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LA Rev Stat § 48:25.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§25.2. New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations

RS 25.2 - New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations  A. There is hereby created, as a special fund in the state treasury, the New Orleans Ferry Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund". Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning July 1, 2019, and each fiscal year thereafter, after compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, and after making the allocation for state highway fund No. 2 for the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission, the treasurer shall deposit into the fund, an amount equal to the total of all of the funds derived from the collection of registration and license fees and taxes collected by the state pursuant to R.S. 47:462, and as provided in R.S. 47:481, in the parish of Orleans.  B. The monies in the fund shall be subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature and shall be used only as provided in Subsection C of this Section. The monies in the fund shall be invested by the treasurer in the same manner as the monies in the state general fund, and all interest earned shall be deposited and credited to the fund. All unexpended or unencumbered monies remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain to the credit of the fund.  C. Monies appropriated from the fund shall be used exclusively by the Department of Transportation and Development to fund operations of the Chalmette ferry and to provide ferry service formerly operated by its Crescent City Connection Division. These monies shall be in addition to monies the department shall contribute from its operating budget as provided by law.  Acts 2013, No. 273, §2, eff. July 1, 2013; Acts 2019, No. 163, §1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 362, §5, eff. June 11, 2019. NOTE: Subsection D, which was not included in the enactment of this provision in Acts 2019, Nos. 163 and 362, provided for the termination of the New Orleans Ferry Fund as enacted by Acts 2013, No. 273, and is no longer effective.
LA Rev Stat § 48:26 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§26. Incidental powers

RS 26 - Incidental powers  Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Chapter, the department may perform every act necessary, convenient, or incidental to the exercise of its power and authority, the discharge of its duties, or the performance of its functions.
LA Rev Stat § 48:28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§28. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 28 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:29 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§29. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 29 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:30 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§30. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 30 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:31 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§31. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 31 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§32. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 32 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§33. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 33 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:34 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§34. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.

RS 34 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 1308, §1, eff. July 12, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:35.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§35.1. Reflective glass highways markings; minimum standards

RS 35.1 - Reflective glass highways markings; minimum standards A. The legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Inorganic arsenic is a hazardous substance and is recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Occupational Health and Safety Administration as a human carcinogen. (2) Release of this substance to the environment may lead to contamination of soil and water, and the ingestion or inhalation of soil, water, plant material, or animal tissues contaminated with inorganic arsenic may lead to lung cancer, damage to the nervous system, or, in extreme cases, death from systemic poisoning. (3) Reflective glass beads are used to reflect light when applied to street, road, or highway markers. (4) Glass beads that contain more than seventy-five parts per million of inorganic arsenic may represent a danger to workers who handle and apply them and a contamination potential to soil and water surrounding streets, roadways, or highways. (5) It is in the public interest to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or use of glass beads used to reflect light when applied to markings on streets, roadways, or highways in this state if those beads contain more than seventy-five parts per million of inorganic arsenic. B. The department, any local, municipal or parish governing authority, or any political subdivision of this state shall not place any markings made with paint that has been mixed, in whole or in part, with reflective glass beads containing more than seventy-five parts per million of inorganic arsenic as determined using EPA Method 6010B in conjunction with EPA Method 3052 for sample preparation, on or along any street, road, or highway in this state under their jurisdiction. C.(1) No person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this state reflective glass beads that are used to reflect light when applied to markings on streets, roadways, or highways in this state if those glass beads contain inorganic arsenic in more than seventy-five parts per million as determined using EPA Method 6010B in conjunction with EPA Method 3052 for sample preparation. (2) Any person who violates this Section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each violation. If the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues constitutes an additional, separate, and distinct offense. Acts 2010, No. 134, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:36 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§36. Topographic mapping

RS 36 - Topographic mapping A. The department shall develop and maintain a statewide digital geospatial database for topographic mapping with the assistance of other state agencies or departments. The department shall act as authority for geographic names, set standards for the mapping of topographic features, and plan and manage data collection for incorporation into a statewide database for topographic mapping. Rules and regulations shall be promulgated by the department in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary for the planning and managing of the geospatial data associated with topographic mapping. B. The department shall submit a written report to the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways, and public works providing for a program and plan of implementation for the development and maintenance of a statewide digital geospatial database for topographic mapping as required by Subsection A of this Section no later than December 31, 2012. Acts 2010, No. 782, §1, eff. June 30, 2010; Acts 2012, No. 409, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§51. Head of department

RS 51 - Head of department  The secretary is the executive officer of the department. He shall be appointed, shall serve and his salary shall be fixed, all in accordance with the provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 151, §1; Acts 1977, No. 291, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:52 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§52. Powers of secretary

