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LA Rev Stat § 48:274 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§274. Roadside advertising permitted

RS 274 - Roadside advertising permitted  When private advertising services are not available because of federal or state regulations, the Department of Transportation and Development may provide such services through appropriate road signs or emblems at appropriate fees. The department may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section. Added by Acts 1977, No. 642, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:274.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§274.2. Placing of advertising signs on state-owned ferries

RS 274.2 - Placing of advertising signs on state-owned ferries The department shall regulate the placement, erection, and maintenance of advertising and sponsorship signs on state-owned ferries, rights-of-way, and assets of the department. The Department of Transportation and Development shall establish appropriate and reasonable fees and promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section consistent with the national laws and standards promulgated pursuant to Title 23 of the United States Code. Acts 1985, No. 862, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5; Acts 2013, No. 41, §1, eff. May 29, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 48:275 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§275. Historic bridges and other structures

RS 275 - Historic bridges and other structures No bridge, highway, or roadway structure in the state maintained system shall be nominated for inclusion or placed in the National Register of Historic Places or otherwise designated as a permanent fixture not subject to removal or destruction without prior written approval from the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development. Added by Acts 1982, No. 814, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 43, §1, eff. April 24, 1998.
LA Rev Stat § 48:276 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§276. Department liability for environmental contamination in right-of-way; exemption

RS 276 - Department liability for environmental contamination in right-of-way; exemption A. When the department acquires property for a transportation facility or in a transportation corridor through the exercise of expropriation authority, or by purchase or donation, it shall not be subject to any liability due solely to its ownership imposed by Subtitle II of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto for pre-existing soil or groundwater contamination or other discharges or releases onto department right-of-way by persons other than department employees or agents. Nothing contained in this Section affects the rights or liabilities of any past or future owners of the acquired property nor does it affect the liability of the department for the results of its actions which create or aggravate a pollution source, release, or discharge. The department and the Department of Environmental Quality may enter into interagency agreements for the performance, funding, and reimbursement of the investigative and remedial acts necessary for property acquired by the department. B. To the extent that the department voluntarily remediates sites within its rights-of-way for which it is exempted from liability under this Section due to factors of significant project delay or impact on contractors employed by the department, the Department of Environmental Quality shall assist in identifying and notifying potentially responsible parties and demanding participation in the remediation costs incurred by the department. If a potentially responsible party refuses to participate in the costs of remediation which are subsequently determined by a court to be the responsibility of a nonparticipating responsible party, all nonparticipating responsible parties shall be solidarily liable to the department for the costs of remediation incurred by the department, subject to the rights of contribution or indemnity from other parties responsible for the pollution source, release, or discharge, and for the attorney fees incurred in prosecuting the demand for participation and collection action authorized in this Section. Acts 1995, No. 1088, §1, eff. June 29, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 48:277 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§277. Signs in advance of driveways for churches

RS 277 - Signs in advance of driveways for churches The department may erect signs indicating the location of churches located along state highways. The points for location of such signs shall be determined by the traffic engineer of the highway district in which the church is located. The signs shall conform to a standard size and design prepared by the department. Acts 1997, No. 1230, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:278 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§278. Tourism signs; request by lieutenant governor

RS 278 - Tourism signs; request by lieutenant governor A. When the Department of Transportation and Development has been requested to erect any signs, markers, or any other type of informational signage related to the functions of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and such signs have not been erected within a reasonable time period, the lieutenant governor shall contact the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, in writing, requesting the erection of the signs within thirty days of receipt of such request. B. Upon receipt of such request, the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development shall erect such signs within thirty days. Acts 1999, No. 483, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:279 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§279. Night time work on construction and maintenance projects; exceptions

RS 279 - Night time work on construction and maintenance projects; exceptions A. On any construction or maintenance project which requires the temporary closure of a lane on a controlled access principal arterial interstate, the department shall perform a traffic queue analysis and where the analysis determines a potential for traffic which may result in undue hardship or significant delay to the motoring public, the department shall ensure that such construction or maintenance work is performed during non-peak traffic hours, including night work between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. and weekends, unless specific traffic studies determine that such non-peak hour work is not feasible. For purposes of this Section, peak traffic hours shall be considered 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays. On projects where the department has found non-peak work feasible and provides an incentive to construct expeditiously, the contractor shall perform non-peak work or provide just cause for failure to perform non-peak work in order to qualify for or earn the incentive to construct expeditiously. B. If after reviewing existing traffic volumes, congestion, traffic control measures, motorist safety, project cost, project quality, inspection obligations, highway user costs, work force availability, work zone lighting, worker safety, and other factors which the department may deem necessary in determining the feasibility of non-peak hour construction or maintenance, the department determines that it is not feasible to perform construction or maintenance work during non-peak hours, the secretary shall provide a written report on the feasibility study to be delivered by certified mail to the cochairmen of the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways, and Public Works including specific details of factors which contributed to the determination. Within forty-five days of receipt of the report, the joint committee may conduct a hearing to review the report. If at the hearing the committee finds the determination of the department unacceptable by a majority vote of the members, then such determination shall be sent to the governor and the department. C. When the department determines that a construction or maintenance project on a controlled access principal arterial interstate highway will have the potential of causing significant traffic delays or undue hardship to the public using such highway, advance signing shall be posted on the right of way of such highway at a location in advance of the last exit prior to the traffic buildup in order to allow the operator of a vehicle to exit the highway and avoid such buildup. Such signing shall indicate that there is traffic congestion ahead and such exit is the last opportunity for exiting the highway before such congestion. Acts 1999, No. 831, §1; Acts 2001, No. 77, §1; Acts 2003, No. 753, §1; Acts 2006, No. 727, §1, eff. June 29, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 48:280 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§280. Directional signs in advance of Louisiana byways

