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LA Rev Stat § 45:457 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§457. Railroad company required to provide drainage in municipalities and parishes

RS 457 - Railroad company required to provide drainage in municipalities and parishes 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 § 45:458 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§458. Additional remedies

RS 458 - Additional remedies In addition to the rights and remedies granted by this Part, the owner of the land, farm or plantation, or the parish or municipal body or department, who may be injured by the failure or refusal of a railroad company to comply with the terms and provisions of this Part, has a right of action for specific performance, for mandatory injunction, or other appropriate legal writ or remedy, to compel the relief contemplated by this Part and the removal of any obstruction to or interference with the natural drainage.
LA Rev Stat § 45:481 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§481. Animals, water for in stock yards or pens; application of Section

RS 481 - Animals, water for in stock yards or pens; application of Section The carriers of cattle, horses, mules, sheep, swine and goats brought or transported between points within the state, and intended for breeding purposes or domestic or agricultural use in Louisiana, shall provide railroad stock yards or pens for loading and unloading stock, and have an adequate water-supply system, which shall be continually accessible to all stock unloaded or to be loaded on railroads or steamboats.  The provisions of this Section apply to all stock yards, receiving pens, and places where such animals are kept for sale.
LA Rev Stat § 45:482 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§482. Cleanliness of stock yards, pens, etc.

RS 482 - Cleanliness of stock yards, pens, etc.  The owners or lessees of all stock yards, loading and unloading pens and places referred to in R.S. 45:481, shall maintain these places in a clean and sanitary condition.
LA Rev Stat § 45:483 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§483. Violations; penalty

RS 483 - Violations; penalty Whoever violates this Sub-part shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 45:501 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§501. Livestock, killing or injuring

RS 501 - Livestock, killing or injuring All railroad companies operating lines through this state, shall comply with the regulations provided in this Sub-part relative to the killing or injuring of livestock by their trains.
LA Rev Stat § 45:502 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§502. Notice of killing or injury of livestock; arbitration

RS 502 - Notice of killing or injury of livestock; arbitration When an animal has been killed or injured by the locomotive or cars of the railway company, the owner, his agent, or representative, shall notify in writing, within a reasonable time, the nearest station agent of the railway company, giving a description of the animal killed or injured, and stating the place where the killing or injury occurred and any other facts connected with the matter.  The agent so notified, without delay, shall notify in writing the superintendent, general agent or agent of the railway company at their domicile. The superintendent, general agent or agent shall instruct, without delay, an agent on behalf of the railway company, to confer with the owner or his representative of the stock killed or injured.  If they fail to agree upon the sum to be paid for the animal, each may select an arbitrator, from the parish in which the animal was killed or injured. The arbitrator shall not be the agent or servant of either party. The matter shall be referred to the arbitrators, and in case they fail to agree, they shall call in an umpire, whose decision shall be final. If the arbitrators do not agree on the selection of an umpire, the nearest magistrate shall appoint the umpire. The arbitrators and umpire shall be sworn to make a just award, and the arbitration shall be held at the railroad station nearest to the place where the stock was killed or injured.
LA Rev Stat § 45:503 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§503. Payment of arbitration award; failure of arbitration; remedy cumulative; proper fencing a defense

RS 503 - Payment of arbitration award; failure of arbitration; remedy cumulative; proper fencing a defense Within thirty days after the date of any award by the arbitrators, the railway company shall pay to the owner or his legal representative, the amount agreed upon by the arbitrators. Upon their failure to do so within the prescribed time, they shall pay to the owner of the stock five per cent a month, in addition to the amount of damages awarded by the arbitrators. In case arbitration fails, nothing in this Sub-part shall create any liability or responsibility on the part of the railway company for the killing or injury. Nothing in this Sub-part shall deny to any owner of stock the right to institute his action for damages, or to compel such owners to avail themselves of the benefit of this Sub-part.  Railroad companies shall not be responsible for the killing or injury of stock if their line of track is fenced in and kept in good order, and if they have erected and maintained, in good order, suitable cattle guards at crossings.
LA Rev Stat § 45:504 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§504. Burden of disproving negligence in killing or injuring livestock

RS 504 - Burden of disproving negligence in killing or injuring livestock In suits against railroad companies for the loss of stock killed or injured by them, it is sufficient, in order for the plaintiff and owner to recover, to prove the killing or injury, unless it is shown by the defendant company that the killing or injury was not the result of fault or carelessness on their part or the negligent or indifferent running or management of their locomotive or train.
LA Rev Stat § 45:521 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§521. §§521 TO 534 Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 262, §1

RS 521 - §§521 TO 534 Repealed by Acts 1972, No. 262, §1
LA Rev Stat § 45:561 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§561. Implementation of Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970

RS 561 - Implementation of Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 The Public Service Commission is hereby authorized to perform any act and issue any rules or orders as permitted by the Federal Railroad State Safety Participation regulations (49 CFR Part 212). Acts 2008, No. 753, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:562 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§562. Authority to inspect railroad facility

RS 562 - Authority to inspect railroad facility A. In performing an inspection in accordance with this Section, the commission shall not require a railroad facility owner or operator to alter or cease rail operations. B. Any inspection, investigation, or surveillance performed on the site of a manufacturing facility shall be performed in compliance with the safety rules or regulations of the facility, including security clearance at the front gate if appropriate. Acts 2008, No. 753, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:563 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§563. §§563 to 565. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 669, §3.

