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LA Rev Stat § 33:4344 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4344. Notice of election; ballots

RS 4344 - Notice of election; ballots  Thirty days' notice of the election shall be given in the official journal of the municipality or parish where the election is to be held, which notice shall include a reproduction of the proposition or a summary thereof. If the municipality or parish has no official journal then the notice shall be given in any newspaper published in the municipality or parish, and if there is no newspaper published in the parish then by posting at three conspicuous places within the municipality or parish. As far as practicable the elections shall be held in accordance with the general election law, and at the voting precincts established for holding elections. The form of ballot to be used in holding elections hereunder shall be substantially as follows:  "Shall the (city, town, village or parish) of ______________ (sell or lease as the case may be) its (mention utility to be sold or leased) and grant franchise to operate same to __________ as per written proposal of date __________, on file in the office of the clerk of said (city, town, village or parish)?"  To vote in favor of the proposition the voter YES ____ will make a cross mark (X) in the square opposite the word "Yes," and to vote against it he will make a cross mark (X) in the NO ____ square opposite the word "No." Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4345 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4345. Election returns; promulgation of result

RS 4345 - Election returns; promulgation of result  The returns of elections held hereunder shall be made to the governing authority ordering them. They shall be canvassed, counted, and tabulated and the result declared by the governing authority on the day following the election. The result shall be promulgated not later than two weeks by one publication in the official journal of the municipality or parish, or, in the absence of an official journal, by one publication in a newspaper published in the parish, or in the absence of both, by posting one time in a conspicuous place in the municipality or parish.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4346 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4346. Ordinance directing disposition of property

RS 4346 - Ordinance directing disposition of property  If a majority in number of those voting at the election, vote in favor of the proposition submitted, the governing authority shall, not earlier than thirty nor later than sixty days after the promulgation of the result, pass an ordinance ordering the appropriate executive officer to make the sale, lease or other contract, submitted to the voters, including the franchise to operate the same, and to execute the deeds, conveyances, and contracts necessary to carry out and consummate the proposition submitted and voted on. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 111, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4347 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4347. Election contests; prescription

RS 4347 - Election contests; prescription  All suits to contest any election held under this Sub-part shall be brought within thirty days after the promulgation of the returns, and after that date no suit shall be brought to contest any such election or the promulgation of the returns thereof for any cause. If the validity of any election held under the provisions of this Sub-part is not raised within the thirty days herein prescribed the legality of the election shall be conclusively presumed, and no court thereafter shall have authority to inquire into its legality.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4348 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4348. Assent to conveyance or assignment of utility property and franchise

RS 4348 - Assent to conveyance or assignment of utility property and franchise  Whenever any parish or municipality has sold or leased any of its public utility properties and granted a franchise for their operation, and the original grantee or lessee, or the successor or assign of such grantee or lessee, has conveyed or assigned its rights to the whole or any part of the property and franchise, then the governing authority may by proper ordinance, and without any vote of the people, assent to the conveyance or assignment. The same rights, duties, privileges, and responsibilities arising from the original sale or lease shall vest in the transferee in regard to that portion of the property which has been transferred. The transferor, as a result of the conveyance or assignment so assented to, shall retain only the properties, rights, privileges, and franchises owned by the transferor and not so conveyed or assigned and shall remain charged with only the duties appertaining thereto.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4361 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4361. Police jury may grant franchise for use of streets, roads and alleys outside municipalities

RS 4361 - Police jury may grant franchise for use of streets, roads and alleys outside municipalities A. Police juries may, subject to any conditions, regulations, and restrictions which they impose, grant franchises or operating system over the public places, roads, streets, and alleys of their respective parishes, not within the limits of any municipality, to any person for: (1) The construction, maintenance, and operation of lines of poles and wire for the transmission of electric current for heat, light, or power. (2) Laying, maintaining, and operating lines of pipe or mains for supplying gas or water in, over, under or along the public roads, streets, or alleys. (3) The construction, maintenance, and operation of sewerage and drain pipes across, along and underneath the roads, alleys, and public places. (4) The construction, maintenance, and operation of railways utilizing electric or motive power other than steam, under the conditions hereinafter set forth. (5) The construction, maintenance, and operation of television lines and cables whether erected on poles owned or leased from existing public utilities or on poles to be erected, or through cables to be laid underground for receiving, distributing, and transmitting television impulses or signals to residences, commercial establishments, or other customers. Each such franchise shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder in accordance with the public bid laws of the state. The specifications shall state the area to be served by the franchise, the duration of the franchise, and other terms of the agreement. Each franchise or operating system granted for this purpose is hereby approved and recognized as legal until the franchise termination or operating system termination date or until September 1, 1991, whichever occurs sooner, or such later date as may be specified in a franchise, but no such system shall have exclusive cable rights in any area in which it extends its present operations. B. Franchises awarded under the provisions of this Section shall be nonexclusive. C. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, on or after January 1, 2013, the Louisiana Public Service Commission may require that whenever a parish governing authority imposes a franchise fee upon a public utility which the utility collects or recovers from the utility's consumers, the utility's monthly billing statement shall specifically and clearly include a separate line item for the applicable franchise fee, with the name of the parish imposing the fee, the total amount or rate of the franchise fee, and the total amount of the billing attributable to the fee. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 573, §1; Acts 1978, No. 83, §1; Acts 1980, No. 455, §§1, 2; Acts 2012, No. 766, §1, eff. June 12, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4361.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4361.1. Cable television system; report