RS 280 - Directional signs in advance of Louisiana byways The department shall erect signs indicating the approaches to designated Louisiana byways. The points of location of such signs shall be determined by the traffic engineer for the highway district in which the Louisiana byway is located. The department shall erect a directional sign on Interstate 20 indicating the approaches to the United Theological Seminary. The signs shall conform to a standard size and design prepared by the department. Acts 1999, No. 938, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:281 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§281. Major highway construction and maintenance; notification of elected officials

RS 281 - Major highway construction and maintenance; notification of elected officials A. For purposes of this Section, "major highway construction and maintenance project" shall mean a state highway construction or maintenance project that is expected to interrupt traffic flow on a state highway with average daily traffic in excess of ten thousand vehicles per day and that requires more than forty-eight hours to complete. B. The department shall develop a policy for notifying sheriffs, parish presidents, fire chiefs, and state legislators a minimum of ten days prior to major highway construction and maintenance projects being performed in their respective areas. Such policy shall include but not be limited to the following provisions: (1) A description of the project. (2) The location of the highway construction or maintenance work to be performed. (3) The starting and completion date of the highway construction or maintenance project. (4) Information for motorists of an alternate traffic route while highway or maintenance work is being performed. Acts 2003, No. 103, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:282 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§282. Sale of timber by the department; authority; use

RS 282 - Sale of timber by the department; authority; use The department may sell timber which has been cut or felled on state highway rights-of-way. Any proceeds from such sale shall be dedicated to the Transportation Trust Fund to be used for maintenance and repair of roads not eligible for federal matching funds provided by the federal highway program. Acts 2004, No. 308, §1, eff. June 18, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 48:283 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§283. Historical structures acquired by department; plan for preservation

RS 283 - Historical structures acquired by department; plan for preservation A. The department shall inspect any property acquired for a project for buildings or structures that may have historical or cultural significance and for which the department has no use. B. If such a building or structure is identified, the department shall devise a plan to preserve it if a parish, municipality, or nonprofit organization has expressed an interest in transferring the building or structure. C. The plan shall give priority to transferring the building or structure to a parish, municipality, or nonprofit organization, provided that the parish, municipality, or nonprofit organization shall bear the costs of any such transfer and resulting relocation and that such transfer and relocation does not interfere with the construction of the project. D. The department may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, subject to oversight by the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section. Acts 2012, No. 443, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:285 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§285. Purpose

RS 285 - Purpose It is the purpose of this Part to prescribe the policy of the Department of Transportation and Development and other grantee agencies applicable to employment of consultants for construction and preconstruction engineering services, research, planning, environmental, and other activities by a competitive process and a noncompetitive process, except those services under the authority of R.S. 39:1481 through 1526, R.S. 48:250.2, R.S. 48:250.3, and R.S. 48:292.1. Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 2007, No. 40, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 48:286 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§286. Retaining of consultants warranted; authorization

RS 286 - Retaining of consultants warranted; authorization A. There are three conditions which shall warrant the retention of the services of consultants by the department: (1) The magnitude of the work involved in a project is determined to be so taxing to the department's available manpower that it will be necessary to defer other essential work if the work is performed by the department staff. (2) The work required by a project is determined to be of such a specialized nature that the department will be required to go outside its own staff for experts in the appropriate fields to accomplish the work. (3) The time frame within which the work must be completed is determined to be such that the department cannot undertake the work and maintain its program on schedule. B.(1) When it is determined by any department section that consulting services are warranted, the section head shall submit a recommendation to the chief engineer, assistant secretary for operations, assistant secretary for planning and programming, or assistant secretary of public works, hurricane flood protection, and intermodal transportation, whichever is applicable to the project, stating the need and the supportive reasons for the services, including a description of the project and the estimated cost of the work to be performed. (2) The chief engineer, assistant secretary for operations, assistant secretary for planning and programming, or assistant secretary of public works, hurricane flood protection, and intermodal transportation, whichever is applicable to the project, shall decide if the need to use consultants for professional services for a project is warranted based upon information provided by the section head and the criteria established by Subsection A of this Section. (3) Approval, when granted, shall be considered as being of a general nature, including not only the obvious components of the project which are immediately identifiable, but also ancillary components identified at any time during the life of the project. An additional selection process shall be used for ancillary components when the total of such ancillary components amounts to more than seventy-five percent of the original contract. (4) When it is determined by the chief engineer, assistant secretary for operations, assistant secretary for planning and programming, or assistant secretary of public works, hurricane flood protection, and intermodal transportation, whichever is applicable to the project, that there is a need for an outside consultant, the selection shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §1; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 48:287 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§287. Advertisement; solicitation list; response procedures

