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LA Rev Stat § 48:461.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.8. Advertising in safety rest areas

RS 461.8 - Advertising in safety rest areas A. In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the department may maintain maps and permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas, and to establish information centers at those areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the State and providing such other information as may be considered desirable. B. The department may allow other public bodies of this State to operate and participate in the operation of such informational centers. Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.9. Limitations of junkyards

RS 461.9 - Limitations of junkyards  No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following:  (1) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of such highway, or otherwise removed from sight. (2) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law. (3) Those located within unzoned areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the department. (4) Those which are not visible from the main-traveled way of such highway. Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.10. Junkyards lawfully in existence

RS 461.10 - Junkyards lawfully in existence  Any junkyard lawfully in existence on July 27, 1966 which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right of way and visible from the main-traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary systems shall be screened, if the department determines that it is feasible to do so, by the department at locations on the highway right of way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right of way so as not to be visible from the main-traveled way of such highways.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.11. Requirement as to screening

RS 461.11 - Requirement as to screening  The department is authorized to establish and promulgate rules and regulations governing the location, planting, construction and maintenance of screening or fencing required by this Part, including the materials to be used.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.12. Acquisition of sites for removal and screening of junkyards

RS 461.12 - Acquisition of sites for removal and screening of junkyards  A. The department may acquire by donation, purchase, lease, exchange or expropriation such interest in lands as it may deem necessary to secure the relocation, removal or disposal of the following junkyards when it determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway will not permit adequate screening of such junkyards or the screening of such junkyards would not be practical:  (1) Those lawfully in existence on July 27, 1966;  (2) Those lawfully along any highway made a part of the interstate or primary systems on or after July 27, 1966 and before January 1, 1968; and  (3) Those lawfully established on or after January 1, 1968. B. Where required by state or federal law just compensation shall be paid the owner for the relocation, removal, or disposal of the junkyards listed in this Section. Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.13. Unlawful junkyards; injunction

RS 461.13 - Unlawful junkyards; injunction  Any junkyard which violates the provisions of this Part is hereby declared to be illegal and the department may apply to the court in the parish in which such junkyard is located for an injunction to require compliance with the provisions of this Part.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.14. Interpretation

RS 461.14 - Interpretation  Nothing in this Part shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any statute, ordinance or regulation which is more restrictive than the provisions of this Part.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.15. Agreements with federal government

RS 461.15 - Agreements with federal government  The department may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Commerce, as provided by Title 23, United States Code1, relating to the control of outdoor advertising and of junkyards in areas adjacent to the Interstate and Primary systems, including the establishment and operation of information centers at safety rest areas, and may take action in the name of the State to comply with the terms of such agreement.  Added by Acts 1966, No. 474, §1. 123 U.S.C.A. §101 et seq.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.16. Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 between LaPlace and Jefferson Parish prohibited

RS 461.16 - Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 between LaPlace and Jefferson Parish prohibited  Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 48:461.2, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within visual observation of the main traveled way of Interstate Highway 10 from a point one thousand feet east of the LaPlace interchange to the Jefferson Parish line.  Added by Acts 1972, No. 217, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.17. Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 in the Atchafalaya River Basin Area; prohibited

RS 461.17 - Outdoor advertising devices on Interstate 10 in the Atchafalaya River Basin Area; prohibited  Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 48:461.2, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within visual observation of the main traveled way of Interstate Highway 10 between the West Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee and the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee.  Added by Acts 1973, No. 129, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.18 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.18. Outdoor advertising control extended beyond six hundred sixty feet

RS 461.18 - Outdoor advertising control extended beyond six hundred sixty feet  A. Control of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices is extended to signs, displays and devices located beyond six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right of way of the Federal Aid Interstate or Primary Systems outside of urban areas erected with the purpose of their message being read from the main traveled ways of such systems. Such signs, displays or devices are prohibited, whether or not in commercial or industrial areas, unless they are of a class or type allowed under Sections 461.1 through 461.8 within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right of way of such system outside of commercial or industrial areas.  B. The term "erected with the purpose of its message being read from the main traveled way of such system" shall not include a sign lawfully in existence adjacent to a highway not controlled under this section, which sign at a later date becomes visible from the main traveled way of an interstate or federal aid primary highway for which the right of way was acquired subsequent to the erection of the sign provided that such sign is not intended to be read primarily from the controlled highway. The circumstances of the sign's erection, the revenues generated by the sign, or changes in the sign's structure, purpose, or size may be considered in determining from which highway the sign is intended to be primarily read. Added by Acts 1975, No. 617, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.19 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.19. Just compensation payable for signs beyond six hundred sixty feet

RS 461.19 - Just compensation payable for signs beyond six hundred sixty feet Legal outdoor advertising signs, displays or devices prohibited by Section 461.18 shall be removed upon the payment of just compensation in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as signs lawfully erected within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right of way of the Federal Aid Interstate and Primary Systems outside of commercial and industrial areas.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 617, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.20 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.20. Landmark signs