RS 4361.1 - Cable television system; report  Each cable television system franchised in accordance with law shall make an annual report, not later than December 30 of each year, to the local governing authority from whom such franchise was obtained regarding the current state of the art in descrambling any signal carried by that cable television system. Such report shall be a public record and made available to the public in accordance with the public records laws of this state. Added by Acts 1983, No. 723, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4362 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4362. State highways; consent of highway engineer

RS 4362 - State highways; consent of highway engineer  No franchise shall be granted over any state highway without the written consent of the Louisiana highway engineer. Work shall be done in pursuance to a franchise granted on a state highway in a manner consistent with the requirements of the laws with reference to public highways and particularly Chapter 2 of Title 48.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4363 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4363. Petition requesting sale of franchise for railway; advertising for bids; sale of franchise

RS 4363 - Petition requesting sale of franchise for railway; advertising for bids; sale of franchise  Upon the presentation to any police jury of a written petition signed by a majority in number and amount of the abutting property holders along any public road, requesting the police jury to advertise and sell a franchise to construct, maintain, and operate, for a term mentioned in the petition not to exceed ninety-nine years, a railway utilizing electric or motive power other than steam on the road, the police jury shall, at a public meeting called for that purpose, canvass the petition. If it decides that a majority in number and amount of the abutting property holders on the public road have signed the petition, it shall proceed forthwith to fix the terms and specifications of the franchise, incorporating therein any special condition or specification requested, and to advertise the same for thirty days in the official journal of the parish, or in case there is no official journal, then in any newspaper published in the parish, and when no newspaper is published in the parish, then by posting in a conspicuous manner at the court house door of the parish, inviting bids for the franchise. On the day fixed by the advertisement, the president of the police jury shall, by public auction, sell the franchise to the bidder offering the highest cash price.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4364 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4364. Contents of petition

RS 4364 - Contents of petition  The petitions so to be presented to the police jury shall contain:  (1) The designation or description of the road upon which it is proposed to have the railway constructed. (2) The term for which the franchise is to be granted. (3) The termini of the proposed railway. (4) Terms, conditions, and specifications relating to the franchise which the property holders see fit to require.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4365 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4365. Payment of expense of advertising and selling franchise

RS 4365 - Payment of expense of advertising and selling franchise  No part of the expense of advertising or selling of any such franchise shall be paid out of any funds under the control of the police jury.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4366 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4366. Franchise for railway extending through two or more parishes

RS 4366 - Franchise for railway extending through two or more parishes  The abutting property holders along any public road extending into or through two or more parishes may petition their respective police juries to sell, as one entire franchise, the right to construct, maintain, and operate a railway on the road. The several police juries on receipt of such petition shall in public session canvass the petition, and if they find that it is signed by a majority in number and amount of the abutting property holders along that portion of the public road lying in their parish, they shall declare the result of the canvass and shall forthwith select a committee composed of three members of the police jury to meet and act with a like committee from the several police juries from the parishes through which the proposed railroad is to be constructed. The committees so appointed by the respective police juries shall meet and fix the terms and conditions and specifications of the franchise proposed to be sold, as well as the time, place and manner of advertisement and sale thereof. The franchise so agreed upon by the committee shall be submitted at a special meeting called for that purpose to the respective police juries for their approval and adoption. Upon the adoption of the franchise by the several police juries of the several parishes through which the railway is to be constructed, it shall be advertised and sold at the time and in the place and manner fixed by the committees acting jointly, to the person offering to pay the highest cash price.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4367 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4367. Apportionment among parishes of proceeds from sale of franchise

RS 4367 - Apportionment among parishes of proceeds from sale of franchise  Whenever a franchise to operate a railway on a public road extending through two or more parishes, has been sold, the proceeds from the sale shall be apportioned among the several parishes according to the mileage of the railway in each of the parishes.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4368 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4368. Use of proceeds from sale of franchises

RS 4368 - Use of proceeds from sale of franchises  The proceeds derived from the sale of such franchise shall be set aside and form a separate fund to be used in maintaining, improving, and repairing the public roads of the parish into whose treasury it is paid.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4369 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4369. Crossing roads and highways

RS 4369 - Crossing roads and highways  Police juries may allow railways utilizing electric or motive power other than steam to cross over all roads and highways within their jurisdiction and to construct, maintain and operate tracks across the highways under any conditions which the police juries impose.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4401 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4401. Granting franchise to use streets for telephone, telegraph, electric light, water and gas system

