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LA Rev Stat § 45:145 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§145. Operations and activities exempt

RS 145 - Operations and activities exempt A. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the construction, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance or removal of overhead electrical or communication circuits or conductors, and their supporting structures and associated equipment, of rail transportation systems, electrical generating systems, transmission or distribution systems, or communications systems by an authorized person. B. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to persons engaged in the regular and ordinary activities of farming, ranching, logging, or reforestation who lawfully own, lease, or have the right to operate the land where a line is located. C. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the employees of the Department of Transportation and Development or to employees of parish or municipal governments performing duties relating to public projects in the course and scope of their employment. D. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the employees, contractors, or subcontractors of chemical, petrochemical, natural gas and liquid pipelines, gas processing, refining, pulp and paper, and wood products manufacturing facilities when such persons are engaged in activities relating to the operation, maintenance, or expansion of such manufacturing facilities. Acts 2001, No. 176, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 45:146 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§146. Rules and regulations

RS 146 - Rules and regulations 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 § 45:161 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§161. Declaration of policy

RS 161 - Declaration of policy  The business of operating motor vehicles intrastate for hire as common or contract carriers of persons or household goods, waste, or any other classification of carriers, other than a contract carrier by bus, created by law for compensation upon the public highways and bridges of this state is a business affected with a public interest.  Acts 1995, No. 301, §2, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 631, §2; Acts 2008, No. 724, §2, eff. July 6, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 45:163.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§163.1. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 724, §3, eff. July 6, 2008.

RS 163.1 - Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 724, §3, eff. July 6, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 45:164.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§164.1. Attorney general; powers, duties; commercial and trade practices of motor carriers; investigations; legal proceedings

RS 164.1 - Attorney general; powers, duties; commercial and trade practices of motor carriers; investigations; legal proceedings A. The attorney general may receive information and documents and may receive and otherwise investigate complaints with respect to the commercial and trade practices of, or acts of, motor carriers transporting household goods for consumers in violation of R.S. 45:164, including any regulations of this state or its agencies adopted hereunder. The attorney general may institute legal proceedings seeking injunctive relief, fines, or other relief and take such other actions provided for herein or which are necessary or incidental to the exercise of his powers and functions. All costs incurred by the state in connection with such legal proceedings shall be borne by the carrier if found to be in violation of R.S. 45:164 or rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. B. Nothing in this Section is intended to be nor shall be construed to constitute any limitation, derogation, or diminution of the jurisdiction or authority of the Louisiana Public Service Commission over motor carriers transporting household goods. Acts 2008, No. 323, §1, eff. June 17, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 45:165 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§165. Holding of both certificate and permit prohibited

RS 165 - Holding of both certificate and permit prohibited No person shall at the same time hold, or operate under, both a common carrier certificate and a contract carrier permit; however, this provision shall not prohibit a carrier from holding a common carrier certificate or contract carrier permit of waste and also holding a certificate for the transportation of salt water utilized in oil well exploration and production. Acts 2012, No. 804, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:166 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§166. Amendment, suspension, revocation or transfer of certificate or permit

RS 166 - Amendment, suspension, revocation or transfer of certificate or permit A. Any certificate or permit may, in the discretion of the commission, be amended, suspended or revoked in whole or in part after notice and hearing for failure to comply with any provision of R.S. 45:161 through 45:172, or with any lawful order, rule or regulation of the commission promulgated pursuant thereto, or with any term, condition or limitation of the certificate or permit.  B. No certificate or permit shall be sold, leased or transferred, nor shall such certificate or permit be used by any other than the person, firm or corporation to whom it was originally granted, unless and until it be shown by a clear preponderance and to the satisfaction of the commission that the owner thereof shall have for a period of six consecutive months, immediately prior to the lease transfer or use thereof by one other than the owner, substantially operated all rights under said certificate or permit; or that the failure to so operate was due to bankruptcy, receivership, or other legal proceedings, or to other causes beyond his or its control.  C. Where the owner of a certificate as a common carrier of passengers or freight or of a permit as a contract carrier issued by the Louisiana public service commission has not for a period of six consecutive calendar months operated thereunder to a reasonable extent all rights under said certificate or permit shall cease and terminate and same shall be canceled either upon motion of commission or of any interested person after notice to the owner of said certificate or permit and hearing thereon by the commission.  Amended by Acts 1958, No. 131, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:167 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§167. Name and address of operator and certificate or permit number to be displayed

