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LA Rev Stat § 33:4431 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4431. Modification of franchise in cities of 70,000 to 250,000; filing and publication of ordinance

RS 4431 - Modification of franchise in cities of 70,000 to 250,000; filing and publication of ordinance  Municipalities having a population in excess of seventy thousand and less than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants may grant franchises for the rerouting or re-alignment or change of type of service by any public service utility, or extension thereof, occupying or using the streets, highways, bridges or public places of the city, under authority of a franchise legally granted. The extension, revision, modification or amendment to the existing franchise and the obligations imposed in connection therewith, may be granted by an ordinance passed in the same manner as all other ordinances without any election, authorization, or approval by the electors of the municipality. Any ordinance, however, granting a franchise for the rerouting or re-alignment or change of type of service of any public service utility, or extension thereof, or the extension, revision, or amendment to the existing franchise and the obligations imposed in connection therewith, shall be complete in the form in which it is finally passed and remain on file with the city secretary for public inspection at least one week before final passage and must be published once in the official journal or other newspaper published in the municipality at least one week before its final passage.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4432 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4432. Amendment of franchise provision authorizing assignment to Louisiana corporation

RS 4432 - Amendment of franchise provision authorizing assignment to Louisiana corporation  When any municipality has granted, to any person, the right to occupy or use its streets, highways, bridges, or public places for public service utilities under the terms of which it is required that the franchise be transferred and assigned to a Louisiana corporation, the governing authority may, by ordinance, amend the franchise so that the same may be assigned to, owned, and operated by any person, or any corporation (whether organized under the laws of this or any other state in the union) without the submission of the amendment to the electors provided that such persons if non-resident, shall first declare and fix their domicile in Louisiana; and, if a foreign corporation, shall first qualify to do business in this state as prescribed by law.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4433 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4433. Transfer of franchise

RS 4433 - Transfer of franchise  Any municipal corporation (the City of New Orleans excepted) may by ordinance authorize or assent to all transfers of franchises by the grantee and its successors and assigns, whether such transfers were of the whole or of a part of the franchise.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4434 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4434. Rights of transferee

RS 4434 - Rights of transferee  The transferee under the transfer so authorized shall have the same rights and privileges and become subject to the same responsibilities as if a separate, assignable franchise embodying the part of the franchise transferred had been granted originally by the municipality and the separate, assignable franchise had been so transferred. The transferor, as a result of the transfer so authorized, shall be deemed thereby to have retained only the rights and privileges, and to have remained charged with only the duties, contained in the part of the franchise owned by the transferor and not so transferred.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4461 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4461. Limitation on cable television fees and charges

RS 4461 - Limitation on cable television fees and charges  No police jury, municipality, or other local governing authority empowered to grant cable television franchises shall charge any franchise fee of any kind in excess of that authorized by federal law. Added by Acts 1980, No. 793, §1. Amended by Acts 1988, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 8, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 57, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4491 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4491. Election required; petition for election

RS 4491 - Election required; petition for election  Any town, city, or parish exercising powers of supervision, regulation, and control over any local public utility, desiring to surrender these powers to the Louisiana Public Service Commission may submit the question of surrendering these powers to the qualified electors of the town, city, or parish, either at a general election, or at a special election held therein. The question may be so submitted, either in pursuance of  (1) an ordinance adopted by a majority vote of all of the members of the governing body, declaring that the public interest requires the submission of it, and that it is the intention of the governing body to submit the question to a vote of the qualified electors of the town, city, or parish, or  (2) a petition of ten per cent of the qualified electors of the town, city, or parish. No electors residing outside of the limits of the town or city, where the services of the public utility is rendered, shall be qualified to sign a petition for the submission of the question to surrender or retain the powers of control over the public utility when the utility is confined to the corporate limits of a city or town. The petition shall be filed with the clerk of the governing body, and within ten days from the filing of the petition the clerk shall report to the governing body whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of qualified electors. The ten per cent of the qualified electors whose signatures are required to the petition shall be computed upon the total number of the votes cast in the town, city, or parish for all of the candidates for governor in the last preceding general election, at which a governor was elected. If the certificate of the clerk shows the petition to be insufficient it may be amended by filing a supplemental petition within ten days from the date of the clerk's certificate and, within ten days from the filing of the supplemental petition the clerk shall make a like examination and a like certificate as to the result of his examination using in the second computation all of the names signed to the original and to the supplemental petition. Should the original and supplemental petition not contain the requisite number of signatures, it shall be filed by the clerk as a public record without prejudice to the filing of a new petition.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4492 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4492. Ordinance ordering election; publication of ordinance

