communication utilities having pole attachment agreements with an owner or operator of high voltage overhead lines with respect to the electrical system of an owner or operator of a high voltage overhead line.

(2) "High voltage" means a voltage in excess of six hundred volts between conductors, or between any conductor and the ground.

(3) "Overhead line" means all bare or insulated electrical conductors installed above ground, except those conductors that are de-energized and grounded or that are enclosed in rigid metallic conduits.

Acts 2001, No. 176, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:261 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 261
Delivery of identical petroleum or delivery from common stock at destination
Status: in_force

Pipe lines included in the provisions of this Chapter, at their election, may deliver to the consignee either the identical petroleum received for transportation, subject to such consequences of mixing with other petroleum, as are incident to pipe line transportation, or they may make delivery from their common stock at destination; but if the latter be done the delivery shall be of substantially like kind and equal market value.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1186 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1186
Contempt of commission
Status: in_force

The commission may fine and imprison in the parish where the commission may be in session at the time, any witness or other person adjudged to be in contempt of the authority of the commission, the same as in cases of contempt before the district courts of Louisiana.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:387 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 387
Foreclosure of mortgages; new corporation, power to organize
Status: in_force

The purchasers of the railroad, its property, or franchises, as set forth in R.S. 45:386, may fix the amount of capital stock representing the property bought, and divide the same into shares of one hundred dollars each, each share being entitled to one vote. The holders of the stock may meet, adopt a name for the company, and elect a board of directors of a number as they may see fit, but not less than six, one of whom resides in Louisiana. The board of directors may elect a president and other officers they deem expedient for the proper management of the property, fix their duties, terms of office and compensation, and adopt by-laws. However, such purchasers shall not have the rights conferred by this Section unless they and the company which they organize shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 45:386.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:846 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 846
Charges governed by meters; estimated bills
Status: in_force

No person engaged in furnishing gas, water or electricity to consumers, to be paid for by meter measure, shall charge or receive, from any patron or consumer, payment for more gas, electricity or water than the meter indicates has been used by the consumer at the time for which payment is made and received; provided, however, that estimated bills may be rendered to and payment thereof collected from consumers for such periods and on such basis as may be approved or prescribed by the Louisiana Public Service Commission or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the person furnishing such service. The minimum charge contracted for with the municipalities shall not be affected.

Amended by Acts 1962, No. 29, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1328 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1328
Commission jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Part is intended to be nor shall be construed to constitute any limitation, derogation, or diminution of the jurisdiction or authority of the commission provided by law, including that provided in or exercised by the Public Service Commission pursuant to the Constitution of Louisiana or the council of the city of New Orleans pursuant to its home rule charter.

Acts 2007, No. 55, §3, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2021, No. 293, §4, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1164.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1164.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Part the singular shall include the plural in those instances wherein a public utility is owned by more than one political subdivision and/or is located in or serves more than one parish.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 328, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:811 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 811
Prohibited practices
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to use, to employ or direct another person to use, or to contract for the use of ADAD equipment or to use a live operator to make calls for the purpose of advertising or offering for sale, lease, rental, or as a gift any goods, services, or property, either real or personal, primarily for personal, family, or household use or for the purpose of conducting polls or soliciting information when:

(1) Consent is not received prior to the invitation of the calls as specified in the provisions of R.S. 45:812.

(2) Such use is other than between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

(3) Such use is on days declared to be a state holiday, or Sundays.

(4) The ADAD equipment will operate unattended, or is not so designed and equipped with an automatic clock and calendar device that it will not operate unattended, even in the event of power failures.

(5) Such use involves the use of random or sequential dialing of telephone numbers.

(6) The automatic dialing and recorded message player does not automatically terminate its connection with any telephone call within ten seconds after the person called fails to give consent for the playing of a recorded message or hangs up.

(7) The recorded message fails to state clearly the name and telephone number of the person or organization initiating the call within the first twenty-five seconds of the call and at the conclusion of the call.

(8) Such use involves calls to:

(a) Telephone numbers which, at the request of the customer, have been omitted from the telephone directory published by the telephone company or cooperative serving the customer.

(b) Hospitals, nursing homes, fire protection agencies, or law enforcement agencies.

(9) The telephone number required to be stated in the provision of Paragraph (7) is not, during normal business hours, promptly, and personally answered by someone who is an agent of the person or organization in whose behalf the automatic calls are made and is able to provide information concerning the automatic calls.

Acts 1991, No. 917, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:618 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 618
Expropriation incident to purchase, lease, etc., of another railroad
Status: in_force

Any railroad company which acquires the railroad, property, or franchises of any other railroad company, whether by purchase, lease, consolidation, or otherwise, has the right of expropriation of land and property for constructing or extending its line of railroad, for branch lines, spur tracks, switches, sidings, depot grounds, shops and yards, and for any other railroad purposes, in the manner and according to Louisiana law relative to expropriation by railways.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:200.12 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 200.12
Name of owner and number of certificate to be painted on vehicle
Status: in_force

The full name of the owner of each public carrier vehicle operated as a taxicab, and the number of the vehicle's certificate, shall be painted conspicuously on each side of the vehicle in letters and figures at least two inches high.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:386 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 386
Foreclosure of mortgages; powers and rights of purchasers
Status: in_force

Whenever any railroad company, incorporated under the laws of this state or any other state, mortgages its franchise, roadbed, superstructure, and other property, and the mortgage is foreclosed in a court of this state or in a federal court, the purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the same right to operate the railroads as the mortgagee company. The purchaser also has the same rights, franchises, privileges, and immunities pertaining to the property or franchises as the mortgagee company had by virtue of its articles of incorporation or any law of this state.

However, the purchaser shall not have such rights to operate nor any of the rights, franchises, privileges, and immunities pertaining to the property or franchises, unless the purchaser agrees to take and hold such property and franchises subject to the payment of all subsisting liabilities and claims for labor, supplies, and materials furnished in the construction, maintenance, and repair of the railroad and appurtenances covered by the mortgage, if such claims and liabilities accrued within two years prior to the beginning of the receivership resulting in the sale of the property and franchises, or within two years prior to the sale, if the property and franchises are not sold under receivership proceedings. But, if suit is pending on these claims and liabilities when the receiver was appointed or the sale made, the claims and liabilities upon which suits were pending are protected as though accruing within two years.

Such agreement by the purchaser shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing, signed and acknowledged by the purchaser and associates, if any, and the company organized by them, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:789 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 789
Immediate dispatch of messages of public officers; penalty
Status: in_force

All telegraph and telephone companies shall be bound on application of any officer of this state, or of the United States, in the event of any war, insurrection or resistance of public authority, or whenever it may be necessary for the prevention of crime, or the arrest of persons accused of crime or fleeing from justice, to give their communications immediate dispatch.

Whoever refuses or intentionally omits to transmit such communications, or designedly alters or falsifies the same shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than one year.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:696 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 696
Vestibule; requirement; penalty
Status: in_force

No person operating a line of electric street railways shall require or permit the operation upon the lines of any electric car during the period beginning September 1st, and ending May 1st, of each year, unless each end of such car is provided with a solid vestibule which shall fully protect the motorman, conductor and passengers compelled to stand on the platform.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1332 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1332
Definitions
Status: in_force

For purposes of this Subpart, the terms defined in R.S. 45:1312 have the same meaning in this Subpart, except where a term is expressly modified in this Subpart, and as used in this Subpart:

(1) "Affiliate" means, when used with reference to a specified person, an entity that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the entity specified. For the purpose of this term,"control", "controlled by", and "under common control with", means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

(2) "Contributed proceeds" means the monies contributed by the corporation to a trust. In each instance, the contributed proceeds shall be the amount of the net proceeds received by the corporation from an issuance of system restoration bonds in accordance with the terms of a financing order.

