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LA Rev Stat § 48:887 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§887. Contributions

RS 887 - Contributions  Any parish, in addition to the revenues which may be received from the sale of bridge revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other bridge revenues derived under the provisions of this Sub-part, may accept from any federal agency, any state or state agency, or any municipality or municipal agency, or other political subdivision, grants or advances, for or in the aid of construction or acquisition of any bridge or the payment of any bonds issued under this Sub-part.  The parish may also accept contributions and advances from any source of money, property, or other things of value to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which the grants, advances and contributions may be made, and the parish may contract for the repayment or return of such grants, advances and contributions.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 664, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:888 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§888. Competing bridges and ferries

RS 888 - Competing bridges and ferries  No bridge for the use of the traveling public shall be constructed and operated by the parish or by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the state, or by any person, and no franchise shall be granted for the operation of a ferry, within fifteen miles of any toll bridge for the acquisition or construction of which bridge revenue bonds have been authorized under this Sub-part, except under a written permit granted by the director of highways. No such permit shall be granted by the director until he has ascertained by an investigation, including a hearing upon such notice and under such rules he prescribes, that there is an urgent public need for the operation of the bridge or ferry and that its operation will not affect the revenues of the bridge purchased or constructed under the provisions of this Sub-part, so as to impair the security of any bridge revenue bonds issued therefor.
LA Rev Stat § 48:889 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§889. General powers of parishes

RS 889 - General powers of parishes  The governing authority of any parish issuing its bonds under the provisions of this Sub-part may exercise all powers and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the execution of its powers under this Sub-part.  The parish may exercise any powers conferred on it by acts of congress or of any adjoining state in which a portion of the bridge is located.
LA Rev Stat § 48:890 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§890. Power to employ help

RS 890 - Power to employ help  The parish may employ engineering, architectural, and construction experts and inspectors; attorneys; and such other employees as are considered necessary and may fix their compensation.
LA Rev Stat § 48:891 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§891. Powers in Sub-part not limitations

RS 891 - Powers in Sub-part not limitations  The provisions of this Sub-part enumerating powers and duties of parishes and their governing authorities are not limitations on the general powers or duties of parishes or the governing authorities thereof.
LA Rev Stat § 48:892 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§892. Expenses of enforcing Sub-part; how paid

RS 892 - Expenses of enforcing Sub-part; how paid  All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Sub-part shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this Sub-part, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred hereunder beyond the extent to which money has been provided under the authority of this Sub-part.
LA Rev Stat § 48:893 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§893. Cooperation with political subdivisions in this and adjoining states; assumption of jurisdiction by Department of Highways

RS 893 - Cooperation with political subdivisions in this and adjoining states; assumption of jurisdiction by Department of Highways  Any parish operating under this Sub-part may cooperate with any political subdivision or agency of this state, or of an adjoining state in which a part of the bridge is or may be situated, in the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance of any bridge and in defraying the costs thereof. To this end, the parish may enter into any proper contract with any such political subdivision or agency, and two or more parishes may jointly issue revenue bonds as authorized in this Sub-part and create or establish a commission to accomplish the objective thereof, said commission to be composed and have such powers and authority as the parishes may deem advisable and may delegate to it, not contrary to law.  When the bonds issued, under the authority of this Sub-part, for any bridge and the interest thereon have been paid in full or sufficient funds have been deposited in trust for that purpose, and the bridge is in a condition of maintenance satisfactory to the Department of Highways of the state of Louisiana, or its successor, said department, or its successor, may at its sole option assume jurisdiction and control of the bridge, which will then become part of the state highway system of Louisiana and be subject to maintenance, control and operation, as an integral part of the state highway system. Thereafter, the collection of tolls, if any, shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 48:886. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed as making the aforesaid assumption of jurisdiction and control mandatory.  Amended by Acts 1954, No. 664, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 48:911 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§911. Application of Sub-part

RS 911 - Application of Sub-part  Wherever Sub-part B of this Part applies, this Sub-part has no application.
LA Rev Stat § 48:912 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§912. Certain municipalities and parishes may build bridges; borrowing money