RS 461.20 - Landmark signs  Signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, determined by the state, subject to the concurrence of the United States Secretary of Transportation, to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, of historic or artistic significance, the preservation of which would be consistent with the purposes of this Section, are not required to be removed.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 617, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.21. Limitation of outdoor advertising devices

RS 461.21 - Limitation of outdoor advertising devices  In the event that the owner of an unlawful advertising sign fails or refuses to remove the sign after the thirty day notice from the department, as specified in Section 461.7, the department is authorized to give notice to the property owner and to enter upon the property whereon the sign is located and to dismantle and remove the unlawful sign from the premises, at the risk of the sign owner, to store the sign and to collect from the sign owner the cost of dismantling, removing, transporting, and storing the sign. Added by Acts 1975, No. 617, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1978, No. 187, §2, eff. Aug. 11, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.22. Advertising and junkyards between Mississippi River and its levees

RS 461.22 - Advertising and junkyards between Mississippi River and its levees Any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, no outdoor advertising as described in R.S. 48:461.2(A)(4) and (5) and no junkyards as defined in this Part shall be erected or maintained within visual observation of the main traveled way of the interstate and primary highways in this state between the waters of the Mississippi River and the publicly maintained flood protection levees thereon, unless authorized in writing by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development. Added by Acts 1977, No. 703, §1, eff. July 25, 1977.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.23. Economic Hardship Exemptions

RS 461.23 - Economic Hardship Exemptions  A. Outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices which provide directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public, and are such that removal would work a substantial economic hardship in a defined area, and which were in existence on May 5, 1976, are exempt from the provisions of this Part and may be retained in the defined area, if approved by the Federal Highway Administration, pursuant to 23 C.F.R. §750.501 et seq.  B. A defined area, as used herein, is an area within clearly established geographical boundaries, ascertainable with reasonable certainty, which can be evaluated as an economic entity.  C. Signs exempted under this Section must meet with following requirements:  (1) Have been lawfully erected prior to May 5, 1976, and must continue to be lawfully maintained.  (2) Continue to provide the directional information to goods and services offered at the same enterprise in the defined area in the interest of the traveling public that was provided on May 5, 1976.  D. The department is authorized and directed to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations, within ninety days from the effective date hereof, for the administration and implementation of this Section, establishing and defining:  (1) Requirements for the directional content of signs to qualify the signs as directional signs to goods and services in defined areas.  (2) A method of economic analysis showing that the removal of signs would work a substantial economic hardship throughout the defined area.  E. Upon receipt of a petition, declaration or resolution from any state, parish or municipal agency, or subdivision, or from any industry association or trade association containing more than fifteen members, asserting or claiming that the removal of such signs providing directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public, are such that removal would work a substantial economic hardship in a defined area, the department shall make appropriate application to the Federal Highway Administration for the exemption of such signs under the provision of 23 USC 131(o), and in accordance with Part 750, Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or in accordance with the appropriate federal statutes and regulations required to apply for exemption of such signs from federal control of outdoor advertising.  Added by Acts 1978, No. 187, §3, eff. Aug. 11, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.24. Removal or alteration of outdoor advertising devices

RS 461.24 - Removal or alteration of outdoor advertising devices  A. Except any such ordinance which was enacted by a governing authority prior to May 1, 1989, no municipal or parish governing authority shall require by ordinance, or by amendment to any ordinance, the removal, alteration, or adjustment of any on-premises outdoor advertising sign, display, or device lawfully erected prior to December 31, 1989. B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to limit the power of a municipal or parish governing authority to:  (1) Offer and pay the owner of on-premises outdoor advertising signs, displays, or devices just compensation for the removal or alteration of such advertising devices, upon mutual agreement by the governing authority and said owner.  (2) Require by ordinance the removal or alteration of an outdoor advertising sign, display, or device for which the entire normal and useful life of the device has expired.  (3) Require by ordinance the removal or alteration of an on-premises outdoor advertising sign, display, or device which is obsolete, unlawful, or illegal on the date of its installation, or in a condition of severe disrepair.  (4) Require by ordinance the removal or alteration of an on-premises outdoor advertising sign, display, or device which is located in such a manner as to obscure, obstruct, or otherwise interfere with the view of an official traffic sign, signal, or device, or obstruct or interfere with a motorist's view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic.  Acts 1989, No. 431, §1, eff. June 30, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 878, §1, eff. July 25, 1990.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.25. Outdoor advertising on Interstate Highway 310, in St. Charles Parish, between Interstate Highway 10 and the Mississippi River; prohibited

RS 461.25 - Outdoor advertising on Interstate Highway 310, in St. Charles Parish, between Interstate Highway 10 and the Mississippi River; prohibited  Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 48:461.2, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within visual observation of the main traveled way of Interstate Highway 310, in St. Charles Parish, between Interstate Highway 10 and the Mississippi River.  Acts 1992, No. 191, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:461.27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§461.27. Outdoor advertising devices in forestry management areas

