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LA Rev Stat § 48:256.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§256.7. Filing of bond or other security; cancellation of statement of claim or privilege

RS 256.7 - Filing of bond or other security; cancellation of statement of claim or privilege  A. If a statement of claim or privilege is filed, any interested party may deposit with the recorder of mortgages either a bond of a lawful surety company authorized to do business in the state or cash, certified funds, or a federally insured certificate of deposit to guarantee payment of the obligation secured by the privilege or that portion as may be lawfully due together with interest, costs, and attorney fees to which the claimant may be entitled up to a total amount of one hundred twenty-five percent of the principal amount of the claim as asserted in the statement of claim or privilege. A surety shall not have the benefit of division or discussion.  B. If the recorder of mortgages finds the amount of the cash, certified funds, or certificate of deposit or the terms and amount of a bond deposited with him to be in conformity with this Section, he shall note his approval on the bond and make note of either the bond or of the cash, certified funds, or certificate of deposit in the margin of the statement of claim or privilege as it is recorded in the mortgage records and cancel the statement of claim or privilege from his records by making an appropriate notation in the margin of the recorded statement. The bond shall not be recorded but shall be retained by the recorder of mortgages as a part of his records.  C. Any party who files a bond or other security to guarantee payment of an obligation secured by a privilege in accordance with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall give notice to the department, the claimant, and the contractor by certified mail, and shall file a certified copy of the cancellation of the statement of claim or privilege by the recorder of mortgages, showing the recordation data, with the undersecretary of the department by certified mail.  Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 29, §1, eff. May 29, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 48:256.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§256.8. Petitions by authorities against claimants, contractors, and surety; preferential payment of claimants

RS 256.8 - Petitions by authorities against claimants, contractors, and surety; preferential payment of claimants A. If at the expiration of the forty-five days any filed and recorded claims are unpaid, the department shall file a petition in the proper court of the parish where the work was done, citing all claimants and the contractor, subcontractor, and surety on the bond and asserting whatever claims it has against any of them, and shall require the claimants to assert their claims. If the department fails to file the proceeding any claimant may do so. B. All the claims shall be tried in a concursus proceeding and the claims of the claimants shall be paid in preference to the claims of the department. C. All suits for judgment against the contractor or the surety or both on the bond shall be filed as prescribed in this Section. Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 48:256.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§256.9. Liability on bond; summary trial of objections to solvency and sufficiency of bond

RS 256.9 - Liability on bond; summary trial of objections to solvency and sufficiency of bond A. If no objections are made by any claimant to the solvency or sufficiency of the bond required of the contractor by this Part, the department shall, ten days after the service of judicial notice of the concursus proceeding on each claimant having recorded claims, obtain a certificate to that effect from the clerk of court. The certificate shall relieve the department of any personal liability and the recorder of mortgages shall cancel all of the recorded claims. B. If any objections are made by the claimants they shall be tried summarily. Whenever it is found that the surety is not solvent or sufficient to cover the amount of the bond or that the department has failed to exact the bond or record the bond within the time allowed, the department shall be in default and shall be liable to the same extent as the surety would have been. The surety on the bond shall be limited to the defense which the principal has on the bond. Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 48:256.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§256.10. Proceedings tried summarily

RS 256.10 - Proceedings tried summarily All proceedings brought under this Part shall be tried summarily, if a commissioner is available in the venue of the suit, the proceeding shall be referred to a commissioner, as provided by law, who shall report his findings to the court at the earliest date possible. Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14,1997.
LA Rev Stat § 48:256.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§256.11. Attorney fees

RS 256.11 - Attorney fees A. After amicable demand for payment has been made on the principal and surety and thirty days have elapsed without payment being made, any claimant recovering the full amount of his timely and properly recorded or sworn claim in a concursus proceeding pursuant to this Subpart shall be allowed reasonable attorney fees which shall be taxed in the judgment on the amount recovered. B. If the trial court finds that such an action was brought by any claimant without just cause or in bad faith, the trial judge shall award the principal or surety a reasonable amount as attorney fees for defending such action. Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 48:256.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§256.12. Construction of Part