RS 912 - Certain municipalities and parishes may build bridges; borrowing money  Any municipality located on a navigable stream and any parish bounded by or through which a navigable stream runs, or both such municipality and parish in conjunction may, when the necessary authority has been obtained from congress, build bridges across the navigable streams and borrow the money to pay therefor. The loan shall be evidenced by certificates of indebtedness, bearing not more than five per cent per year interest, running for a period of not more than fifteen years, secured and payable as provided in R.S. 48:913.
LA Rev Stat § 48:913 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§913. Fixing and pledge of tolls

RS 913 - Fixing and pledge of tolls  To secure the payment of the certificates of indebtedness authorized in R.S. 48:912, the municipality or parish, or the municipality and parish acting conjointly, may fix the rate of tolls to be charged persons passing over the bridge, and pledge the tolls for the payment of the certificates. The rate of toll, when so fixed and pledged, shall not be changed except with the consent of the holder of the certificates.  The funds arising from the collection of the tolls shall not be used for any other purpose than maintenance of the bridge and payment of the cost of its construction. When the cost of construction of the bridge has been paid, tolls shall no longer be charged except for the purpose of maintenance.
LA Rev Stat § 48:914 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§914. Certificates to be valid obligations

RS 914 - Certificates to be valid obligations  In addition to the security given by the pledge of tolls as set forth in R.S. 48:913, the certificates of indebtedness shall be valid and subsisting obligations of the municipality or parish, or both, as the case may be.
LA Rev Stat § 48:921 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§921. Lease of parish bridge prohibited

RS 921 - Lease of parish bridge prohibited  No parish shall lease the franchise of crossing or use of any bridge owned by it and crossing a navigable stream. This Section does not apply to bridges constructed or acquired pursuant to the Bridge Revenue Bond Law.
LA Rev Stat § 48:922 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§922. Toll-charging by parishes prohibited except in certain cases

RS 922 - Toll-charging by parishes prohibited except in certain cases  Except as authorized in this Part, no parish, or any agent thereof, shall charge or collect from the public any toll for the crossing or use of any bridge owned by the parish and crossing a navigable stream.  This Section does not affect or control owning parishes as to toll-bridges not fully paid for as of December 9, 1921, and not yet fully paid for, until the debt on such bridges has been liquidated.
LA Rev Stat § 48:941 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§941. Bridges over navigable waters authorized

RS 941 - Bridges over navigable waters authorized The department of highways may construct bridges and approaches thereto over navigable waters, for public use, on or connecting highways in this state. Thereafter, the department may operate and maintain these bridges.
LA Rev Stat § 48:942 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§942. Contracts relating to bridges

RS 942 - Contracts relating to bridges A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no state agency, political subdivision of the state nor any board or commission created pursuant to a local services agreement, without prior approval by the legislature, shall enter into any contract which would have the effect of any of the following with respect to any bridge in the state which is greater than five miles in length: (1) Providing for the sale, lease as lessor, transfer, or conveyance of title or any interest in such a bridge. (2) Providing for the transfer of any responsibility for the management, control, or operation of the bridge to any other entity, public or private. B. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit a public works contract for repair, expansion, maintenance, cleaning, or any other work relating to the physical structure of the bridge and appurtenances nor any contracts for the collection of public tolls for a state agency or political subdivision or services related to such toll collection. Acts 2008, No. 313, §1; Acts 2008, No. 691, §§1, 2.
LA Rev Stat § 48:943 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§943. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 943 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:944 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§944. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 944 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:945 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§945. Tolls

RS 945 - Tolls  As soon as any bridge authorized in this Part is put into operation, the department shall arrange for and supervise the collection of tolls for the use of the bridge. The rate of toll shall be determined by the department. The rates so fixed shall be such as to anticipate the retirement of the bonds issued for the construction of the bridge in not more than twenty years. The toll rates shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the bridge or its approaches and at the places of collecting the tolls.  Commuters' tickets for those making frequent use of a particular bridge may be sold at reduced rates upon such terms and subject to such restrictions as are determined by the department of highways.  The department of highways shall report and pay into the state treasury all of the funds so derived by it from the bridges.
LA Rev Stat § 48:945.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§945.1. Commuter tickets; Louisiana registration as a qualification