RS 167 - Name and address of operator and certificate or permit number to be displayed There shall be displayed upon every vehicle operated intrastate under the authority of R.S. 45:161 through 172 the name and address of the operator and his certificate or permit number in such a manner as to be plainly discernible. Acts 2008, No. 724, §2, eff. July 6, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 45:168 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§168. Consideration to shipper prohibited; rebates; deviation from rate prescribed by commission; penalties

RS 168 - Consideration to shipper prohibited; rebates; deviation from rate prescribed by commission; penalties A. No motor carrier, owner of a certificate or permit, his agent or employee, directly or indirectly, shall offer, permit, or give to any person, directly or indirectly, any commission or other consideration to induce such person to deliver property to be transported; nor shall any shipper, consignee, his agent, or employee receive from any motor carrier, directly or indirectly, any commission or consideration as an inducement to secure the transportation of any property.  B.(1)(a) It shall be unlawful for any motor carrier operating under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission to charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater, lesser, or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariffs or contracts than the rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs or contracts in effect; and (b) No such carrier shall refund or remit in any manner or by any device, directly or indirectly, or through any agent or broker or otherwise, any portion of the rates, fares, or charges so specified, or extend to any person any privileges or facilities for transportation in intrastate commerce; and (2) Likewise it shall be unlawful for any shipper or consignee or his agent, servant, representative, or employee to ask for or receive a greater, lesser, or different compensation for transportation or for any service in connection therewith between the points enumerated in such tariffs or contracts than the rates, fares, and charges specified in the tariffs or contracts in effect.  C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1990, NO. 165, §2.  D. Each transaction proscribed in this Section shall constitute a separate offense.  Acts 1960, No. 450, §1; Acts 1984, No. 819, §1; Acts 1990, No. 165, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 45:169 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§169. Fees; disposition; refunds; credits; prescription

RS 169 - Fees; disposition; refunds; credits; prescription A. Every motor carrier as defined in R.S. 45:162 regularly operating, or which shall regularly operate in the state, is hereby required to pay to the Louisiana Public Service Commission a special fee of ten dollars for each motor vehicle or combination of vehicles operated or to be operated by the motor carrier. This special fee shall be paid at the time of the issuance of a common carrier certificate or contract carrier permit and shall be due each year thereafter between January first and February first. In case of emergency or unusual temporary demands for transportation, the fee for additional motor vehicles for a shorter period shall be fixed by the commission in such reasonable amounts as may be prescribed by general rule or temporary order. Every application for a common carrier certificate or contract carrier permit shall be accompanied by a filing fee of fifty dollars and every application for a permit shall be accompanied by a filing fee of twenty-five dollars, which fees shall be in addition to other fees and taxes and shall be retained by the commission whether the common carrier certificate or contract carrier permit be granted or not. B. If there has been an overpayment or a payment where no fee was due, the commission may credit the whole amount, or any portion of the payment to other liabilities of the carrier to the commission. If no fees or other charges are due, the commission shall make a refund of the payment out of current collections. The commission is not required to make a refund of less than one dollar. All rights to refunds or credits shall prescribe in three years from the thirty-first day of December in the year in which the fee was due. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 303, §1; Acts 1974, No. 707, §1; Acts 1977, No. 184, §1; Acts 1982, No. 409, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1982; Acts 1995, No. 301, §2, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 2012, No. 804, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:170 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§170. Impoundment of vehicles

RS 170 - Impoundment of vehicles 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 § 45:171 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§171. Violations; definitions; penalty; report