RS 4492 - Ordinance ordering election; publication of ordinance  Upon the adoption of the ordinance, or the presentation of the petition as hereinabove provided, the governing body of the town, city, or parish shall, by ordinance (1) order and fix the date of the holding of a special election for the purpose of submitting the proposition to the qualified electors or (2) order the submission of the proposition at a general municipal or parish election as hereinafter provided. The special election, if ordered, shall be held not less than twenty days nor more than sixty days after the adoption of the ordinance unless a general parish or municipal election occurs within that period, in which case propositions may be submitted at the general election in the same manner as other propositions are required by law to be submitted at general elections held in the town, city, or parish. The ordinance providing for the election shall specify the propositions to be submitted, the date of the election, and the other information necessary to inform the voters of the question to be decided. The ordinance shall, prior to the election, be published six times in a daily newspaper printed and published in the town, city, or parish where the election is to be held, or three times in a weekly newspaper where there is no daily newspaper in the town, city or parish.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4493 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4493. Form of ballot

RS 4493 - Form of ballot  The ballots used at these general or special elections shall be separate and distinct from all other ballots, and shall have printed thereon, in addition to any other matters required by law, the following propositions:  Proposition No. 1. Shall _____ (Name of town, city or parish) surrender its powers of supervision, regulation and control over _____ (Name of the public utility service, such as, street railway, gas, electric light, power, heat, water works, or other local public utility.)  Should the propositions include the separation of the powers of control so as to surrender control only over certain of the public utilities, then each proposition shall be stated separately. Opposite and to the right of each proposition to be voted upon, the words "Yes" and "No" shall be printed on the ballot on separate lines with voting squares. Any voter desiring to vote in favor of the surrender of the powers of supervision, regulation, and control of the municipality or parish government over the public utility named thereon, shall stamp (X) in the voting square after the printed word "Yes," and any voter desiring to vote against the surrender of such powers shall stamp (X) in the voting square after the printed word "No."
LA Rev Stat § 33:4494 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4494. Canvassing returns; order declaring result of election; powers of control vested in public service commission

RS 4494 - Canvassing returns; order declaring result of election; powers of control vested in public service commission  If the proposition has been submitted at a special election then the governing body of a town, city, or parish where the election has been held, shall meet on the first Monday after the election, canvass the returns, and declare the result. Immediately upon the completion of the canvass or upon the completion of the canvass of the returns of any general election at which the proposition has been submitted the governing body shall make an order declaring the result of the election upon the proposition and shall cause the same to be entered upon its minutes, which order shall show the total number of votes cast upon each proposition and the number of votes cast respectively for and against each proposition. If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the proposition, the Louisiana Public Service Commission shall have the supervision and control of the public utility. Immediately after the entry of the order declaring the result of the election, the clerk of the municipal or parish government shall make copies in duplicate of the order and attach to each copy his certificate over the seal, if any, of the town, city, or parish, and the clerk shall forthwith file one of the certified copies in the office of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and one in the office of the Secretary of State. Immediately upon the filing of such certified copy in the office of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, the powers of control theretofore vested in the town, city, or parish government over any class of public utility which a majority of the qualified electors surrendered in the manner hereinabove provided, shall thereupon vest in the Louisiana Public Service Commission until such time as the municipal or parish government reinvests itself with such powers of supervision, regulation and control.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4495 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4495. Election reinvesting municipality or parish with power to supervise utilities