RS 945.1 - Commuter tickets; Louisiana registration as a qualification The state, or any political subdivision thereof, which operates a toll bridge may require that in order to qualify for a commuter discount the motor vehicle shall be registered and licensed in Louisiana. Added by Acts 1993, No. 177, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:946 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§946. Toll-keepers

RS 946 - Toll-keepers  Toll keepers shall be appointed by the state highway department. They shall execute bond for the faithful performance of their duties and for the due and proper accounting of all monies received by them. These bonds shall be made payable to the state in such amounts and with such surety companies authorized to do business as determined by the state.  Toll keepers shall keep such records and make accounting in settlement at such times and in such manner as the highway department prescribes. They shall make a statistical record showing the number of tolls paid at the bridge or bridges and the department shall keep a record of the source of all tolls.
LA Rev Stat § 48:947 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§947. Tolls and revenues to be kept in separate accounts; use of accounts

RS 947 - Tolls and revenues to be kept in separate accounts; use of accounts  All tolls and revenues collected under the provisions of this Part shall be kept by the State Treasurer in separate accounts for each bridge. The tolls and revenues derived from each bridge shall be used exclusively for its maintenance and operation, and the residue for the retirement of its bonds. However, whenever it is necessary in the opinion of the department of highways to construct more than one bridge and approaches on a through or main highway, bonds may be issued to cover the cost of constructing the bridges and approaches and the tolls and revenues therefrom shall be kept together in one account and used for the maintenance and operation of the bridges and the retirement of the bonds. In such a case, all the bridges shall remain toll bridges until the retirement in full of all the bonds.
LA Rev Stat § 48:948 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§948. Cessation of tolls

RS 948 - Cessation of tolls  When the cost of the bridge has been paid, it shall be immediately opened as a free bridge to the travelling public and shall thereafter be maintained as part of the state highway system.
LA Rev Stat § 48:949 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§949. Acquisition of property

RS 949 - Acquisition of property  The department of highways may acquire by donation, or in its own name, may expropriate any property which is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Part. In expropriation suits, the Attorney General shall act as attorney for the department.  Any judgment rendered or allowance agreed upon by the highway department shall be paid as a part of the expense of building the bridge.  The department may take possession of any such property immediately upon filing petition for its expropriation. Otherwise, the procedure shall be as provided by law for expropriation by the state.
LA Rev Stat § 48:950 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§950. Letting of bridge contracts

RS 950 - Letting of bridge contracts  All bridges constructed by the Department of Transportation and Development pursuant to this Part shall be by public contract let to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 48:252. All contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation and Development in connection with the building of these bridges shall be in writing and in conformity with the requirements of the department.  Acts 1990, No. 921, §1, eff. July 25, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 48:951 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§951. Combination railroad and vehicle traffic bridge; lease of right to run tracks, wires, etc. over the bridge

RS 951 - Combination railroad and vehicle traffic bridge; lease of right to run tracks, wires, etc. over the bridge  A. The department of highways may, in connection with the erection of any bridge, construct a combination railroad, or street railway and vehicle traffic bridge.  B. The highway department may lease to any person who applies the right or privilege to use the bridge for railroad and for street railway purposes and for the placing and maintaining thereon of transmission cables and wires for telephone, telegraph, and electric power; pipe lines for the transportation of artificial or natural gas or oil; tracks, wires and other equipment for the operation of steam or electric railways; and appliances or equipment for any other purposes. The department shall not grant to any railroad or other public utility company an exclusive lease or franchise for the use of any bridge constructed under the provisions of this Part. Equal rights and privileges shall be granted to all railroads and public utility companies to the use of the bridges, upon complying with the terms and conditions and the rules and regulations of the department. The department shall adopt uniform terms and conditions, rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Sub-section.
LA Rev Stat § 48:952 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§952. Rules and regulations

RS 952 - Rules and regulations  The highway department may make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Part which are proper and suitable for the protection of the bridges, and the approaches and appurtenances thereto and for the safety of the traveling public.
LA Rev Stat § 48:953 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§953. Organized runs, walks, marches, or parades on bridges prohibited on weekdays; exceptions