RS 256.12 - Construction of Part Nothing in this Part shall be construed to deprive any claimant, as defined in this Part and who has complied with the notice and recordation requirements of R.S. 48:256.5(B), of his right of action on the bond furnished pursuant to this Part, provided that said action must be brought against the surety or the contractor or both within one year from the registry of acceptance of the work or of notice of default of the contractor; except that before any claimant having a direct contractual relationship with a subcontractor but no contractual relationship with the contractor shall have a right of action against the contractor or the surety on the bond furnished by the contractor, he shall in addition to the notice and recordation required in R.S. 48:256.5(B) give written notice to said contractor and surety within forty-five days from the recordation of the notice of final acceptance by the department of the work or notice by the department of default, stating with substantial accuracy the amount claimed and the name of the party to whom the material was furnished or supplied or for whom the labor or service was done or performed. Such notice shall be served by mailing the same by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, in envelopes addressed separately to the contractor and surety at any place each maintains an office in the state of Louisiana. Acts 1997, No. 1112, §1, eff. July 14, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 48:257 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§257. Participation of federal government in construction work

RS 257 - Participation of federal government in construction work The department may enter into agreements with federal agencies to encourage the participation of those agencies in the joint construction of Department of Transportation and Development projects and the department may sponsor such projects. Except for the provisions of the last paragraph of R.S. 48:251, the provisions of R.S. 48:251 through 48:256 do not apply to such agreements. Where agreements are entered into with federal agencies for the construction of state highways, parish roads or other projects of the Department of Transportation and Development, these projects may be undertaken by any means permissible under federal regulations. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1112, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 48:258 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§258. Contracts not in accordance with Chapter null

RS 258 - Contracts not in accordance with Chapter null  Any contract between the department and another made in violation of any provision of this Chapter relating to competitive bidding or to advertisement for bids is absolutely null and void.
LA Rev Stat § 48:259 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§259. Maintenance; selection of work

RS 259 - Maintenance; selection of work  The department shall maintain the highways forming the state highway system, together with the other facilities of the department to the extent that the revenues of the department will permit. The selection of the highways, facilities, or parts thereof to be maintained and the order of that selection shall be made by the secretary upon the recommendation of the chief engineer and may be changed from time to time as the case demands. In this selection, these officials shall be guided by volume and character of traffic and the convenience, safety, and necessity of the traveling public. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1979, No. 413, §7, eff. July 11, 1979; Acts 1984, No. 625, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:260 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§260. Scope and extent of maintenance operations; emergency work

RS 260 - Scope and extent of maintenance operations; emergency work The scope and extent of maintenance operations may include any operation involving employment of labor, purchase of materials, supplies, and equipment, and the severance, processing, and application of materials necessary to maintain the highway system together with the other facilities of the Department of Transportation and Development at the maximum level of efficiency for its type. In case of damage to the state highway system caused by flood or other disaster, requiring immediate attention, or for construction urgently needed, or for construction that may be undertaken more efficiently, the secretary may execute such work of improvement with department maintenance forces, with the approval of the chief engineer or the assistant secretary of operations. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1984, No. 625, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:261.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§261.1. Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 291, §3

RS 261.1 - Repealed by Acts 1977, No. 291, §3
LA Rev Stat § 48:262 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§262. Maintenance equipment; rent or lease by the department; rent or lease to others