RS 4495 - Election reinvesting municipality or parish with power to supervise utilities  Any town, city, or parish which has voted to surrender its powers of supervision, regulation, and control respecting any class of public utilities may reinvest itself with such power by holding an election in the same manner and with all of the same formalities hereinabove provided, and if at the election a majority of the qualified electors voting on any proposition submitted to reinvest the municipality or parish with its powers of supervision, regulation and control the municipality or parish shall be deemed to have reinvested itself with its powers of supervision, regulation and control and such powers shall no longer be exercised by the Louisiana Public Service Commission when the clerk of the municipality or parish files in the office of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and with the Secretary of State a certified copy of the order.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4496 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4496. Subsequent elections

RS 4496 - Subsequent elections  The propositions may be re-submitted at any time at a special or a general election provided that not more than one special election as provided for in this Sub-part is held within any period of twelve months.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4501 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4501. Licensing drivers of public vehicles for hire in cities of 10,000 to 100,000

RS 4501 - Licensing drivers of public vehicles for hire in cities of 10,000 to 100,000  All municipal corporations having a population of more than 10,000 inhabitants and less than 100,000 inhabitants, may:  (1) issue licenses to all drivers of public vehicles for hire,  (2) provide that no person shall drive a public vehicle for hire without a license,  (3) provide a standard of qualifications of all such drivers,  (4) provide who shall be licensed as drivers,  (5) revoke licenses for cause, and  (6) provide penalties for the violation of any laws passed under the power hereby delegated.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4502 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4502. Consent of municipality required for construction of public works through streets

RS 4502 - Consent of municipality required for construction of public works through streets  No railroad, plank road, canal, or works of drainage, sewerage, and land reclamation shall be constructed through the streets of any incorporated city or town, without the consent of the governing body. If the governing body gives such consent to any corporation formed for the purpose of drainage, sewerage, and land reclamation it may, in the interest of public health and cleanliness, pass all ordinances and police regulations necessary to make effective the plan of sewerage and drainage it may adopt, with reference to all houses and lands within the municipal limits.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4503 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4503. Authority of municipalities to permit use of streets for maintenance of waterworks systems

RS 4503 - Authority of municipalities to permit use of streets for maintenance of waterworks systems  In addition to such powers as it may have relating to the granting of franchises for the operation and maintenance of public utilities, the governing authority of any city in this state shall have power, subject to the provisions of this Section, to grant indeterminate permits for the use of the streets and other public places in connection with the operation and maintenance of a waterworks system, which permit shall continue in force until such time as the city shall purchase or acquire such system under the option hereinafter provided for. No such permit shall be granted except upon the condition that the city granting it shall have perpetual option to purchase the waterworks system, at any time, at the price agreed upon or to be ascertained and determined in a manner agreed upon at the time of the granting of the permit and to be set forth therein. The governing authority of every such city shall have the right to prescribe, stipulate, or agree to, such other conditions of said permits as it may deem proper, and upon any violation of any such condition the city may sue for the enforcement of the terms of the permit. Acts 1954, No. 454, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4504 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4504. Trackless trolleys and motor busses; regulation of rates and services by municipalities of 100,000 or more population

RS 4504 - Trackless trolleys and motor busses; regulation of rates and services by municipalities of 100,000 or more population  Municipalities of the state, having a population of one hundred thousand or more, are hereby granted the exclusive jurisdiction, power and authority to supervise, govern, regulate and control, all trackless trolley busses and motor busses, operating under franchises granted by the municipality, and to fix reasonable and just rates and fares for the transportation of passengers or services rendered by such carriers or utilities. Acts 1956, No. 234, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4505 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4505. Scope of power and duties

RS 4505 - Scope of power and duties  The power, authority, and duties of the municipality shall affect and include all matters and things connected with, concerning, and growing out of the service to be given or rendered by the public utility operating trackless trolleys and motor busses under a franchise granted by said municipality. Acts 1956, No. 234, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4506 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4506. Rules and regulations; taking of testimony; contempt