RS 563 - §§563 to 565. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 669, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 45:566 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§566. Bridges, ropes to warn employees of approach to

RS 566 - Bridges, ropes to warn employees of approach to All railroads operating in this state shall erect stands at a point not less than one hundred and fifty feet from either approach of their bridges. From these stands light ropes shall be hung across the entire width of their track and properly knotted and hanging so low as to touch the head or body of any train-hand in ample time to notify him of his near approach to the bridge, so as to enable him to take the necessary precautionary means to avoid the possibility of injury.
LA Rev Stat § 45:567 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§567. Time for compliance with law

RS 567 - Time for compliance with law Railroads shall comply with the provisions of R.S. 45:566 before they commence operation.
LA Rev Stat § 45:568 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§568. Violation of law; discontinuance of business

RS 568 - Violation of law; discontinuance of business If any railroad company fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of R.S. 45:566 through 45:567, the governor, through the Attorney General, shall enjoin that company from operating or running any trains in this state until those provisions are complied with.
LA Rev Stat § 45:569 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§569. Angles in frogs and crossings to be adjusted, filled or blocked; penalty

RS 569 - Angles in frogs and crossings to be adjusted, filled or blocked; penalty 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 § 45:611 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§611. Conditional sales of tank cars lawful

RS 611 - Conditional sales of tank cars lawful In any contract for the sale of a tank car the parties may agree that the title to the property sold or contracted to be sold, shall not vest in the purchaser until the purchase price is paid and until the terms of the contract have been fully performed, notwithstanding that the purchaser may have been given possession or control of the property.  And in any contract for the leasing and hiring of such property the parties may stipulate for a conditional sale, to take effect and to become an absolute and unconditional sale after the termination of the contract. And in these contracts the parties may also agree that the rentals or amounts received under the contract may be paid, applied and treated as purchase money, and that the title to the property shall not vest in the lessee or bailee until the purchase price is paid in full and until the terms of the contract have been fully performed, notwithstanding that the lessee or bailee may have been given possession or control of the property.
LA Rev Stat § 45:612 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§612. Retaking of conditionally sold tank cars

RS 612 - Retaking of conditionally sold tank cars 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 § 45:613 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§613. Sale or lease of railroad to connecting railroad, power to make

RS 613 - Sale or lease of railroad to connecting railroad, power to make Any railroad company in Louisiana may sell or lease its railroad, property and franchises, to any other railroad company, whether the lines of the contracting companies form in their operation connecting or continuous lines of railroad by bridge, ferry, or otherwise. But the railroads of the contracting companies shall not be parallel and competing lines.
LA Rev Stat § 45:614 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§614. Sale, pledge or hypothecation of bonds, stock, earnings, etc., power to make

RS 614 - Sale, pledge or hypothecation of bonds, stock, earnings, etc., power to make Any railway corporation in Louisiana may sell, pledge or hypothecate, for railroad purposes, its bonds, stock, earnings, revenues, income rights, and credits, to any person or other railway corporation unless the railroad lines of the contracting railway corporations are parallel and competing lines.
LA Rev Stat § 45:615 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§615. Purchase or lease of railroad; connecting railroad's power

RS 615 - Purchase or lease of railroad; connecting railroad's power Any railway company may acquire by conventional or judicial sales, or by lease, from any other railway corporation, any railroad, the whole or any part of which is in Louisiana, with all the property, privileges, appurtenances, rights and franchises, stocks and bonds, of such railway company, whenever the railroad lines of the contracting companies form, in their operation, connecting or continuous lines of railroad, by bridge, ferry or otherwise. However, the lines of the contracting companies shall not be parallel and competing.
LA Rev Stat § 45:616 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§616. Stockholders' approval of sale

RS 616 - Stockholders' approval of sale In order for a conventional sale of any railroad, its property, rights, and franchises to take place and be valid, it shall be approved and ratified by two-thirds of the capital stock of each of the contracting companies respectively, at a stockholders' meeting called for that purpose. The purchase by a railway corporation at judicial sale, shall be authorized and approved by two-thirds of the capital stock of the purchasing company, at a stockholders' meeting convened for that purpose.  In either case, sixty days' public notice calling such meeting shall be given in a newspaper published at the domicile of each company.
LA Rev Stat § 45:617 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§617. Guaranty of bonds or contract of another railroad

