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LA Rev Stat § 45:844.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.13. Duties of the commission

RS 844.13 - Duties of the commission A.(1) The commission shall establish and provide for the operation of a database to compile a list of telephonic numbers of residential telephonic subscribers who object to receiving telephonic solicitations. It shall be the duty of the commission to have such database in operation no later than January 1, 2002. (2) On or before January 1, 2006, the commission shall establish and maintain a single "do not call" list that shall also include Louisiana consumers on the National Do Not Call Registry as provided in Subsection D of this Section. B. Such database may be operated by the commission or by another entity under contract with the commission. C. No later than January 1, 2002, the commission shall promulgate rules that accomplish all of the following: (1) Require each telecommunication service provider, as defined by the commission, to notify its residential telephonic subscribers of the opportunity to provide notification to the commission or its contractor that such subscriber objects to receiving telephonic solicitations. The forms of notification shall include but not be limited to quarterly inserts in or messages on the billing statements mailed to its residential telephonic subscribers and conspicuous publication of the notice in the consumer information pages of the local telephone directories. (2) Specify the methods by which each residential telephonic subscriber may give notice to the commission or its contractor of his objection to receiving such telephonic solicitations or revocation of such notice. (3) Specify the length of time for which a notice of objection shall be effective and the effect of a change of a telephonic number on such notice. (4) Specify the methods by which such objections and revocations shall be collected and added to the database. (5) Specify the methods by which any person or entity desiring to make telephonic solicitations shall obtain access to the database as required to avoid calling the telephonic numbers of residential telephonic subscribers included in the database. (6) Specify such other matters relating to the administration of this Chapter that the commission deems necessary. D. If, pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 227(c)(3), the Federal Communications Commission establishes a single national database of telephonic numbers of subscribers who object to receiving telephonic solicitations, the commission shall include the part of such single national database that relates to Louisiana in the database established under this Chapter. Acts 2001, No. 40, §1, eff. May 24, 2001; Acts 2004, No. 857, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.15. Violations; penalties

RS 844.15 - Violations; penalties A. The commission shall investigate any complaints received concerning violations of this Chapter. If, after investigating such complaint, the commission finds that there has been a violation of this Chapter, the commission, after notice and hearing, shall impose an administrative penalty against the telephonic solicitor not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. If the violation is committed against a residential telephonic subscriber over the age of sixty-five, then the commission, after notice and hearing, shall impose a penalty not to exceed three thousand dollars for each violation. B. Any telephonic solicitor found by the commission to be in violation of this Chapter, who refuses to pay the fine assessed, shall after notice and hearing, be assessed additional costs and reasonable attorney fees related to the collection of the fine. Acts 2001, No. 40 , §1, eff. May 24, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.16. Registration fees and "do not call" list fees

RS 844.16 - Registration fees and "do not call" list fees A. Each independent solicitor registration shall be an annual payment of four hundred dollars. The permit issued shall be good for a period of one calendar year beginning January first and ending December thirty-first unless otherwise revoked. B. Each principal solicitor registration shall be an annual payment of eight hundred dollars. The permit issued shall be good for a period of one calendar year beginning January first and ending December thirty-first unless otherwise revoked. C.(1) Each principal solicitor shall make an additional annual payment for the registration of dependent solicitors as follows: (a) Five hundred dollars total for the registration of between one and ten additional dependent solicitors of a principal solicitor. (b) One thousand dollars total for registration of between eleven and fifty additional dependent solicitors of a principal solicitor. (c) One thousand five hundred dollars total for the registration of between fifty-one and one hundred additional dependent solicitors. (d) Two thousand dollars total for registration of one hundred and one or more additional dependent solicitors of a principal solicitor. (2) The permit issued shall be good for a period of one calendar year beginning January first and ending December thirty-first unless otherwise revoked. D. The cost for the "do not call" list is four hundred dollars annually. All telephone solicitors, with the exception of dependent solicitors, are responsible for the cost associated with the purchase of the list. E. For the purposes of this Section: (1) "Dependent solicitor" means a telephone solicitor, other than an employee of an independent solicitor or principal solicitor who has entered into an agreement with one and only one principal solicitor as defined herein, to perform telephone solicitation under the supervision of the principal solicitor. (2) "Independent solicitor" means a telephone solicitor who has submitted application and properly enrolled with the commission to be provided the "do not call" list. Independent solicitors are allowed to distribute the "do not call" list with employees of that same firm, organization, partnership, association, or corporation. (3) "Principal solicitor" means a telephone solicitor who has submitted an application and properly enrolled with the commission as such, to be provided to the "do not call" list and the authority to enter into agreements to provide access to the "do not call" list to dependent solicitors as defined herein. Principal solicitors are allowed to distribute the "do not call" list with employees of that same firm, organization, partnership, association, or corporations. Acts 2004, No. 857, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.17. Safe harbor