RS 4506 - Rules and regulations; taking of testimony; contempt  The municipality shall have power to adopt and enforce such reasonable rules, regulations, and modes of procedure as it may deem proper for the discharge of its duties, and it may summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, swear witnesses, compel the production of books and papers, take testimony under commission, and punish for contempt as fully as is provided by law for the district courts. Acts 1956, No. 234, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4507 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4507. Rate orders; injunction

RS 4507 - Rate orders; injunction  The orders of the municipality fixing or establishing any rate, fare or charge, for services rendered or to be rendered by any utility operating trackless trolleys or motor busses under franchises granted by the municipality, shall go into effect at such time as may be fixed by the municipality and shall remain in effect and be complied with, unless and until set aside by the municipality, or by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in a suit to set aside and annul the same; provided however, that if an interlocutory injunction is applied for, and if of the opinion that irreparable loss or damage would result to plaintiff unless a temporary restraining order is granted, the judge of the district court having jurisdiction may grant a temporary restraining order, to remain in force only until the hearing and determination of the application for an interlocutory injunction; provided, that no injunction shall issue until after five days notice has been given the municipality. Acts 1956, No. 234, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4508 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4508. Enforcement of orders; appeals

RS 4508 - Enforcement of orders; appeals  The orders of the municipality shall be enforced by the imposition of penalties as hereinafter provided, and any party in interest may appeal from orders and decrees of the municipality to the courts by filing suit, within ninety days from the date of the municipality's order, and not thereafter, in the district court having jurisdiction. All cases contesting orders of the municipality, both in the trial and appellate courts, shall be tried summarily and by preference over all cases, and may be tried either in chambers, or at term time. Appeals from decisions of the trial court shall be direct to the supreme court, and shall be returned within ten days after the granting of the appeal. When the municipality appeals no bond shall be required. Acts 1956, No. 234, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4509 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4509. Violations and penalties

RS 4509 - Violations and penalties  If any carrier or public utility operating trackless trolleys or motor busses under a franchise granted by the municipality shall violate any of the rates, tolls, fares, charges or orders of the municipality, such carrier or public utility shall forfeit and pay a penalty to the municipality of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, for each violation, to be recovered, before any court of competent jurisdiction, at the suit of the municipality. Acts 1956, No. 234, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4510 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4510. Charge-back of certain taxes and other payments made to a political subdivision; construction, scope, and application of provisions

RS 4510 - Charge-back of certain taxes and other payments made to a political subdivision; construction, scope, and application of provisions A. Whenever any political subdivision of the state of Louisiana, as defined in Article VI, Section 44(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall collect or receive any payment from any public utility operating within such political subdivision, including those utilities whose rates and charges are regulated by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, for or by reason of the use of its streets, alleys, or public ways or places, or lands belonging to the state, or for or by reason of the operation of the utility's business or by reason of any agreement between such political subdivision and the utility, whether such payment be called a license, occupational, privilege, franchise, or inspection tax, charge, or fee, or otherwise, the amount of such tax or payment may, to the extent that such tax or payment was not included as a part of the cost of furnishing services in the fixing of the rates and charges for such services by the Louisiana Public Service Commission, be added to the sales price of such public utility's service and billed pro rata to the utility's customers receiving local service within the political subdivision collecting such taxes or receiving such payments. B. This Section shall not be construed as granting to any political subdivision any authority to levy any tax, other than such authority as the political subdivision already has under the constitution and statutes of Louisiana. C. Nothing in this Section shall apply to ad valorem taxes nor to an occupational license tax levied and collected by a political subdivision under the provisions of, and subject to the limitations of, R.S. 47:341 and 358. D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any payments by a utility to a political subdivision in excess of five percent of the annual gross receipts of the utility from its customers within said political subdivision, whether said payments are made as a license, occupational, privilege, franchise, or inspection tax, charge, or fee, or by agreement between the utility and the political subdivision. Acts 1960, No. 247, §§1-4; Acts 1995, No. 380, §1.