RS 52 - Powers of secretary  The secretary as the executive head of the department shall exercise all of the functions of the department through the departmental organizations provided for by law and to the extent provided by applicable law. Every lawful act of the secretary performed in his official capacity is the act of the department.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 151, §1; Acts 1977, No. 291, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:53 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§53. Personnel authority

RS 53 - Personnel authority The secretary, subject only to the limitations of appropriations thereto and all of the applicable provisions of Title 36 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, may abolish positions; transfer duties between positions; and assign duties to, direct and control the work of, and transfer, promote, demote, remove, and otherwise change the status of employees of the department and fix the compensation thereof. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 252, §1; Acts 1956, No. 454, §1; Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1999, No. 613, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:54 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§54. Classification of state highways

RS 54 - Classification of state highways  The secretary, for the purpose of administering the provisions of this Chapter, may divide or classify the highways of the state highway system by type, volume and kind of traffic, geographical area, mileage, condition, purpose, or otherwise.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:55 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§55. Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism rules and regulations; applicability

RS 55 - Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism rules and regulations; applicability  Rules and regulations of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism adopted in pursuance of the aims and purposes of the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission and the provisions of R.S. 41:1601-R.S. 41:1613 shall not apply to construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or other projects undertaken by the department unless the secretary, within his discretion, finds the application of such rules and regulations will not cause any undue or expensive delay in the completion of such projects. This Section shall not apply to federal aid projects. Notwithstanding any other provision in the law to the contrary, before any construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or other project is undertaken by the Department of Transportation and Development, the secretary of such department shall notify the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission of its intent to let such contract and furnish complete details of such contract to the commission. If during the construction, reconstruction or maintenance of a project undertaken by the Department of Transportation and Development any artifact is uncovered or found, the department shall suspend that part of the project and notify the Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission of the find and give the commission reasonable opportunity to protect such find or artifact.  Added by Acts 1980, No. 821, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:56 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§56. Annual report on state projects

RS 56 - Annual report on state projects A. Repealed by Acts 2003, No. 106, §1. B. The office of facility planning and control of the division of administration shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Capital Outlay Committee on October first of each year and to the legislature on March first of each year detailing the activities of the office for the past year with regard to contracts required to be let by public bid. The report shall include: (1) A brief description of the project. (2) A summary of the source of revenue for such projects. (3) The locations of such projects. (4) The engineering and/or construction contracts issued, including the amount of each contract, the purpose of each contract, the contractor, and the schedule for each contract. (5) The amount of immovable property purchased, where such purchases were made, and the projects for which the purchases were made. Acts 1997, No. 1415, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §16; Acts 2003, No. 106, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:71 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§71. §§71 to 75 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 291, §3

RS 71 - §§71 to 75 Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 291, §3
LA Rev Stat § 48:76 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§76. Regulation and control of annual budget

RS 76 - Regulation and control of annual budget A. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1403, §4, eff. July 1, 1997. B. The budgetary and fiscal operations of the Department of Transportation and Development shall be under the control and supervision of and subject to review by the legislative budget committee and the commissioner of administration to the same extent and in the same manner and under the same conditions as now or hereafter may be provided by law for the control, supervision, and review of the fiscal and budgetary operations of the other budget units of the state. C. The accounting procedures or system of accounting to be used by the Department of Transportation and Development, except as otherwise may be required by the Bureau of Public Roads of the United States Department of Transportation, insofar as practical shall conform to and comply with the uniform accounting system prescribed and installed by the commissioner of administration, under the authority of the governor, as authorized to be prescribed and installed by the provisions of R.S. 39:91. D. It is the intent and purpose of the provisions of this Section to require that the annual budget of the Department of Transportation and Development and the financial and budgetary functions and operations thereof shall be governed by and be subject to the same conditions and provisions of law that are now or hereafter may be applicable to the budgets and the budgetary and fiscal functions and operations of the other budget units of the state. It therefore is hereby specifically provided and declared that the Department of Transportation and Development is classified as a budget unit, as the term is defined and referred to in Paragraph 7 of Section 2 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and, as such, shall be subject to all of the provisions of Title 39 and any and all other laws, relating or applicable to such budget units. Added by Acts 1975, No. 48, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1403, §4, eff. July 1, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 48:78 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§78. Transportation Trust Fund; limitations on appropriations; limitations on utilization