RS 4401 - Granting franchise to use streets for telephone, telegraph, electric light, water and gas system A. The governing authorities of all municipalities may grant a franchise to any person to use and occupy the streets, alleys, and public places therein, and to obstruct the same or any part thereof, by constructing, maintaining, and operating (1) poles, wires, and appurtenances for telephone, telegraph, and electric transmission and distribution systems and (2) pipelines, mains for a water or gas transportation and distribution system. These franchises shall not be exclusive, nor be for a longer period than sixty years and shall be subject to any terms, conditions and stipulations prescribed by the governing authorities of the municipalities. This Section shall not apply to municipalities which are required under the provisions of their charter to hold referendum elections to grant or lease franchises. B. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation, or order to the contrary, on or after January 1, 2013, the Louisiana Public Service Commission may require that whenever a municipality imposes a franchise fee upon a public utility which the utility collects or recovers from the utility's consumers, the utility's monthly billing statement shall specifically and clearly include a separate line item for the applicable franchise fee, with the name of the municipality imposing the fee, the total amount or rate of the franchise fee, and the total amount of the billing attributable to the fee. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 189, §1; Acts 2012, No. 766, §1, eff. June 12, 2012.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4402 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4402. Franchises for railroads and appurtenances in municipalities of less than 75,000

RS 4402 - Franchises for railroads and appurtenances in municipalities of less than 75,000  The governing authority of any municipality having a population not exceeding seventy-five thousand, may grant a franchise to any person to locate, construct, and operate railroads, spur tracks, switch tracks, turn-outs, sidings, and other appurtenances, upon, through, and across the streets, alleys, and other public places in the municipality, for a term not to exceed twenty-five years from the date of the grant, under any conditions prescribed by the governing authority in the ordinance granting the franchise. This Section shall not apply to street car lines, or street railroads. If any existing franchise is extended by the governing authority before its expiration, the whole term of the franchise shall not exceed twenty-five years from the date of extension.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4403 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4403. Grant of right to obstruct streets with buildings in cities of less than 75,000; election required

RS 4403 - Grant of right to obstruct streets with buildings in cities of less than 75,000; election required  Municipalities having a population of less than 75,000 persons may grant corporations the right to use and occupy their streets and alleys and to obstruct them with buildings necessary to and used by the corporations, subject to any conditions and charges which the municipal governing body may deem fit. Except as provided in R.S. 33:4401 and R.S. 33:4402, a majority of the property taxpayers of the municipality voting at an election called for the purpose shall first approve the proposed grant.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4404 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4404. Franchise for buses, trolleys, and other forms of transportation

RS 4404 - Franchise for buses, trolleys, and other forms of transportation  The governing authority of any municipality, City of New Orleans excepted, incorporated under the general or special laws of this state, may grant a franchise to any person, to use and occupy the streets, alleys, highways, bridges, or other public places therein for operation of motor buses, trackless trolleys, and other forms of transportation for the purpose of transporting passengers for hire within the limits of the municipality. The franchise shall not be exclusive, nor be for a longer period than twenty-five years, and shall be subject to any conditions and stipulations prescribed by the governing authority. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to municipalities which are required under the provisions of their charter to hold referendum elections to grant or lease franchises, nor to municipalities which under existing laws are required to hold such elections.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4405 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4405. Indeterminate permits granted by cities of 100,000 or more; option to purchase utility; forfeiture or enforcement of permit

RS 4405 - Indeterminate permits granted by cities of 100,000 or more; option to purchase utility; forfeiture or enforcement of permit  The governing authority of every city having a population of one hundred thousand or more may grant indeterminate permits for the use of the streets and other public places in connection with the operation and maintenance of any public utility, which permit shall continue in force until such time as the city purchases the utility under the option provided for below or until the permit is otherwise terminated according to law. No such permit shall be granted except upon the condition that the city granting it shall have a perpetual option to purchase the utility, at any time, at a 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 may prescribe, stipulate, or agree to such other conditions of the permits as it deems proper. Any violation of any of the conditions shall be sufficient grounds for forfeiture of the permit, in which event, or for other legal cause, the city may sue for its forfeiture, cancellation, or revocation or, at its option, may sue for its enforcement, with damages suffered. By the grant and acceptance of an indeterminate permit, no utility shall be exempted or relieved from the payment of any franchise tax or consideration to which the municipality would be entitled by the terms of any existing franchise under which the utility may be operated.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4406 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4406. Restriction on new construction; public convenience and necessity as ground for franchise or permit

RS 4406 - Restriction on new construction; public convenience and necessity as ground for franchise or permit  No public utility shall begin the construction of any new plant, equipment, property, or facility, which is not in substitution of an existing plan, property, equipment, or facility, nor shall it make any extension or addition to any existing plant, property, equipment, or facility which will cost over two per cent of the rate-making value of the property at the time the extension or addition is made, nor shall any indeterminate permit or franchise be granted, unless and until the governing authority of the city certifies that public convenience and necessity require the same. The governing authority of such city shall be the sole and final judge of what the public convenience and necessity require, in every case.
LA Rev Stat § 33:4407 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes|§4407. Separate rather than collective disposition of franchise or lease in cities of 50,000

RS 4407 - Separate rather than collective disposition of franchise or lease in cities of 50,000  When any municipality of over fifty thousand inhabitants has for sale or lease more than one of the same kind of franchise lease or privilege pertaining to the comfort or convenience of its residents, it shall sell, lease, or grant each franchise or lease separately and not collectively.