RS 171 - Violations; definitions; penalty; report A. No person shall violate or knowingly assist in the violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter or any of the rules, regulations, orders, or decrees of the commission promulgated under the terms of this Chapter, or operate as a common or contract carrier without having obtained a certificate or permit from the commission. B.(1) The term "person" means but is not limited to any carrier, shipper, consignee, consignor, agent, servant, broker, employee, or other natural or legal entity violating any of the provisions of this Chapter. (2) For purposes of the penalties provided herein, the term "shipper" means the owner of the goods or commodities transported who knowingly assists in a violation by any other person as defined in this Subsection. C. Whoever violates this Chapter shall be fined by the commission at open hearing not less than one hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars for each violation. The commission in its discretion may assess and impose as costs any actual expenses incurred in the investigation and disposition of an act found to be a violation. This assessment shall be limited to no more than the amount of any monetary fine levied by the commission. Such expenses may include transportation, lodging, or other costs necessary to conduct a hearing on the act or acts in question. As an additional sanction, the commission in its discretion may order the recovery and forfeiture to the state treasurer of all revenue derived by any person, as defined in this Section, from any violation of the provisions of this Chapter. D. The commission shall report any revenues or compensation derived by a person, as defined in this Section, from any violation of the provisions of this Chapter to the Louisiana Department of Revenue. Acts 1990, No. 165, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 45:173 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§173. Contract carriers; liability policy or bond required

RS 173 - Contract carriers; liability policy or bond required Every motor carrier, as defined in R.S. 45:162(10), not exempted by R.S. 45:177, using the highways shall file with the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a liability insurance policy or bond satisfactory to the commission of a company authorized to do business in this state. For contract carriers of passengers, other than a contract carrier by bus, the policy or bond shall be not less than five thousand dollars for the death or injury to any one person and thirty thousand dollars total liability for any one accident, and for contract carriers of property the policy or bond shall be not less than five thousand dollars for the death or injury to any one person and ten thousand dollars total liability for any one accident. Acts 1995, No. 301, §2, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 631, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 45:174 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§174. Cancellation of bond or policy

RS 174 - Cancellation of bond or policy The policy or bond provided in R.S. 45:173 shall provide that ten days' notice in writing shall be given to the commission of intention to cancel the policy or bond. If the policy or bond is cancelled, or in the event it should lapse for any reason, the contract carrier by motor vehicle shall replace the policy or bond with another.
LA Rev Stat § 45:175 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§175. Certificate or receipt to be displayed

RS 175 - Certificate or receipt to be displayed Every contract carrier by motor vehicle shall display in each vehicle a certificate or receipt from the Louisiana Public Service Commission setting forth that the policy or bond required by R.S. 45:173 covering such vehicle has been furnished and filed.
LA Rev Stat § 45:176 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§176. Violation of bond requirements

RS 176 - Violation of bond requirements Whoever violates R.S. 45:173 through R.S. 45:177 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, and each day of operation in violation of the above provisions shall be a separate offense.
LA Rev Stat § 45:177 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§177. Exemptions; policy or bond