RS 78 - Transportation Trust Fund; limitations on appropriations; limitations on utilization  A. In no event shall monies in the Transportation Trust Fund established in the Constitution of Louisiana be appropriated, dedicated, or otherwise used, directly or indirectly, for the payment of judgments or settlements by any state agency in matters arising in tort, or road hazard insurance, or for any other items inconsistent with highway and infrastructure construction, operations, and maintenance.  B. In any given fiscal year, monies appropriated for ports, the Parish Transportation Fund, or its successor, and the Statewide Flood-Control Program, or its successor, and state police out of the Transportation Trust Fund shall not exceed twenty percent annually of the monies deposited in the Transportation Trust Fund from any source, including but not limited to state-generated tax monies or fees deposited pursuant to R.S. 32:387, penalties or fees deposited pursuant to R.S. 32:388, or earnings realized on the investment of monies in the Transportation Trust Fund deposited in and credited to the Transportation Trust Fund.  C.(1) For Fiscal Year 2015-2016, no more than forty-five million dollars of Transportation Trust Fund monies may be utilized by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police.  (2) For Fiscal Year 2016-2017, no more than twenty million dollars of Transportation Trust Fund monies may be utilized by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police.  (3) For Fiscal Year 2017-2018 and thereafter, no more than ten million dollars of Transportation Trust Fund monies may be utilized by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police.*  Acts 1990, No. 1024, §1; Acts 2015, No. 380, §2. *Act 720 of the 2018 Regular Session (Const. Amend.) removed the authority to appropriate funds from the Transportation Trust Fund for state police traffic control purposes.
LA Rev Stat § 48:79 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§79. Toll credits

RS 79 - Toll credits  A.(1) The department shall utilize toll credits generated by past toll collections on the Crescent City Connection Bridge and not obligated on or before April 3, 2015, to meet the nonfederal share requirement on transportation infrastructure projects on the Crescent City Connection Bridge itself, the Westbank Expressway or its approaches, the Louisiana Highway 23 bridge and tunnel replacement project, the Fourth Street extension, or any combination thereof, and for no other purpose.  (2) Toll credits shall be considered a supplemental funding source and not as a replacement for any other form of state transportation funding.  B. Nothing in this Section shall be deemed, interpreted, or construed to require the department to construct any project listed in this Section before another state highway project or to give priority to any project listed in this Section over another state highway project.  C. For purposes of this Section, "toll credit" means a financing tool approved by the Federal Highway Administration that allows states to use federal obligation authority without the requirement of nonfederal matching dollars.  Acts 2015, No. 348, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:81 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§81. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 81 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:82 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§82. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 82 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:83 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§83. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 83 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:84 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§84. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 84 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:85 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§85. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 85 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:86 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§86. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 86 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:87 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§87. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 87 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:88 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§88. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 88 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:89 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§89. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 89 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:90 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§90. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 90 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:90.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§90.1. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.

RS 90.1 - Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 434, §5A, eff. June 30, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 48:91 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§91. Qualifications; compensation; oath; bond

RS 91 - Qualifications; compensation; oath; bond  A. A chief engineer, a maintenance and operations engineer, and such other engineers as are found necessary by the secretary shall be appointed. The chief engineer shall be a competent engineer of recognized ability and standing, experienced in highway construction and maintenance, and shall be licensed to practice civil engineering in Louisiana. Both the chief engineer and the maintenance and operations engineer shall give their whole time to the duties of their offices.  B. The chief engineer and the maintenance and operations engineer shall receive annual salaries fixed by the secretary, payable monthly out of the funds as shall be appropriated therefor, and shall be allowed their actual and necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.  C. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each shall take the prescribed oath and give bond to the governor in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. These bonds shall be approved by the governor and filed with the secretary of state.  Amended by Acts 1975, No. 151, §1; Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1979, No. 413, §1, eff. July 11, 1979.
LA Rev Stat § 48:92 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§92. Powers and duties

RS 92 - Powers and duties  The chief engineer or his designated representative shall approve all plans, specifications, and estimates for the construction of all highways under the provisions of this Chapter. He also has such other duties as may be assigned to him by the secretary or by the provisions of this Chapter. He shall report the proceedings of his office annually to the secretary of the department. Subject to and pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 48:259, the chief engineer has direct supervision of the maintenance of the highways and other facilities of the department. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1979, No. 413, §2, eff. July 11, 1979; Acts 1984, No. 625, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:93 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§93. Consulting engineers; quarterly reports

RS 93 - Consulting engineers; quarterly reports A. On the first day of each quarter of the fiscal year, October first, January first, April first, and July first, the department shall provide to the Joint Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works a report of all contracts between the department and consulting engineers. B. Such report shall include the following information for each contract: (1) The name of the engineer or engineering firm. (2) The amount of the contract. (3) The source of funds for the contract. (4) The purpose of the contract. (5) The status of the contract. (6) The anticipated completion date of the contract. Acts 1995, No. 317, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §16.