RS 461.27 - Outdoor advertising devices in forestry management areas A. The department may issue permits for outdoor advertising devices along highway rights-of-way in areas designated in a department forestry management plan. Applications for permits for devices in such areas may be denied if the department plans to reforest the area with trees or other vegetation which would eventually cause the location to be unfavorable for such use. B. The term "forestry management plan" as used in this Section means that plan for use of areas within the highway rights-of-way of the interstate system for the harvesting and replanting of timber as determined by the Departments of Agriculture and Forestry and Transportation and Development. Acts 2004, No. 163, §1, eff. June 10, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 48:471 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§471. Application of Chapter

RS 471 - Application of Chapter  This Chapter does not apply in any manner to roads, streets, or alleys which are part of the state highway system.
LA Rev Stat § 48:481 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§481. Powers of parish governing authorities as to roads, bridges, and ditches; penalties

RS 481 - Powers of parish governing authorities as to roads, bridges, and ditches; penalties  Parish governing authorities may pass all ordinances which they think necessary relative to roads, bridges, and ditches, and may impose such penalties to enforce them as they think proper.
LA Rev Stat § 48:482 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§482. Contracts for making and repairing bridges

RS 482 - Contracts for making and repairing bridges  Parish governing authorities may let out contracts for opening and repairing roads, making and repairing bridges, on the terms and conditions that they think most conducive to the public interest. However, they shall not make contracts for work exceeding in amount the funds in their treasury or the amount of taxes levied for that purpose.
LA Rev Stat § 48:483 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§483. Draining of public roads

RS 483 - Draining of public roads  Parish governing authorities may drain the public roads of their respective parishes by cutting ditches and canals where necessary through private property. The ditches and drains shall be of sufficient size to drain both the public road and the lands over which they are opened. They shall be located where least injurious to the owner of the property.
LA Rev Stat § 48:484 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§484. Employment of engineers

RS 484 - Employment of engineers  The governing authority of any parish may employ an engineer to design blacktop, concrete or other hard surfaced roads, highways, bridges and tunnels in the parish to be constructed with funds from the royalty road fund whenever the department of highways is unable to assign engineers for the purpose; provided that the design must be approved by the state department of highways.  Acts 1956, No. 418, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:485 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§485. Designation of roads or streets

RS 485 - Designation of roads or streets  The governing authority of any parish may designate roads or streets located within the parish and outside of municipalities by assigning thereto road numbers and indicating the parish and ward in which such road is located and may post appropriate markers to inform the public of such number, parish and ward, and the numbering of such roads and the design of such markers may be coordinated through the Parish Road Section of the State Department of Highways for the purpose of achieving statewide uniformity.  Added by Acts 1968, No. 348, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:492 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§492. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.

RS 492 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:493 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§493. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.

RS 493 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:494 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§494. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.

RS 494 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:495 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§495. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.

RS 495 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 86, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:501 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§501. Guide posts at cross-roads

RS 501 - Guide posts at cross-roads  Parish governing authorities shall post all cross-roads in their respective parishes so as to indicate the nearest point of local importance to which the respective roads lead and the distance thereto.
LA Rev Stat § 48:511 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§511. Changing public road; penalty

RS 511 - Changing public road; penalty  A. No person shall turn, alter, or change any public road as defined in R.S. 48:491 and being a parish or municipal road, except upon order of the governing authority of the parish for a parish road, whether or not within a municipality, or upon order of the governing authority of the municipality for a municipal road.  B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined one hundred dollars for each month the road is altered or turned out of its old course.  Acts 1989, No. 815, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:512 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§512. Prohibition against closing, obstruction, or changing legal roads; restoring to former condition; exceptions

RS 512 - Prohibition against closing, obstruction, or changing legal roads; restoring to former condition; exceptions  A. No person shall close, obstruct, or change any legal road, public road, or street, as defined in R.S. 48:491 and being a parish or municipal road, except upon order of the governing authority of the parish for a parish road, whether or not within a municipality, or upon order of the governing authority of the municipality for a municipal road, except as hereinafter provided. B. If any public road or street is closed, obstructed, or changed in violation of the provisions of this Section, the governing authority of the parish or the governing authority of the municipality shall summarily open the road, remove all obstructions therefrom, and restore it to its former condition, at the expense of the person who closed, obstructed, or changed the public road or street. C. The governing authority of Orleans Parish may authorize a person to close, obstruct, or change a public road or street for a period not to exceed twelve consecutive months, provided that the governing authority determines that it is for a public purpose and in the best interests and for the benefit of the parish or municipality, provided further that such closing shall occur only after consultation with and approval by the secretary of the department, provided further that all obstructions be removed therefrom and the public roads or streets be restored for use by the general public at the sole expense of the person authorized to close, obstruct, or change a public road or street, and provided further that the removal of obstructions and the restoration of the public roads or streets be completed within the period authorized by the governing authority, which period shall not exceed twelve months. Acts 1989, No. 815, §1; Acts 1991, No. 289, §15; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 11, §1.