(3) "Pledgee" means an issuer as pledgee of the corporation or an applicable financing party as pledgee of an issuer.

(4) "Preferred interests" means preferred equity interests in a utility affiliate that pay preferred dividends to the trust that purchased those preferred equity interests.

(5) "Purchase proceeds" means the proceeds received by a utility affiliate from the sale of its preferred interests to a trust.

(6) "Related bonds" means, with respect to a trust, the system restoration bonds that funded the net proceeds transferred by an issuer to the corporation and then contributed by the corporation to that trust.

(7) "Related utility" means, with respect to a trust, the utility that is a beneficiary of such trust and that obtains a financing order pursuant to this Subpart. The related utility shall be an affiliate of the utility affiliate that sells its preferred interests to such trust for purchase proceeds.

(8) "Trust" means an express special public trust created only pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of this Subpart. A trust for purposes of this Subpart shall not be an issuer of system restoration bonds and shall not be created pursuant to the public trust law, R.S. 9:2341 et seq.

(9) "Trust agreement" means, with respect to a trust, the written instrument that created the trust together with all proper amendments.

(10) "Utility affiliate" means an affiliate of the utility that obtains a financing order pursuant to this Subpart.

Acts 2021, No. 293, §3, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1613 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1613
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Any cable service provider or video service provider found by the commission, after notice and hearing, to be in violation of any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to a civil fine not to exceed one thousand dollars for the first violation. The civil fine for any subsequent violation of any provision of this Chapter shall not exceed five thousand dollars.

Acts 2020, 2 nd Ex. Sess., No. 42, §1, eff. Dec. 1, 2020.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1193 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1193
Contest of acts of commission; filing of transcript
Status: in_force

Whenever any suit is filed to contest any decision, act, rule, rate, charge, classification, or order, of the commission, the secretary of the commission shall, within fifteen days after the petition is served upon the commission, cause a certified transcript of all proceedings had and testimony taken upon the investigation made by the commission, to be filed with the clerk of the court in which the suit is pending.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:842 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 842
Provision of emergency alert services
Status: in_force

A. A parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness may provide emergency alert services within such parish or may designate an emergency alert provider to provide such services. An emergency alert provider may be a private for-profit entity operating under contract with and at the direction of the parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness.

B. The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness 1 shall certify and issue a certificate to each emergency alert provider.

Acts 1997, No. 199, §2, eff. June 13, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 40, §4, eff. May 23, 2003; Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, eff. March 1, 2006.

1 See Acts 2006, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, which changes the term "state office of homeland security and emergency preparedness" to "Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness" and §10, which provides for the termination of the Act and the reversion to the law in effect prior to the Act on July 1, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1145 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1145
Bonds payable from two or more utilities; power to issue
Status: in_force

The governing body of the political subdivision may in its discretion authorize bonds payable from the revenues to be derived from two or more utilities owned and operated by the subdivision, and bonds may be so issued for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending or improving any one or more of those utilities. Any bonds so issued shall be secured in the manner provided in this Part on the property of all of such utilities in the same manner as provided in those instances where bonds are issued payable from the revenues of one utility only.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1323 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1323
State pledge; corporation pledge
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, the term "bondholder" means a person who holds a system restoration bond, including in book entry form.

B. The state and the Louisiana Legislature each pledge and agree with the corporation, the bondholders, and other financing parties that, until the system restoration bonds and any ancillary agreements have been paid and performed in full, the state and the Louisiana Legislature shall not do any of the following:

(1) Alter the provisions of this Part which authorize the commission to create an irrevocable contract right by the issuance of a financing order, to create system restoration property, and to make the system restoration charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding, and nonbypassable charges.

(2) Take or permit any action that impairs or would impair the value of system restoration property.

(3) In any way impair the rights and remedies of the corporation, an issuer, such bondholders, or financing parties, or the security for such bonds or ancillary agreements.

(4) Except for adjustments under any true-up mechanism established by the commission, reduce, alter, or impair system restoration charges that are to be imposed, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the corporation, an issuer, the bondholders, and other financing parties, as applicable, until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses, or charges incurred, and any contracts to be performed, in connection with the related system restoration bonds have been fully paid and discharged.

C. The corporation shall pledge to and agree with the issuer, for the benefit of the issuer, the bondholders, and other financing parties, that until the system restoration bonds and any ancillary agreements have been paid and performed in full, the corporation shall not do any of the following:

(1) Take or permit any action that impairs or would impair the value of system restoration property.

(2) In any way impair the rights and remedies of the issuer, such bondholders, or financing parties, or the security for such bonds or ancillary agreements.

(3) Except for adjustments under any true-up mechanism established by the commission, reduce, alter, or impair system restoration charges that are to be imposed, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the issuer, the bondholders, and other financing parties, as applicable, until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs and other fees, expenses, or charges incurred, and any contracts to be performed, in connection with the related system restoration bonds have been fully paid and discharged.

D. The provisions of R.S. 12:202.1 shall not apply to the corporation.

E. Any issuer that issues system restoration bonds may include the pledge specified in Subsections B and C of this Section and in R.S. 45:1318(C)(8) in the bonds and related documentation.

Acts 2007, No. 55, §3, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2021, No. 293, §4, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1163 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1163
Power to regulate rates and service; exceptions
Status: in_force

A.(1) The commission shall exercise all necessary power and authority over any street railway, gas, electric light, heat, power, waterworks, or other local public utility for the purpose of fixing and regulating the rates charged or to be charged by and service furnished by such public utilities.

(2) However, no aspect of direct sales of natural gas by natural gas producers, natural gas pipeline companies, natural gas distribution companies, or any other person engaging in the direct sale of natural gas to industrial users for fuel or for utilization in any manufacturing process, or to any person for use in vehicles capable of using compressed natural gas which when combusted results in comparably lower emissions of oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, or particulates or any combination thereof, shall be subject to such regulation by the commission.

(3) In addition, a schedule of rates of an electric cooperative shall not require approval of the commission if the schedule previously was approved by the board of directors of the electric cooperative and by the federal government or any agency thereof, nor shall the authority of the commission extend to the service rendered by electric cooperatives except to the extent provided in R.S. 45:123 and in orders of the commission promulgated to effectuate the purposes of R.S. 45:123.

B. The commission shall exercise all necessary power and authority over any electric cooperative, that, by a vote of its membership, has elected to be regulated by the commission, as provided in R.S. 12:426, for the purpose of fixing and regulating the rates charged or to be charged and services furnished by the cooperative.

C. To ensure that costs passed through to consumers are just and reasonable, the commission shall, no less frequently than every other year, audit the adjustment clause filings submitted by a public electric utility in this state, exercise its authorized review and determination of such filings, and exercise its control and rate-fixing authority to modify fuel adjustment charges of an electric utility as assessed by an electric utility to rate-paying consumers through operation of the utility's fuel adjustment clause.