RS 953 - Organized runs, walks, marches, or parades on bridges prohibited on weekdays; exceptions  Organized runs, walks, marches, or parades shall be prohibited from crossing the Greater New Orleans Bridges Nos. one and two and the Huey P. Long Bridge in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes on weekdays from midnight Sunday evening until midnight on Friday evening except on any holiday recognized by federal, state, or local government.  Acts 1985, No. 176, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:971 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§971. Boy scouts, girl scouts, and camp fire girls to have free passage over toll bridges

RS 971 - Boy scouts, girl scouts, and camp fire girls to have free passage over toll bridges  Members of the Boy Scouts of America, of the Girl Scouts of America, and of the Camp Fire Girls when assembled in uniform in a parade or group consisting of not less than fifteen and under the supervision of a scout master or other responsible person, have free and unhampered passage at all times over toll bridges in this state.
LA Rev Stat § 48:972 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§972. Exemption from bridge tolls; certain public vehicles

RS 972 - Exemption from bridge tolls; certain public vehicles  Any publicly owned vehicles and any vehicle used in connection with or in furtherance of the mass transportation of the general public which is owned and operated by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in a publicly subsidized transit business or which is owned by a public body, shall have free and unhampered passage at all times over toll bridges which cross any river or stream in this state.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 313, §1, eff. July 13, 1980.
LA Rev Stat § 48:991 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§991. Streams dividing parishes, concurrent jurisdiction over ferries

RS 991 - Streams dividing parishes, concurrent jurisdiction over ferries  Where streams separate parishes, the parishes between which ferryboats ply thereon have concurrent jurisdiction over the ferry. Complaints for neglect or infractions of the charter are cognizable by the court of either parish in such cases.
LA Rev Stat § 48:992 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§992. Establishment of ferries in parish of Orleans

RS 992 - Establishment of ferries in parish of Orleans  The governing body of the city of New Orleans may establish and regulate ferries across the Mississippi River, in the parish of Orleans.
LA Rev Stat § 48:993 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§993. Lease of ferries, advertisement for bids

RS 993 - Lease of ferries, advertisement for bids The parish governing authority or municipal corporation having the right to lease any ferry shall advertise for bids in the manner prescribed for judicial advertisement for three weeks, the first advertisement to be made at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the opening of the bids. If the ferry to be leased plies between two different parishes, between a parish and a municipal corporation in another parish, or between municipalities in different parishes, the parish governing authority or the municipal councils, as the case may be, shall jointly advertise for bids for the lease of the ferry franchise in the manner prescribed for judicial advertisement for three weeks in the official journal of the parishes or municipalities, as the case may be. It is not necessary to advertise the proposed lease or the conditions or obligations thereof in its entirety. The advertisement shall merely notify prospective bidders of the sale of the proposed lease and that the lease will be sold to the highest bidder on such terms and conditions and at such a place as is prescribed or agreed upon by the parish governing authorities or municipal councils, or both, as the cause may be. If the lease of a ferry is to be sold at public auction to the last and highest bidder instead of by sealed bidding, the advertisement shall so state. The advertisement shall notify prospective bidders that a copy of the lease may be obtained free of charge from the secretary of the parish governing authority or the clerk of the municipal council, containing all of the details, conditions, and obligations of the ferry franchise. No ferry shall be leased for a longer period than ten years. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 75, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:994 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§994. Unauthorized transportation across streams within certain distance of ferry unlawful; penalty

RS 994 - Unauthorized transportation across streams within certain distance of ferry unlawful; penalty  No person, not a lessee of a public ferry shall transport any person for pay or hire across the Mississippi River or any other stream in this state in any craft, within a distance of two miles of a public ferry landing duly established under the resolutions or ordinances of any parish or municipal corporation in this state, except the parish of Orleans.  Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense. In default of payment of the fine he shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days.
LA Rev Stat § 48:995 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§995. Unlawful crossing in Orleans

RS 995 - Unlawful crossing in Orleans  In the parish of Orleans, whoever unlawfully crosses passengers for hire within the territorial limits exclusively assigned to any ferry under its franchise or charter shall for each offense be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not less than five days nor more than thirty days, or both.