RS 177 - Exemptions; policy or bond Nothing in R.S. 45:173 through 45:176 shall apply to motor vehicles operated: (1) In transporting school children and teachers; (2) In hauling farm products exclusively; (3) Exclusively for transporting workers to and from any factory or mill located in this state; (4) For hotel passengers or baggage when used exclusively for its patrons and employees; (5) And owned by the United States, District of Columbia, any state or any political subdivision of this state; (6) Or owned, leased, used, or controlled by any farmer, group of farmers or any legally incorporated farmer-owned and controlled cooperative association while engaged in the transportation of his or its agricultural commodities and products, or in the transportation of supplies to his farm, or the farms of the members of such association; (7) By electric power derived from a fixed overhead wire, furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street railway service; (8) Exclusively in carrying fruit, live stock poultry products, buttermilk, fresh milk and cream, meats, butter and cheese, produced on the farm, fish (including shell fish), cotton, cotton seed, cotton seed hulls and cotton seed meal, other horticultural or agricultural commodities (not including manufactured products thereof), naval stores and forest products, including lumber, raw materials used in the manufacture of naval stores (but not including manufactured products thereof) from the point of production to market and between any of the following points: farm, market, gin, warehouse, or mill, while the title is still in the producer, and where the net load does not exceed eighteen thousand pounds. "Other agricultural and horticultural commodities" shall include fertilizer, household goods and other supplies transported to farms and dairies for farm and dairy purposes; (9) Exclusively in the distribution of newspapers; (10) Exclusively in hauling for the state highway department, or for any parish, city or town in this state; (11) Exclusively in hauling gravel or other unmanufactured road building material; (12) In the transportation of persons or property operating under the authority of a municipal ordinance wholly within a municipality or between contiguous municipalities, or within a zone adjacent to and commercially a part of such municipality or municipalities but not exceeding seven miles from the corporate limits, except when such transportation is under a common control, management or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment to or from a point without such municipality, municipalities, or zone.
LA Rev Stat § 45:178 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§178. License for carrier's vehicle; certificate from public service commission required

RS 178 - License for carrier's vehicle; certificate from public service commission required A. Neither the vehicle commissioner nor any public official charged with the sale and issuance of license plates and registration certificates for motor vehicles shall sell or issue, or permit to be sold or issued, a certificate or license plate to be used on a motor vehicle of a common or contract carrier in the conduct of such business, unless there is presented a certificate from the Louisiana Public Service Commission certifying that the applicant for the license plate or registration certificate is entitled to use it. B. Neither the vehicle commissioner nor any public official charged with the sale and issuance of license plates and registration certificates for motor vehicles shall sell or issue, or permit to be sold or issued, a certificate or license plate for a motor vehicle which will be used in the conduct of a business as a motor carrier of passengers pursuant to R.S. 45:164(A) or as a public carrier vehicle as defined in R.S. 45:200.2(2) if the motor vehicle has a reconstructed title as provided in R.S. 32:707 or an equivalent title issued pursuant to the laws of another state. Acts 2012, No. 566, §2, eff. Oct. 15, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 45:179 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§179. Unlawful purchase or use of registration certificate or license plate

RS 179 - Unlawful purchase or use of registration certificate or license plate Except as provided for in R.S. 45:172(A)(4), no person engaged in the business of a common carrier or contract carrier shall purchase or use a registration certificate or license plate on any motor vehicle operated by him in conducting such business without presenting to the vehicle commissioner or the public official charged with the selling and issuing of license plates and registration certificates, a certificate from the Louisiana Public Service Commission certifying that he is entitled to use the license plate or registration certificate. Acts 2012, No. 804, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:180 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§180. Penalty for unlawful issuance or purchase of license

RS 180 - Penalty for unlawful issuance or purchase of license Whoever violates R.S. 45:178 or 45:179 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than thirty days, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 45:180.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§180.2. Classification of wreckers; license exemptions

RS 180.2 - Classification of wreckers; license exemptions Wreckers shall be classified as emergency carriers and shall be exempted from the provisions of R.S. 45:178 and R.S. 45:179.  Added by Acts 1974, No. 462, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:181 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§181. Chauffeur's or driver's license, and "for hire" license plates required

RS 181 - Chauffeur's or driver's license, and "for hire" license plates required No person shall engage in the business of transporting persons for hire, charge, or compensation over the highways of this state, whether as a common carrier or contract carrier, or as a transportation agency, or to operate as a travel bureau, or to obtain a co-traveler or co-travelers to share the expense of the trip proportionately or otherwise, or to act as an intermediary in connection with the sharing of expense of a trip or trips with a co-traveler or co-travelers unless the person, operator, driver, or chauffeur in charge of the motor vehicle shall have obtained the appropriate driver's license, and unless the motor vehicle so used is equipped with "for hire" license plates to carry passengers for hire. Acts 1995, No. 301, §2, eff. June 15, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 45:182 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§182. Duty to determine whether license laws complied with

RS 182 - Duty to determine whether license laws complied with 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.