Acts 1964, No. 446, §1; Acts 1978, No. 77, §1; Acts 1983, No. 636, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1984; Acts 1990, No. 306, §1; Acts 1990, No. 531, §1; Acts 2016, No. 135, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 143
Required conditions for commencing work within ten feet of high voltage overhead lines
Status: in_force

A. When any person desires to temporarily carry on any function, activity, work, or operation in closer proximity to any high voltage overhead line than permitted by this Chapter, the person or persons responsible for the work to be done shall promptly notify the owner or operator of the high voltage overhead line prior to the scheduled commencement of the work. Such notice shall be reasonable, considering the work to be done; however, the notice shall not be less than forty-eight hours prior to the scheduled commencement of the work, exclusive of holidays and weekends, except in emergency situations that include police, fire, and rescue emergencies, in which case the notice shall be made as soon as possible.

B. The work shall be performed only after satisfactory mutual arrangements have been negotiated between the owner or operator of the high voltage overhead lines and the person or persons responsible for the work to be done. The owner or operator of the lines shall initiate the agreed upon safety arrangements within three working days and shall complete the work promptly, subject to emergency weather conditions. Arrangements may include placement of temporary mechanical barriers separating and preventing contact between material, equipment, or persons and high voltage overhead lines; temporary deenergization and grounding; temporary location or raising of the lines; or by other means deemed appropriate by the owner or operator of the lines.

C. The actual expense incurred by any operator or owner of high voltage overhead lines in providing clearances established in this Section shall be paid by the person or persons responsible for the work to be done in the vicinity thereof. The owner or operator of the lines may require an estimated payment of such actual expense in advance.

Acts 2001, No. 176, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:856 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 856
Special counsel for state in rate and transportation cases
Status: in_force

The attorney general may employ special counsel versed in handling traffic matters, and other experts as may be necessary, to prosecute and defend before the Interstate Commerce Commission and other federal commissions, and both state and federal courts, rate and transportation cases, and to defend before these courts other cases involving rates of various utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission in which the state and its people have an interest.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1169 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1169
Security issues; application to commission; preference on docket
Status: in_force

Application for authority to issue or assume securities shall be made in such form as the commission prescribes. Every application shall be made under oath and shall be signed and filed on behalf of the public utility by its president or by a vice-president, treasurer or other executive officer having knowledge of the matters set forth. Every application shall be placed at the head of the docket of the commission and disposed of promptly within 120 days after it is filed with the commission, unless it is necessary for good cause to continue the application for a longer time in which event the order making the continuance shall state fully the facts that make it necessary.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1138 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1138
Foreclosure
Status: in_force

The utility shall remain subject to the mortgage and pledge provided by this Part until the payment in full of the principal of and the interest on the bonds secured thereby, and the mortgage and pledge may be foreclosed by seizure and sale of the encumbered property in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of conventional mortgages, including the right to executory process.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:711 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 711
Motormen and conductors; instruction; qualification in certain cities
Status: in_force

No person shall act as motorman or conductor on any electric railway unless he shall have first received at least ten days instruction under a competent instructor or instructors employed by the company in whose services he intends to enter.

In cities of less than twenty-five thousand, the experience and qualification of conductors and motormen shall not be less than five days.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1258 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1258
Investment recovery bonds
Status: in_force

Investment recovery bonds shall not be a debt or a general obligation of the state or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities and shall not be a charge on their full faith and credit. An issue of investment recovery bonds shall not, directly, indirectly, or contingently, obligate the state or any agency, political subdivision, or instrumentality of the state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the bonds, other than for paying investment recovery charges in their capacity as consumers of electricity. All investment recovery bonds authorized by a financing order by the Public Service Commission shall contain on the face of a statement the following: "Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state of Louisiana is pledged to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, this bond". All investment recovery bonds authorized by a financing order by the council of the city of New Orleans shall contain on the face of a statement the following: "Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the state of Louisiana or the city of New Orleans is pledged to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, this bond".

Acts 2010, No. 988, §2, eff. July 6, 2010.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1092 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1092
Disclosure or solicitation as to shipments; exceptions
Status: in_force

Nothing in R.S. 45:1091 shall prevent the giving of such information in response to any legal process issued under the authority of any court of this state, or to any officer or agent of the Government of the United States, or of the state, in the exercise of his powers, or to any officer or other duly authorized person seeking such information for the prosecution of persons charged with or suspected of crime; or for furnishing manifests to the duly organized exchanges or boards of trade of any city for posting in such exchanges or boards of trade.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:357 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 357
Public service commission's power to order construction of industrial switch or spur tracks
Status: in_force

Whenever the owner of any manufacturing establishment, industrial plant, warehouse, or when the governing authority of any municipality desires to have constructed an industrial switch as provided for in R.S. 45:356, such owner or the governing authority of the municipality, upon the failure or refusal of the railroad company having the right to build such switch to build same when requested, has the right to apply to the Louisiana Public Service Commission and the commission has authority to hear and determine the matter and require the railroad company to construct such industrial switch or spur tracks.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1161.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1161.1
Creation; composition; age; residence; domicile; qualifications; election; terms
Status: in_force

A. There shall be a Public Service Commission, which shall consist of five members, who shall be qualified electors. The members shall be elected from single-member districts, established as provided by law.

B. An elector who at the time of qualification as a candidate has attained the age of eighteen years, resided in the state for the preceding two years, and been actually domiciled for the preceding year in the single-member district established by law from which he seeks election is eligible for election to the commission.

C. The members shall be elected at the congressional elections for overlapping terms of six years, and shall take office and begin their terms on the first day of January following election.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 14, §1; emerg. eff. June 12, 1972, at 2:30 P.M.; Acts 1972, No. 459, §1, emerg. eff. July 12, 1972 at 5:30 P.M.; Acts 1975, No. 4, §1, eff. June 13, 1975; Acts 1981, No. 122, §4; Acts 2001, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 2, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2015, No. 345, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:200.11 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 200.11
Other automobile laws applicable
Status: in_force

Nothing in R.S. 45:200.1-45:200.15 shall exempt any person owning or operating any public carrier vehicle from complying with all applicable laws and municipal and parochial ordinances relating to the ownership, registration and operation of automobiles in this state.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:844.44 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 844.44
Antitrust immunity
Status: in_force

A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection B, when a local government is offering or providing a covered service, any immunity from antitrust law afforded to political subdivisions of the state does not apply to the local government's actions associated with the provision of those services.

B. A local government that provides a covered service is subject to applicable antitrust liabilities, if any, only to the extent permitted under the federal Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984, 15 USC 34-36.

Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:321 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 321
Stations; naming
Status: in_force

The Louisiana Public Service Commission shall govern, regulate and control the naming of railroad stations in Louisiana, by adopting, establishing or changing the name of any railroad flag station or agency station now in existence, or which may hereafter be established by any person, operating a railroad in the state, or which may be established by an order of the commission.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:569 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 569
Angles in frogs and crossings to be adjusted, filled or blocked; penalty
Status: in_force

Every person operating a railroad or part of railroad, other than a logging or plantation road, within this state, shall adjust, fill or block all angles in frogs and crossings on its roads and in its yards, divisional and terminal stations where trains are made up. The material used shall be so placed and of such design as to prevent the wedging of the feet of employees and other persons in these angles.

Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1095 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1095
Joint rates; commission's duty
Status: in_force

If the railroads, and other common carriers, express, telegraph and telephone companies referred to in R.S. 45:1093 through 45:1096 fail to establish reasonable joint through rates and charges for transportation of freight and express matter, and the transmission of communications by telegraph and telephone, the Louisiana Public Service Commission shall, upon the application of any person, adopt such reasonable and just rates and charges for the transportation of freight carried over the lines of two or more connecting railroads or other connecting common carriers, or for the transportation, over the lines of two or more connecting express companies, or the transmission of communications over two or more connecting telephone or telegraph lines in Louisiana; and all such rates and charges thus adopted by the commission shall go into effect within thirty days after publication in the official journal of the commission, and written or telegraph notice given to such companies.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:61 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 61
Acquisition of land for gravity irrigation; expropriation
Status: in_force

Corporations formed under the laws of this state for the purpose of constructing and operating canals for irrigation by gravity have power to acquire all land needed by them for rights of way over the routes selected by them and for reservoirs, and in the event of failure to agree with the owners of the land on the price to be paid for it, they have power to expropriate this land, such power to be exercised in the manner now provided for by the general expropriation laws of the state. This power of expropriation shall not be exercised within any township or section occupied by any canal in actual use, without the consent of the owners of such canal.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:201.7 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 201.7
Automobile insurance provisions
Status: in_force

A.(1) Insurers that write automobile insurance in this state may exclude any or all coverage afforded under the policy issued to an owner or operator of a personal vehicle for any loss or injury that occurs while a driver is logged on to a transportation network company's digital network during the pre-trip acceptance period or while a driver is engaged in a prearranged ride. This right to exclude coverage shall apply to any or all coverage in an automobile insurance policy including but not limited to:

(a) Liability coverage for bodily injury.

(b) Liability coverage for property damage.

(c) Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.

(d) Medical payments coverage.

(e) Comprehensive physical damage coverage.

(f) Collision physical damage coverage.

(2) The exclusions permitted in this Subsection shall apply notwithstanding any requirement under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law, R.S. 32:851 et seq. or other laws. Nothing in this Section implies or requires that a personal automobile insurance policy provide coverage while the driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network during the pre-trip acceptance period, while the driver is engaged in a prearranged ride, or while the driver otherwise uses a vehicle to transport passengers for compensation.

(3) Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to preclude an insurer from providing coverage for the transportation network company driver's vehicle, if it chooses to do so by contract or endorsement.

B.(1) Automobile insurers that exclude the coverage described in R.S. 45:201.6 shall have no duty to defend or indemnify any claim expressly excluded thereunder. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to invalidate or limit an exclusion contained in a policy including any policy in use or approved for use in this state prior to the effective date of this Part that excludes coverage for vehicles used to carry persons or property for a charge or available for hire by the public.

(2) An automobile insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim against a driver that is excluded under the terms of its policy shall have a right of contribution against other insurers that provide automobile insurance to the same driver in satisfaction of the coverage requirements of R.S. 45:201.6 at the time of loss.

C. If a transportation network company's insurer makes a payment for a claim covered under comprehensive coverage or collision coverage, the transportation network company shall cause its insurer to issue the payment directly to the repair facility or jointly to the owner of the vehicle and the primary holder of any security interest, privilege, or lien on the covered vehicle. No fine shall result for a violation of this Subsection.

Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1333 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1333
Additional powers of the corporation and the commission
Status: in_force

A. The corporation may create express special public trusts for the furtherance and accomplishment of the corporation's function and purpose pursuant to this Part.

B.(1) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in Subpart A of this Part, including without limitation R.S. 45:1316(A), 1318(C)(5)(a) and (E), and 1322(B), (D), and (E), a financing order may require that the corporation shall contribute to a trust all of the net proceeds from the issuance of system restoration bonds and the trust shall use all such contributed proceeds to purchase preferred interests from a utility affiliate of the related utility.

(2) Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in Subpart A of this Part, R.S. 45:1318(C)(5)(a) and 1321(K) shall not apply to securitization financing pursuant to this Subpart and a utility affiliate that sells its preferred interests to a trust shall use those purchase proceeds for corporate purposes supporting the related utility's financial strength and stability and thereby promote the economic welfare of the citizens of the state.

(3) In order for this Subpart to be used, a utility shall request in its application to the commission pursuant to R.S. 45:1318, or in a supplement thereto, that a trust shall be used by the corporation in its distribution of system restoration bonds' proceeds.

C. A financing order may create system restoration property pursuant to this Part without including all of the requirements of R.S. 45:1318(C)(5)(a), if the financing order includes all of the requirements of R.S. 45:1337(A), and if the commission, in such financing order, requires the corporation to transfer the net proceeds of the system restoration bonds to a trust that has the related utility as a beneficiary, subject to the express conditions and requirements set forth in the financing order that, upon receipt of the purchase proceeds by the utility affiliate from that trust, such related utility shall do all of the following:

(1) Set aside in a restricted escrow account, in an amount and manner required by the commission, any monies or investments used to fund the related utility's storm damage reserve.

(2) Not seek to recover the system restoration costs approved by that applicable financing order, to the extent of the system restoration bonds proceeds, from any of its commission-jurisdictional customers.

(3) Flow through to the benefit of its customers in a manner determined by the commission the amount of any insurance proceeds, federal government grants, or similar source of permanent reimbursement received by the related utility after the issuance of the financing order relating to that same system restoration activity and those same system restoration costs.

D. A financing order that is issued pursuant to this Subpart shall require that, upon receipt of the purchase proceeds by a utility affiliate, the related utility fully release any claims or rights that the related utility has to recover, in any manner, from its commission-jurisdictional customers any of the system restoration costs covered by the financing order, to the extent of the amount of the related bonds' proceeds.

Acts 2021, No. 293, §3, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:302 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 302
Powers of the commission; scope
Status: in_force

A. The commission shall supervise, govern, regulate and control the transportation or sale of natural gas moving by pipeline to local distributing systems for resale for the purpose of fixing and regulating the rates charged and the service furnished by such public utilities in connection with such transportation or sale.

B. The power, authority and duties of the commission shall affect and include all matters and things directly connected with, concerning and growing out of the service given or rendered by such pipelines transporting or selling natural gas to local distributing systems for resale with respect to any such transportation or sales.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the supply of natural gas by pipelines to a local distribution system shall not be disconnected or shut off unless the local distribution system is given at least ninety days written notice of such disconnect or shut off and at least one public hearing is held by the Louisiana Public Service Commission prior to such disconnect or shutoff; however, this ninety day notice may be extended by an order of the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The Louisiana Public Service Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to implement the provisions of this Section. Such rules and regulations shall consider whether or not the local distribution system has agreed to shut off the pipeline for a specific period of time; the length of time required to obtain public financing; time constraints necessary to construct necessary facilities; time constraints and requirements of the State Bond Commission; time constraints and requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; whether or not the local distribution system is captive to one pipeline; whether the local distribution system has access to other pipelines; operational issues regarding the local distribution system; and the local distribution system's pressure requirements.

Acts 2007, No. 272, §1, eff. July 6, 2007.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1142 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1142
Bonds; negotiability
Status: in_force

All bonds issued under the provisions of this Part shall be negotiable instruments.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:844.51 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 844.51
Enterprise funds for cable television or telecommunications or advanced services
Status: in_force

A. A local government that provides one or more covered services under this Chapter:

(1) Shall establish a single enterprise fund entitled the "communications services enterprise fund" to account for the local government's operations of covered services.

(2) Shall adopt operating and capital budgets for the local government's covered services.

(3) Except as provided in R.S. 45:844.52(C)(2), or subject to rules established under R.S. 45:844.55(D), may not transfer any appropriation or other balance in any other enterprise fund established by the local government to any enterprise fund established by the local government under this Section.

B. The restrictions on transfers described in Paragraph (A)(3) do not apply to transfers made by a local government between other enterprise funds established by the local government.

Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1354 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1354
Responsibility of persons making defamatory statements
Status: in_force

This Chapter is not intended to change the responsibility under the laws of this state, of any person or persons for any defamatory utterance made by such person or persons over a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations.

Acts 1950, No. 468, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:169.1 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 169.1
Motor Carrier Regulation Dedicated Fund Account
Status: in_force

A.(1) All monies recovered by the transportation division of the Public Service Commission, by the collection of intrastate application, registration, and permit fees, and fines collected from penalties, shall be deposited into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. After satisfaction of the requirements of the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, the treasurer shall deposit into the special statutorily dedicated fund account, hereby created in the state treasury and designated as the "Motor Carrier Regulation Dedicated Fund Account", an amount equal to one hundred percent of the total sums recovered as provided in R.S. 45:168 and 169. Monies deposited into this account shall be categorized as fees and self-generated revenue for the sole purpose of reporting related to the executive budget, supporting documents, and general appropriation bills and shall be available for annual appropriation by the legislature.

(2) The Motor Carrier Regulation Dedicated Fund Account, hereinafter referred to in this Section as the "carrier account", shall additionally consist of all funds received by donation, grant, gift, or otherwise from any source and sums appropriated specifically to it by the legislature for increased regulatory enforcement of motor carriers.

B. The director of the transportation division of the Public Service Commission shall administer the carrier account and shall make disbursements from the carrier account for all necessary and appropriate expenditures.

C.(1) The monies in the carrier account shall be used to defray the cost of regulation of the intrastate motor carrier industry, specifically by the transportation division of the Public Service Commission.

(2) Monies in the carrier account shall be available to increase manpower and physical support for regulation of the intrastate motor carrier industry.

(3) Monies in the carrier account shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as are monies in the state general fund. All interest earned on carrier account money invested by the state treasurer shall be deposited into the state general fund.

D. In any cases where monies from the carrier account are expended in the prosecution of any violation of this Chapter, the attorney general shall institute a civil action to recover from the responsible person all such monies expended from the carrier account. Any monies so recovered shall be paid into the carrier account as provided by this Section.

Acts 1956, No. 120, §1. Acts 1984, No. 819, §1; Acts 1992, No. 871, §1, eff. July 1, 1993; Acts 2007, No. 108, §1; Acts 2008, No. 724, §2, eff. July 6, 2008; Acts 2021, No. 114, §11, eff. July 1, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1503 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1503
Certificate of public convenience and necessity; exceptions
Status: in_force

A. No radio common carrier shall begin, or continue, the construction or operation of any mobile radio system, or any extension thereof, or acquire ownership or control thereof either directly or indirectly without first obtaining from the public utilities commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require such construction, operation or acquisition; provided this Chapter shall not require, nor shall it be so construed as to require, any such carrier to secure a certificate for an extension within any municipality within which such person has heretofore lawfully commenced operations, or for any extension within or to territory already served by such carrier, necessary in the ordinary course of business, or for substitute facilities within or to any municipality or territory already served by such carrier, or for any extension into territory contiguous to that already served by such carrier and not receiving similar service from another such carrier when no certificate of convenience and necessity has been issued to or applied for by any other radio common carrier, or for the acquisition and operation of any plant or system heretofore constructed or hereafter constructed under authority of a certificate of convenience and necessity hereafter issued. The commissioners are hereby authorized to prescribe appropriate and reasonable rules and regulations governing the issuance of such certificates.

B. Any person engaged in the construction or operation of any radio common carrier on July 31, 1968 shall receive a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Louisiana Public Service Commission authorizing such person to continue the construction or operation of such radio common carrier in the territory professed to be served by such person on July 31, 1968 if, within sixty days after July 31, 1968, such person shall file with the commission an application for such certificate, including copies of any license or licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission to such person, showing the area professed to be served by such person.

C. The commission shall not grant a certificate for a proposed radio common carrier operation or extension thereof which will be in competition with or duplication of any other radio common carrier unless it shall first determine that the existing service is inadequate to meet the reasonable needs of the public and that the person operating the same is unable to or refuses or neglects after hearing on reasonable notice to provide reasonable adequate service.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 634, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1097.4 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1097.4
Freight loss or damage; attorneys' fees and court costs
Status: in_force

A party receiving a judgment for damages under R.S. 45:1097.1-45:1097.5 shall, in addition to damages assessed under R.S. 45:1097.3, receive a reasonable award for attorneys' fees and court costs.

Acts 1972, No. 70, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1451 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1451
Definitions
Status: in_force

"Reporter" shall mean any person regularly engaged in the business of collecting, writing or editing news for publication through a news media. The term reporter shall include all persons who were previously connected with any news media as aforesaid as to the information obtained while so connected.

"News Media" shall include

(a) Any newspaper or other periodical issued at regular intervals and having a paid general circulation;

(b) Press associations;

(c) Wire service;

(d) Radio;

(e) Television; and

(f) Persons or corporations engaged in the making of news reels or other motion picture news for public showing.

Acts 1964, No. 211, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:452 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 452
Failure to relieve obstruction; landowner's right to do necessary work; committee to determine what work necessary
Status: in_force

If any railway company operating a line or system of railroads in this state shall fail to act promptly to construct, open or maintain ditches, drains, or culverts, or crossings, as mentioned in R.S. 45:451, the owner of the land, farm, plantation, or improvements constructed or to be constructed on his land, which may be injured by the failure or neglect of a railway company to relieve promptly the obstructed natural drainage under its roadbed, or on its right of way, may do the necessary work to protect from injury or destruction his land, improvements, or growing crops on the land, farm or plantation, and collect the cost of this work from the railway company along whose line, system, or right of way the work is done in the manner provided in this Part. In any case where the railway company refuses or neglects to do such work as may be necessary to relieve obstructed natural drainage on its roadbed or right of way, the owner of the land, such improvements, farm, or plantation which may be injured by such failure or neglect, shall first notify in writing the agent of the railway company of the work necessary to be done and the approximate cost. If the railway company fails, neglects, or refuses within thirty days after this notice, to do the work, the owner of the land, farm, or plantation, or his authorized agent, together with an authorized representative of the railway company and a third disinterested party, selected by these parties, shall form a committee who shall meet promptly and determine what work is necessary to relieve the obstructed natural drainage and maintain proper drainage. The owner of the land, farm or plantation, or his authorized agent, may then proceed to do the necessary work as approved by this committee of arbitration, keeping an accurate account of the costs. This Section shall not apply to any new culvert or drain to be constructed under or along the railroad roadbed.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:301 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 301
Pipe lines; gas; affected with a public interest
Status: in_force

The transportation or sale of natural gas by pipe lines to local distributing systems for resale is affected with a public interest and such pipe lines, appurtenances and facilities to the extent of such transportation or sales are public utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 182
Duty to determine whether license laws complied with
Status: in_force

All persons before entering into a contract with the owner, driver or chauffeur of a motor vehicle, whereby the expenses of the trip or trips is to be shared by the co-traveler or co-travelers, shall make a thorough examination of the public records as to whether or not the owner, chauffeur or operator of the motor vehicle has complied with R.S. 45:181.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:844.48 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 844.48
Requirements prior to local governmental entity providing cable television or telecommunications or advanced services
Status: in_force

Prior to a local government engaging or offering to engage in an activity described in this Chapter, the local governing authority shall:

(1) Hold a preliminary public hearing.