RS 617 - Guaranty of bonds or contract of another railroad Any railway corporation may guarantee the bonds or contract of any other railway company unless the lines of the guarantor and guarantee companies are parallel and competing lines.
LA Rev Stat § 45:618 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§618. Expropriation incident to purchase, lease, etc., of another railroad

RS 618 - Expropriation incident to purchase, lease, etc., of another railroad 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 § 45:619 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§619. Binding date of purchase at judicial sale

RS 619 - Binding date of purchase at judicial sale Any purchase at judicial sale by any railway corporation approved by two-thirds of the capital stock of such purchasing company in a stockholders' meeting, duly convened and held, is valid and binding from the date of the purchase.
LA Rev Stat § 45:620 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§620. Laws and regulations applicable

RS 620 - Laws and regulations applicable Railroad companies availing themselves of the provisions of R.S. 45:613 through 45:619 shall maintain a domicile and main and general office in Louisiana and shall be subject to the control and regulation of the laws of Louisiana and the Louisiana Public Service Commission.
LA Rev Stat § 45:621 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§621. Street railroads, etc., not affected

RS 621 - Street railroads, etc., not affected Nothing in R.S. 45:613 through 45:619 shall apply to street railroads or tram roads carrying passengers under municipal franchises.
LA Rev Stat § 45:671 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§671. Acquisition of railroad property by street railway company

RS 671 - Acquisition of railroad property by street railway company Any railroad company, domestic or foreign, may sell, lease, or grant the use of any portion of its railroad, property or franchise or both, as may be situated within the limits of any parish or municipality to any street railway company existing under the laws of this state and carrying passengers under municipal franchises.
LA Rev Stat § 45:672 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§672. Acquisition of railroad property; street railway company's authority

RS 672 - Acquisition of railroad property; street railway company's authority Any street railway company referred to in R.S. 45:671 may acquire by conventional or judicial sales, or may lease, or may acquire the use of, from any railroad company, domestic or foreign, any portion of its railroad as may be situated within the limits of any municipality, with all or any part of the property, privileges and appurtenances, rights and franchises attached or necessary for the full enjoyment by the property.
LA Rev Stat § 45:673 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§673. Acquisition of railroad property; stockholder's approval

RS 673 - Acquisition of railroad property; stockholder's approval In order for a conventional sale, lease or grant or use of any portion of any railroad, property, rights and franchises, to take place and be valid, it shall first be approved and ratified by two-thirds of the capital stock of each of the contracting companies at a stockholders meeting called for the purpose, after public notice of thirty clear days by advertisement in a newspaper published at the domiciles of the respective companies in the manner provided by law for judicial sales, calling the meeting of the stockholders of the contracting companies. The purchase at judicial sale shall be authorized and approved by two-thirds of the capital stock of the street railway company, at a stockholders meeting convened for that purpose, after thirty days public notice of the meeting has been given in a newspaper published at the domicile of the purchasing company, in the manner provided by law for judicial sales.
LA Rev Stat § 45:674 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§674. Acquisition of railroad property; assumption of bonds

RS 674 - Acquisition of railroad property; assumption of bonds Any street railway company purchasing, leasing or acquiring the use of such or any portion of any railroad company may assume or guarantee the part of the bonds of that railroad company as may be properly apportioned to the part purchased, or leased, or of which the use is acquired.
LA Rev Stat § 45:675 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§675. Streets, pavement and repair of

RS 675 - Streets, pavement and repair of The provisions contained in R.S. 45:323, relating to the paving and repairing of streets, shall be equally applicable to street railway companies.
LA Rev Stat § 45:691 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§691. Fenders, requirement

RS 691 - Fenders, requirement Any person operating any line of street or interurban railroad shall equip the front end of all motor cars with fenders for the protection of life and limb.
LA Rev Stat § 45:692 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§692. Fenders; violation of law

RS 692 - Fenders; violation of law Any street railroad corporation or interurban railroad corporation or the receiver or lessee, president or manager where the railway is domiciled and doing business in Louisiana, which violates the provisions of R.S. 45:691, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one hundred days, or both. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.  In the event of violation, suit may be brought against the offending firms or persons by the Attorney General or by the parish or district attorney in any parish, in or through which such line of street or interurban railroad may be operated.
LA Rev Stat § 45:693 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§693. Sandboxes; requirement

RS 693 - Sandboxes; requirement All street railway companies operating street railways in cities of population of one hundred thousand or more, shall equip all street railway cars running by motor and controlled by electric power with sandboxes in front of the wheels coupled to and controlled by motor. These boxes shall be provided with valves from which the sand therein may be poured upon the rails immediately in front of the wheels of the car as the brakes are put on by the motorman for the purpose of stopping as necessity may require.
LA Rev Stat § 45:694 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§694. Sandboxes; violation of law

RS 694 - Sandboxes; violation of law All officers and directors of railway companies, refusing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of R.S. 45:693 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days.