RS 262 - Maintenance equipment; rent or lease by the department; rent or lease to others  A. When the secretary determines that it is necessary or economically feasible to use specialized maintenance equipment which will not be needed on a permanent basis, the department may rent or lease fixed and mobile equipment necessary to appropriately maintain and operate the facilities under its jurisdiction. The department is not required to accept equipment offered at the lowest price when such a practice would result in the use of so many different types or brands that economic operation of the equipment would be impracticable.  B.(1) The department shall not loan, rent, or lease any unit of its active equipment.  (2) It may loan, rent, or lease any unit of its standby, or undisposed of surplus equipment, for a period of time not to exceed ninety days, to any municipality, parish, or other political subdivision that provides a holdharmless agreement, in a form approved by the department, to protect and indemnify the department from any liability arising from the use, maintenance, or any other factor attributable to the municipality, parish, or other political subdivision borrowing, renting, or leasing the equipment.  (3) The department shall loan mowing equipment to parishes, municipalities, or other political subdivisions, who provide holdharmless agreements, in a form approved by the department, for purposes of mowing the rights of way of the Interstate System and the state highway system when the department has failed to perform mowing activities for a period of sixty days.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 1981, No. 658, §1, eff. July 20, 1981; Acts 1987, No. 645, §1; Acts 2018, No. 365, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:263 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§263. Department owns repair shops; standby equipment

RS 263 - Department owns repair shops; standby equipment  The department shall establish and maintain its own shops for the servicing, repair, and upkeep of its equipment and shall provide, at these shops and elsewhere, adequate standby units for emergency use and replacement of units under repair. Acts 1997, No. 1112, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:264 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§264. Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 612, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.

RS 264 - Repealed by Acts 1999, No. 612, §1, eff. June 30, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 48:264.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§264.1. Salvage materials; bridges and roads; coastal protection and restoration projects

RS 264.1 - Salvage materials; bridges and roads; coastal protection and restoration projects  A. When, in the opinion of the secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, it is in the best interest of the state, he may order any materials deemed of no salvage value recovered from the reconstruction or repair of any state road or bridge, or from any other work performed by the department to be disposed of by donation to any political subdivision of the state for its use, such donation to be made in accordance with a procedure established by the secretary.  B. When, in the opinion of the secretary of the department or his designee, it is in the best interest of the state, he may order any materials deemed of no salvage value recovered from the reconstruction or repair of any state road or bridge, or from any other work performed by the department to be disposed of by transfer to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to be utilized for coastal protection and restoration projects, such transfer to be made in accordance with procedures established by the secretary or his designee in coordination with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.  Added by Acts 1976, No. 283, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 2012, No. 487, §1; Acts 2016, No. 430, §6.
LA Rev Stat § 48:265 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§265. Laboratory

RS 265 - Laboratory  The department shall establish, operate, and maintain a laboratory for such research activities as are of interest to the functions of the department and for the routine sampling, inspection, examination, analysis, and testing of:  (1) The quality of materials, commodities, and supplies, in place or severed, employed or involved in any operation of the department; and  (2) The accuracy, efficiency, and appropriateness of processes, equipment, and devices related to the business and duties of the department. This laboratory may undertake work of a like nature for other departments of the state at cost when that work is not of such a volume as to interfere with the work of the Department of Transportation and Development when the other departments have not employed consulting engineers or architects whose employment contracts require them to make the tests.  The making of a ruling or opinion in connection with any work other than the work of the Department of Transportation and Development or the undertaking of any work in competition with engineers in private practice or with commercial laboratories is expressly prohibited.  The methods and procedures in the laboratory and the equipment, machinery, and devices employed in its operations shall be patterned upon and as consistently as possible conform to the standards as established by the American Society of Testing Materials, the American Association of State Highway Officials, and the Bureau of Public Roads as approved by the chief engineers of the offices of the Department of Transportation and Development.  Amended by Acts 1962, No. 485, §1; Acts 1977, No. 291, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:266 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§266. Soil erosion control

RS 266 - Soil erosion control  In the construction and maintenance of state highways, the department shall employ appropriate means of preventing or discouraging soil erosion within the limits of the rights of way and may cooperate with official federal agencies in soil conservation programs when those programs are closely related to and in the interest of state highway operation and maintenance.
LA Rev Stat § 48:267 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§267. Preservation and encouragement of trees, shrubbery, and vegetation