(2) If the local governing authority elects to proceed after holding the preliminary public hearing required by this Section, approve the hiring of a feasibility consultant to conduct a feasibility study in accordance with R.S. 45:844.49.

(3) Determine when under the feasibility study conducted under R.S. 45:844.49, the annual revenues under R.S. 45:844.49(2)(d) exceed the annual costs under R.S. 45:844.49(2)(d) by at least the amount necessary to meet the bond obligations of any bonds issued to fund the proposed covered service.

(4) If the conditions of Paragraph (3) of this Section are met, hold the public hearings required by R.S. 45:844.49.

(5) After holding the public hearings required by R.S. 45:844.49, if the local governing authority elects to proceed, adopt by resolution the feasibility study.

Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1143 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1143
Bonds; sinking fund; covenants
Status: in_force

Any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds under this Part shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund into which shall be paid from the pledged revenues of the utility, subject only to prior payment of the reasonable and necessary expenses of operating and maintaining the utility, sums sufficient to pay principal of and interest on such bonds, and to create such reserve for contingencies as may be provided in such resolution. The moneys in the sinking fund may be applied to the payment of interest on and principal of the bonds or to the purchase or retirement of the bonds prior to maturity in such manner as may be provided in the resolution.

The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain such covenants with the future holder of the bonds as to the management and operation of the utility, the imposition and collection of fees and charges for the products, commodities or services furnished thereby, the disposition of fees and revenues, the issuance of future bonds and the creation of future liens and encumbrances against the utility and the revenues thereof, the carrying of insurance on the properties constituting such utility, the disposition of the proceeds of the insurance, and other pertinent matters, as may be deemed necessary by the governing body to assure the marketability of the bonds, provided these covenants are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Part.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:612 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 612
Retaking of conditionally sold tank cars
Status: in_force

If the vendee, lessee or bailee fails to make the payment or to perform the covenants in any contract authorized by R.S. 45:611, the vendor, lessor, or bailor, or any assignee may retake the property in accordance with the terms of the contract; and in case of retaking, the vendee, lessee, or bailee or any assignee has no right of redemption and all payments under the contract shall be forfeited to the vendor, lessor or bailor, or to the party to whom they may have been made.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1279 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1279
State pledge
Status: in_force

A. For purposes of this Section, the term "bondholder" means a person who holds an energy transition bond, including in book entry form.

B.(1) The state and the Legislature of Louisiana each pledge to and agree with bondholders, the owners of the energy transition property, and other financing parties that, until the financing costs and the energy transition bonds and any ancillary agreements have been paid and performed in full, the state and the Legislature of Louisiana shall not do any of the following:

(a) Alter the provisions of this Part that authorize the commission to create an irrevocable contract right by the issuance of a financing order, to create energy transition property, and to make the energy transition charges imposed by a financing order irrevocable, binding, and nonbypassable charges.

(b) Take or permit any action that impairs or would impair the value of energy transition property.

(c) Take or permit any action that impairs or would impair the rights and remedies of the issuer, any other assignee, such bondholders or other financing parties, or the security for the energy transition bonds or ancillary agreements.

(d) Except as provided for in this Section and except for adjustments under any true-up mechanism established by the commission, reduce, alter, or impair energy transition charges that are to be imposed, collected, and remitted for the benefit of the bondholders and other financing parties until any and all principal, interest, premium, financing costs, and other fees, expenses, or charges incurred, and any contracts to be performed, in connection with the related energy transition bonds have been paid and performed in full.

(2) Nothing in this Subsection shall preclude limitation or alteration if and when full compensation is made by law for the full protection of the energy transition charges imposed, charged, and collected pursuant to a financing order and full protection of the holders of energy transition bonds and any assignee or financing party.

C. Any person or entity that issues energy transition bonds may include the pledges specified in Subsection B of this Section and in R.S. 45:1273(C)(5) in the bonds and related documentation.

Acts 2022, No. 255, §2, eff. June 3, 2022.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1226 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1226
Short title; purpose
Status: in_force

A. This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Electric Utility Storm Recovery Securitization Act".

B. The purpose of this Part is to enable Louisiana electric utilities, if authorized by a financing order issued by the commission, to use securitization financing for storm recovery costs, because this type of debt may lower the financing costs or mitigate the impact on rates in comparison with conventional utility financing methods or alternative methods of recovery, thereby benefitting rate payers. The storm recovery bonds will not be public debt. The proceeds of the storm recovery bonds shall be used for the purposes of recovering storm recovery costs, solely as determined by the commission, to encourage and facilitate the rebuilding of utility infrastructure damaged by storms. Securitization financings for storm recovery costs are hereby recognized to be a valid public purpose. Federal tax laws and revenue procedures expressly require that special state legislation be enacted in order for such transactions to receive certain tax benefits. The legislature finds a need to promote such securitization financings, if authorized by the commission, by providing clear and exclusive methods to create, transfer, and encumber interests in storm recovery property as defined in this Part. This need can be met by providing in this Part for such methods and by establishing that any conflict between the rules governing sales, assignments, or transfers of, or security interests, privileges, or other encumbrances of any nature upon, incorporeal movable property under other Louisiana laws and the methods provided in this Part, including without limitation with regard to creation, perfection, priority, or enforcement, shall be resolved in favor of the rules and methods established in this Part with regard to storm recovery property.

C. The intent of this Part is to provide benefits to Louisiana rate payers by allowing a Louisiana electric utility, if authorized by a financing order, to achieve certain tax and credit benefits of financing storm recovery costs, on a similar basis with utilities in other states. This Part does not in any way limit, impair, or impact the commission's plenary jurisdiction over the rates charged and services rendered by the public utilities in this state. Instead, this Part addresses certain property, security interests, and other matters to ensure that the financial and federal income tax benefits of financing storm recovery costs through securitization are available in Louisiana. The beneficial income tax and credit characteristics that may be achieved include the following:

(1) Treating the storm recovery bonds as debt of the electric utility for income tax purposes.

(2) Treating the storm recovery charges as gross income to the electric utility recognized under the utility's usual method of accounting for federal and state income taxes, rather than recognizing gross income upon the receipt of the financing order or of cash in exchange for the sale of the storm recovery property or the issuance of the storm recovery bonds.

(3) Avoiding the recognition of debt on the electric utility's balance sheet for certain credit and regulatory purposes by reason of the storm recovery bonds.

(4) Treating the sale, assignment, or transfer of the storm recovery property by the electric utility as a true sale for state law and bankruptcy purposes.

(5) Avoiding any adverse impact of the financing on the electric utility's credit rating.

Acts 2006, No. 64, §2, eff. May 22, 2006.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1338 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1338
Trustee requirements; duties and powers; compensation; liability protection
Status: in_force

A. The trustee of a trust shall not serve as a trustee under an indenture pertaining to the related bonds authorized by the financing order relating to that trust. Additionally, only the following entities shall serve as a trustee of a trust established pursuant to this Subpart:

(1) A federally insured depository institution organized under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States.

(2) A financial institution or trust company organized under the laws of this state or the United States, authorized to exercise trust or fiduciary powers under the laws of this state or the United States, or a trust company, organized under the laws of another state, and operating in this state pursuant to R.S. 6:626(A)(1) and (2).

B. An original trustee, an alternate trustee, or a successor trustee may be designated in the trust agreement or chosen by the use of a method provided in the trust agreement.

C. A trustee who accepts a trust established pursuant to this Subpart submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state.