RS 287 - Advertisement; solicitation list; response procedures A. A notice of intent to select a firm for performing consultant services and to request responses from qualified firms and teams shall be advertised by posting it on the department's Internet website. The department shall maintain a solicitation list of consultant firms and teams. The department shall send an email notice to consultant firms and teams on its solicitation list to notify of the posting of an advertisement for consultant services on the department's Internet website. In the case of planning, research, or other specialty services, the department or the Louisiana Transportation Research Center may send notices to firms which, to the knowledge of the department or the Louisiana Transportation Research Center, may have experience in such services. B. Notices shall be advertised a minimum of ten business days prior to the deadline for receipt of responses. C. If the department deems that the number of responses received is inadequate, the project may be readvertised using additional media or publications in an attempt to solicit additional responses. D.(1) The advertisement shall detail all information to be submitted in response to the advertisement. In all cases, a properly completed current department response form shall be submitted by applicants. The response forms shall be made available by the department. If additional information to that provided by the response form is required, it shall be so noted in the advertisement. (2) The applicant shall transmit the response form and any other required information, to the department prior to the deadline shown in the advertisement. Responses which do not meet the requirements provided for in this Subsection shall not be considered. The department shall consider false or misrepresented information furnished in response to the advertisement as grounds for rejection. E. There shall be no advertisement when noncompetitive selection is utilized. Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1284, §3; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 48:288 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§288. Audit requirements

RS 288 - Audit requirements  A. Any consulting firm doing business with the department shall maintain accounting records which segregate job costs as prescribed by the department's audit section. Negotiated contracts may require a pre-award audit. Post audits may also be required. Predetermined fee contracts may be audited during the course of the contract, or within three years of final contract payment. B. Any consultants doing business with the department shall be required to submit to the department audit assurance as set forth in the "Consultant Contract Services Manual", except that consultants doing business with the Louisiana Transportation Research Center shall comply with its "Manual of Research Procedures". Guidance may also be obtained from the audit section of the department. C. Contracts entered into with the department may specify a manpower relationship which the consultant will be expected to maintain. For engineering contracts, this relationship shall be based on the total of the estimated engineering, supervision, and principal man-hours expressed as a percentage of the total estimated man-hours in all salary classifications. The department shall monitor this relationship by means of the consultant's progress schedules, invoices, or audits. Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 48:289 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§289. Compliance with Civil Rights Act of 1964

RS 289 - Compliance with Civil Rights Act of 1964 A. Department personnel when selecting consultants and contractors who are doing business with the department shall comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended to provide that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of race, color, sex, or national origin, be excluded from participation in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. B. As prescribed in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 26, the department shall ensure that maximum opportunity is afforded to socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to compete for and participate in consultant contracts. Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
LA Rev Stat § 48:290 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§290. Requirements of consultants

RS 290 - Requirements of consultants  A. Preconstruction or construction services consultant engineering firms shall meet the following requirements to be considered for employment by the department: (1) At least one principal of a firm under consideration shall be a registered professional engineer in the state of Louisiana. At least one principal or other responsible member shall be currently registered in Louisiana as a professional engineer in the major discipline required for the project. In the case of a land surveying contract, one principal or responsible member shall be currently registered as a professional land surveyor in Louisiana. (2) At least one principal or responsible member shall have had a minimum of five years experience in responsible charge of the engineering field or fields involved. B. To be considered for employment for planning, or environmental studies, a consulting firm must meet the following requirements: (1) At least one of the principals of the firm shall be professionally competent in the field or fields of expertise required for the project. (2) At least one principal or responsible member of the firm shall have had a minimum of five years experience in responsible charge of or major expertise in the field or fields involved. C. Requirements or considerations for consultants for preconstruction or construction services and planning, environmental or research studies are, as follows: (1) Special qualifications to meet particular project needs may be established by the department. These qualifications shall be published in the advertisement for consultant services if established. (2) A minimum manpower requirement shall be published in the advertisement for consultant services where appropriate. (3) The department will not consider joint ventures for consulting services, except in rare cases and only after written justification. D. Sub-consultants providing engineering or land surveying services are bound by the requirements for consultants. Sub-consultants providing other than engineering or land surveying services must demonstrate that qualified personnel are in responsible charge. All sub-consultants are subject to department approval, either at the time of selection or thereafter. E. Firms may be disqualified from being selected when such firm:  (1) Has received a letter stating that the firm is significantly behind the approved time schedule for completion of any phase of an existing contract with the department. (2) Has a record of unsatisfactory performance on department projects. Acts 1991, No. 784, §1; Acts 2009, No. 255, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.