RS 267 - Preservation and encouragement of trees, shrubbery, and vegetation  When not inconsistent with the economy of construction and maintenance of state highways or with the safety of the traveling public, the department and its employees shall study, encourage, and preserve the growth of trees, shrubs, and other vegetation indigenous to the climate of Louisiana, in order to perpetuate the natural beauty of the state. The department may replace and augment this growth when consistent with these ideas.
LA Rev Stat § 48:268 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§268. Tampering with trees or shrubs

RS 268 - Tampering with trees or shrubs  The felling, topping, or pruning of trees or shrubs to accommodate, operate, or maintain any installation on the right of way, without the prior written approval of the secretary or his representative, is prohibited. The secretary may use his discretion in the granting of this approval.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 48:269 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§269. Rest areas; roadside development areas; procedure

RS 269 - Rest areas; roadside development areas; procedure A. The department may acquire by donation, purchase, lease, exchange, or expropriation the full ownership or any lesser interest therein of property it determines to be reasonably necessary or useful for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty within or adjacent to the state highways, including acquisition of areas for the establishment and operation of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities, in order to promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel on and the protection of the public investment in state highways, and in order that the department may receive and expend funds from the federal government and other federal aid funds that may be available. B. The procedure in expropriation proceedings filed for these purposes shall be in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 48:441 et seq. but, whether an entire tract of land or only a portion thereof is expropriated, the provisions of R.S. 48:450 instead of R.S. 48:451 shall apply and the certificate of the chief engineer required by R.S. 48:442(3), may be eliminated. C. In all cases negotiation will be conducted with the landowner before expropriation and specific consideration shall be given to the views of the landowner as to selection of portions of or tracts of land to be expropriated within the limits of the needs of the design of the highway. D. This Section shall be liberally construed to effectuate these purposes. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 475, §1; Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:270 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§270. Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 245, §2

RS 270 - Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 245, §2
LA Rev Stat § 48:271 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§271. Historical markers; tourist attractions

RS 271 - Historical markers; tourist attractions A. The department may erect, at suitable points selected by the Louisiana Tourism Development Commission, bronze markers denoting and describing locations and occasions of historical interest. These markers shall conform to a standard size and design prepared by the department in cooperation with the commission and shall be maintained by the department. The language of the legend thereon shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of History of Louisiana State University. When sponsored by and furnished by authentic historical organizations, the markers may carry the sponsor's organization name along the bottom edge thereof, but otherwise shall conform in all respects to the standard design and method of erection as provided in this Section. The placing of the name of any living person upon these markers is expressly prohibited. B. The department, in cooperation with the office of tourism of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, may erect, at suitable points, signs denoting locations of state tourist attractions and tourist information centers. These markers shall conform to a standard size and design prepared by the department in cooperation with the commission and shall be maintained by the department. C. The department may erect directional signs to state park areas in cooperation with the office of state parks and in accordance with the statewide highway sign program for state park areas, as developed and periodically reviewed and updated by the office of state parks. The signs shall be standard department directional signs and shall be erected on state highways, official system roads that connect state parks to existing state highways, and interstate highways. The signs shall be maintained by the department. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 490, §1; Acts 1997, No. 701, §1; Acts 1999, No. 996, §1, eff. July 9, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 1104, §1, eff. June 28, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 48:272 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§272. Access roads to rural cemeteries or graveyards

RS 272 - Access roads to rural cemeteries or graveyards  The department is authorized to grade and keep in repair access roads leading from roads or highways under regular maintenance of the department to cemeteries or graveyards situated within one mile or less of such regularly maintained roads or highways. Acts 1950, No. 440, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 48:273 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries|§273. Placing of distance markers on highways

RS 273 - Placing of distance markers on highways  Distance markers, which designate the distances from the point of the marker to the municipality indicated on the marker, shall be placed alongside the highways of this state by the department for incorporated and unincorporated municipalities having a population of five thousand or more persons. The department may place distance markers for incorporated and unincorporated municipalities having a population of less than five thousand persons. The distance markers are to be placed in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development. Added by Acts 1976, No. 276, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 291, §1; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.