D. A trust acting through its trustee may employ or retain such attorneys, accountants, and other professionals as it may consider necessary to carry out its duties under this Subpart and the trust agreement, and may determine their duties and compensation subject to regulation by the commission in its discretion. The compensation of a trustee and such professionals, and other costs to operate a trust, shall not be included within financing costs as defined in R.S. 45:1312. All such compensation and other costs shall first be paid from the related utility's share as beneficiary of the dividend income that the trust receives from the preferred interests. If the related utility's share of dividend income is insufficient to pay these expenses, then the expenses shall be paid from the related utility's share as beneficiary of redemption payments, in respect of the preferred interests.

E. A trust agreement may provide indemnity to a trustee for expenses properly incurred by the trustee in the administration of the trust property, but such amounts shall be paid only from the related utility's portion of the trust property, or directly from the related utility, if the related utility agrees to such direct payment.

F. A trustee shall administer a trust solely in the interest of the beneficiaries, and if applicable, a pledgee, in accordance with the trust agreement. A trust shall keep and render clear and accurate accounts of the administration of the trusts at least annually to the beneficiaries as specified in the trust agreement. Upon the request of the beneficiary, a trustee, within a reasonable time, shall provide a beneficiary complete and accurate information as to the nature and the amount of the trust property. The trustee shall permit the beneficiary or its agents to inspect the subject matter of the trust, the accounts, and any other documents relating to the trust.

G. A trustee shall administer the trust as a prudent person would administer it. A trustee shall invest trust property only in preferred interests as provided in this Subpart and the applicable trust agreement. A trustee shall have no liability whatsoever by reason of investing within the limitations of the foregoing requirement. The nature and extent of the duties and powers of a trustee shall be determined by the provisions of the trust agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Subpart. A trust agreement may relieve the trustee from liability, except a liability relief provision in a trust agreement shall not be effective to relieve the trustee from liability for breach of the duty of loyalty to a beneficiary, or for breach of trust committed in bad faith.

H. Except for redemptions of preferred interests as authorized by the trust agreement, a trustee may not sell or encumber trust property.

Acts 2021, No. 293, §3, eff. June 14, 2021.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1456 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1456
Service of subpoenas; motion to quash or obtain additional time; award of costs
Status: in_force

A. Unless otherwise ordered by the court, upon a showing of good cause therefor, a subpoena issued to any news media organization, reporter, custodian of records, photographer, or other representative of any news media organization, which is governed by R.S. 45:1455 through 1458, shall be served at least ten days prior to the return date specified in the subpoena.

B. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude or limit the right of the news media organization, reporter, photographer, custodian of records, or other representative of any news media organization to seek an order with respect to a subpoena pursuant to Article 1354 or Article 1426 of the Code of Civil Procedure, including, without limitation, an order continuing the return date specified in the subpoena or quashing the subpoena on the ground that additional time is reasonably necessary for compliance with the subpoena.

C. In a proceeding to quash any subpoena governed by R.S. 45:1455 through 1458, the court may, after contradictory hearing, grant reasonable attorney fees and expenses to the prevailing party in the contradictory hearing.

Acts 1987, No. 803, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:844.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 844.9
Commercial mobile service device location disclosure to law enforcement agencies; emergency situations
Status: in_force

A. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Kelsey Smith Act".

B.(1) When acting in the course and scope of his official duties, a law enforcement agency supervisor shall have the authority to submit an electronic or other written request to a provider of commercial mobile services, as defined by 47 U.S.C. 332(d), for device location information of a commercial mobile service device user if either of the following events has occurred:

(a) A call for emergency services initiated from the device of the user.

(b) An emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious bodily harm to the device user.

(2) Upon receipt of the request, the provider of commercial mobile services shall disclose to the law enforcement agency the device location information.

(3) When making a request for device location information pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, the law enforcement agency making the request shall search the National Crime Information Center system and similar databases to identify whether the device user or the person initiating the call, during an emergency situation involving the device user, either has a history of domestic violence or is subject to any court order restricting contact.

(4) The information obtained by a law enforcement agency pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection shall be used solely for the performance of official duties.

(5) No device location information shall be released by the law enforcement agency to a person who either has a history of domestic violence or stalking or who is subject to any court order restricting contact with the device user.

(6) For the purposes of this Chapter, "law enforcement agency" means any municipality, sheriff's office, or other public agency who employs full-time employees of the state whose permanent duties include but are not limited to:

(a) Making arrests.

(b) Performing searches and seizures.

(c) Executing criminal warrants.

(d) Preventing or detecting crime.

(e) Enforcing the penal, traffic, or highway laws of this state.

C.(1) All providers of commercial mobile services who are registered to do business in this state, or who submit to the jurisdiction thereof, shall submit emergency contact information to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, in order to facilitate requests from law enforcement agencies for location information in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. The contact information shall be submitted by July first of each year and immediately upon any change in contact information.

(2)(a) The office of state police shall maintain a database containing emergency contact information for all providers of commercial mobile services and shall make such information immediately available to all law enforcement agencies in the state.

(b) The office of state police may adopt rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Chapter.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit a provider of commercial mobile services from establishing protocols by which the provider voluntarily discloses device location information.

E. No person shall file a report with knowledge of the falsity of the information contained therein to a law enforcement agency for the purpose of device location information being requested from a provider of commercial mobile services. Whoever violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

Acts 2015, No. 165, §1, eff. June 23, 2015.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1185 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1185
Process of commission; form; execution
Status: in_force

Attachments for witness and all other process or orders issued by the commission shall be issued and signed by the secretary of the commission, and shall bear the seal of commission, and shall be executed and enforced by the sheriffs of Louisiana in the same manner as in civil proceedings before the courts of this state.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:802 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 802
Report to legislature
Status: in_force

At least thirty days prior to 1975, 1976 and 1977 regular sessions of the legislature, the department of public safety shall report to the appropriate standing committee or committees of each house of the legislature the progress in the implementation of the systems required by this Chapter. Such reports may contain recommendations for additional legislation.

Added by Acts 1974, No. 94, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1164.3 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1164.3
Form of petition for election
Status: in_force

Any qualified elector desiring a referendum election shall sign a petition addressed to the governing authority of the municipality or other political subdivision in which he resides, or of which he is a customer, and in substantially the following form:

PETITION

TO: [Name of governing authority and name of municipality or other political subdivision]

The undersigned qualified electors respectfully request that you call an election to submit, in the manner provided by law, to the qualified electors of [name of municipality or other political subdivision], . . . and other electors who are customers of the public utility, wherever they may reside, the following proposition:

Shall the Public Service Commission regulate [name of public utility] owned by [name of political subdivision]?

Signature Address Date

Where signatures are made on more than one sheet, each sheet of the petition shall reproduce above the signatures the same matter as is on the first sheet. Each petitioner shall sign his name in his own handwriting and shall write his address and the date on which he signed, otherwise his signature shall be null and void. If an elector cannot sign his name because of age or physical condition, he may have his name and address and the date written by another and shall affix his ordinary "X" mark in the presence of two competent electors, who shall sign their names as witnesses to the mark.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 328, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1164.10 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1164.10
Recount of ballots or contest of elections
Status: in_force

Any elector who was qualified to vote in the election may demand a recount of the ballots or contest the election in the same manner and under the same conditions as is provided by law for the recount of ballots or contest of elections under the general elections laws of this state.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 328, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1149 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1149
Full authority given to own utilities and issue bonds; further proceedings unnecessary
Status: in_force

The provisions of this Part shall constitute full authority for the construction, acquisition, extension or improvement of public utilities and the authorization and issuance of bonds and for the accomplishment of all things authorized to be done, and no proceedings relating thereto or to the authorization or issuance of such bonds or the security therefor or the granting of such franchise shall be necessary except as required by these provisions.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1182 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1182
Expenses of investigation; failure to pay; revocation of certificate of authority to do business
Status: in_force

If any person fails or refuses to pay the amount of expenses of examination certified to by the commission, after fifteen days from the receipt of such certificate, or after final judgment where a rule has been taken as provided in R.S. 45:1181, the commission may revoke the certificate of authority of the person to do business until the full amount is paid.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §17.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1103 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1103
Unclaimed freight; proceeds of sale
Status: in_force

The aggregate proceeds of the sale of unclaimed freight under such advertisement shall be applied first to the payment of charges and expenses and the residue, if any, shall be retained by the carrier for the period of six months from the date of sale, and if during this period, the consignees or owners of any of the property sold present themselves, they may receive the residue. If the residue remains unclaimed after the expiration of six months, it shall be paid into the treasury of the state to the credit of the general school fund and the carrier shall be released from all liability on account of the property sold.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:457 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 457
Railroad company required to provide drainage in municipalities and parishes
Status: in_force

Whenever any parish or municipal body or department having jurisdiction or control over drainage in any parish or municipality determines that any roadbed of any railway company, operating a line or system of railroads in this state, is obstructing, retarding, or interfering with the proper natural drainage of any area or land within its parish or municipality traversed by the line or system of railroads, the railway company shall drain such roadbed, by constructing and maintaining ditches, culverts, or drains under their roadbed or under the crossings over their roadbed on their right of way, either parallel to or at angles with their roadbeds or crossings, of sufficient width, depth, and capacity to carry off water rapidly, and in such a manner as the railway company may be notified to do by the parish or municipal body or department. The railway companies shall do all things necessary to relieve such obstructed natural drainage without delay whenever so notified. The provisions of this Part relating to the rights of the owner of the land, improvements constructed or to be constructed thereon, farm, or plantation shall apply to and in favor of any parish or municipal body or department covered by this Section.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:200.17 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 200.17
Short title
Status: in_force

R.S. 45:200.1 through 45:200.16 shall be known and may be cited as "The Public Passenger Motor Vehicle Responsibility Law".

Acts 1962, No. 404, §4.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:258 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 258
Tariffs; reports to commission; investigations; complaints; summoning witnesses; suits; process
Status: in_force

All common carriers of petroleum shall make and publish their tariffs and charges according to such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the commission, which may require them to make reports and may investigate all their books and records kept in connection with their business. Upon petition of any shipper alleging injury or showing substantial basis to fear injury by reason of inadequate facilities as defined in this Chapter, the commission may require from such common carrier pipe line, reports duly verified under oath, of the total quantities of petroleum, owned by such pipe line as held by them in its distribution system, provided no publicity shall be given by the commission to the reports as to stock of petroleum on hand of any particular pipe line, but the commission in its discretion, may make public the aggregate amounts held by all pipe lines making these reports, and of the aggregate unfilled storage capacity and where situated. The commission has authority to hear and determine complaints, to require attendance of witnesses, pay their expenses and to institute suits and sue out such writs and process as may be necessary for the enforcement of its orders.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:146 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 146
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Public Service Commission shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring owners or operators of overhead electric utility lines to promote public awareness of the requirements of this Chapter, including but not limited to annual inserts in all customers' billing statements.

Acts 2001, No. 176, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:790 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 790
Messages preventing apprehension of fugitives or assisting escape; penalty
Status: in_force

No operator or agent of any telegraph or telephone company shall transmit any message which can in any way tend to defeat the ends of justice, by preventing the apprehension of fugitives from justice, or by communicating information which may enable persons charged with offense to escape.

Whoever violates this Section shall be imprisoned not less than one year nor more than two years, and fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:859 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 859
Public purpose; restoration and rebuilding of certain utilities
Status: in_force

The provision of electricity and natural gas is a crucial element in the continued prosperity of Louisiana's citizens and businesses. The swift restoration of electric and gas utilities following natural disasters such as tropical storms, hurricanes, and floods can minimize the devastating effects of such disasters. Therefore, the restoration and rebuilding of electric and gas utilities as a result of a natural disaster is hereby recognized to be a valid public purpose in the best interests of the citizens and businesses of the state.

Acts 2005, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. Nov. 18, 2005.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:170 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 170
Impoundment of vehicles
Status: in_force

A. A vehicle may be impounded by an employee of the commission in the course of and as part of a highway inspection if:

(1) The vehicle is involved in a current infraction and the offending person cannot post the appropriate appearance bond before the close of the working day; or

(2) To enforce collection of a commission monetary sanction or penalty that has become final upon a person determined by the commission to have committed an act that is a violation of this Chapter or of regulations promulgated by the commission.

B. In the event of such impoundment, the commission shall make every reasonable effort to preserve the vehicle and its cargo; however, in no event shall the commission or the state be liable for the loss of said vehicle and cargo, except for intentional acts or acts of negligence during the period of the impoundment.

Acts 1989, No. 72, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1244 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1244
Conditional sale; record of payment
Status: in_force

On payment in full of the purchase money, and the performance of the terms and conditions stipulated in the contracts, a declaration in writing to that effect may be made by the vendor, lessor or bailor or his assignee, on the margin of the record of the contract, duly attested, or by a separate instrument, to be acknowledged by the vendor, lessor, or bailor, or his assignees, and recorded as provided in R.S. 45:1242.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:200.9 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 200.9
Certificate of compliance; contents; filing and posting
Status: in_force

Upon filing, by the owner of a public carrier vehicle or vehicles, of the required financial statement or insurance policy, the duly designated authority of the municipality or parish shall issue a certificate for each such vehicle. This certificate shall show that the owner of such vehicle has complied with the requirements of this section, and shall recite the full name of the owner of the vehicle and of the insurer together with the number and date of expiration of the policy, a description of the vehicle insured thereunder, and the number thereof. The original certificate shall be posted conspicuously within the vehicle. The issuing officer shall retain and preserve a duplicate of the certificate.

Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:260 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 260
Rules and regulations, general or applicable to particular fields
Status: in_force

The commission shall make and enforce all other needful rules and regulations, either general in their nature or applicable to particular oil fields, covering fully the duties of common carrier pipe lines as defined in R.S. 45:251.
La. Rev. Stat. § 45:1196 — LA Code / Code revised-statutes / Title 45 / Section 1196
Violation of commission's order; petition; notice; investigation
Status: in_force

Any person or body, politic or municipal, complaining of anything done or omitted to be done by any railroad, steamboat or other watercraft, sleeping car, express, telephone or telegraph company, or other person subject to regulation and control by the commission, in contravention of any order, rule, regulation, rate, or classification adopted or approved by the commission may apply to the commission by petition, briefly stating the facts. A statement of the complaint shall be forwarded by the commission to the common carrier, who shall be called upon to satisfy the complaint, or to answer the same in writing within a reasonable time, to be specified by the commission. If such persons subject to the control of the commission shall make reparation for the injury alleged to have been done, the common carrier shall be relieved of liability to the complainant only for the particular violation complained of. If the complaint is not satisfied within the time specified, or there shall appear to be any reasonable ground for investigation of complaint, it shall be the duty of the commission to investigate the matters complained of as it deems proper.