RS 844.17 - Safe harbor Any telephonic solicitor registered in compliance with R.S. 45:844.16 shall not be liable for violating this Chapter if the telephonic solicitor can demonstrate that the violation is a result of unintended error and that as part of its routine business practice, it meets the following standards: (1) The telephonic solicitor has established and implemented written procedures to comply with this Chapter. (2) The telephonic solicitor has trained its personnel, and any entity assisting in its compliance, in procedures established pursuant to this Chapter. (3) The telephonic solicitor has maintained a call log of numbers called for solicitation purposes in either chronological or numerical order, and records and maintains an internal "do not call" list for those numbers that may not be contacted. (4) The telephonic solicitor is registered and uses both state and national registries to prevent telephonic solicitations to any telephone number on any list established or mandated to be used pursuant to this Chapter. (5) The telephonic solicitor uses a process to ensure that it does not sell, rent, lease, purchase, or use any applicable "do not call" database, or any part thereof, for any purpose except in compliance with this Chapter and any state or federal law preventing telephonic solicitations to telephone numbers registered as pertaining to this Chapter. Acts 2004, No. 857, §1, eff. July 12, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.21. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 844.21 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.22. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 844.22 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.23. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 844.23 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.24. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 844.24 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.25. Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.

RS 844.25 - Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 713, §4, eff. July 1, 2006.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.32. Duties of the commission

RS 844.32 - Duties of the commission A. Upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor, the commission shall immediately notify such telephonic solicitor that an emergency has been declared and that during such state of emergency telephonic solicitation is prohibited. B. The commission shall adopt and formulate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Chapter. Acts 2003, No. 849, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.33. Violations; penalties

RS 844.33 - Violations; penalties A. The commission shall investigate any complaint received concerning violations of this Chapter. If, after investigating such complaint, the commission finds there has been a violation of this Chapter, the commission, after notice and hearing, shall impose an administrative penalty against the telephonic solicitor not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars for each violation. B. Any telephonic solicitor found by the commission to be in violation of this Chapter who refuses to pay the fine assessed shall, after notice and hearing, be assessed additional cost and reasonable attorney fees related to the collection of the fine. C. Each telephonic solicitation in violation of this Chapter constitutes a separate offense. Acts 2003, No. 849, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.41 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.41. Short title

RS 844.41 - Short title This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The Local Government Fair Competition Act". Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.42 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.42. Legislative findings and declarations of intent

RS 844.42 - Legislative findings and declarations of intent The legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of this state: (1) To ensure that cable television services and telecommunications and advanced services are provided through fair competition consistent with the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-104, in order to provide the widest possible diversity of information and news sources to the general public. (2) To advance the exercise of rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. (3) To enhance the development and widespread use of technological advances in providing cable television services and telecommunications and advanced services. (4) To encourage improved customer service of cable television services and telecommunications and advanced services at competitive rates. (5) To ensure that cable television services and telecommunications and advanced services are each provided within a consistent, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory federal, state, and local government framework. (6) To ensure that when a local government provides to its inhabitants cable television services, telecommunications services or advanced services, or any combination thereof, and competes with private providers whose activities are regulated by the local governmental entity, the local government does not discriminate against the competing providers of the same services. (7) To ensure that when a local government provides to its inhabitants cable television services, telecommunications services or advanced services, or any combination thereof, it will not be precluded from engaging in "bundling" those services or engaging in any other lawful business practice that its private-sector competitors are legally permitted to engage in. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.44 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.44. Antitrust immunity

RS 844.44 - Antitrust immunity A. Subject to the provisions of Subsection B, when a local government is offering or providing a covered service, any immunity from antitrust law afforded to political subdivisions of the state does not apply to the local government's actions associated with the provision of those services. B. A local government that provides a covered service is subject to applicable antitrust liabilities, if any, only to the extent permitted under the federal Local Government Antitrust Act of 1984, 15 USC 34-36. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.45 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.45. Scope of Chapter

RS 844.45 - Scope of Chapter A. Nothing in this Chapter shall authorize any local government to: (1) Provide a covered service. (2) Purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate a facility for the purpose of providing a covered service. B. Nothing in this Chapter shall apply to a local government purchasing, leasing, constructing or equipping facilities: (1) That are designed to provide services within the city or parish or both. (2) That the local government: (a) Uses for internal local governmental purposes. (b) By written contract, leases, sells capacity in, or grants other similar rights to a private provider to use the facilities in connection with a private provider offering a covered service. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.46 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.46. Severability

RS 844.46 - Severability If any provision of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or the application of this Chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Chapter are severable. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.47 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.47. Limitations on providing cable television and telecommunications and advanced services

RS 844.47 - Limitations on providing cable television and telecommunications and advanced services A. Except as provided in this Chapter, a local government may not: (1) Provide to one or more subscribers a covered service. (2) For the purpose of providing a covered service to one or more subscribers, purchase, lease, construct, maintain, or operate any facility. B. For purposes of this Chapter, a local government provides a covered service if the local government provides the service: (1) Directly or indirectly, including through an authority or instrumentality acting on behalf of the local government or for the benefit of the local government. (2) By itself. (3) Through a partnership or joint venture. (4) By contract, resale, or otherwise. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.48 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.48. Requirements prior to local governmental entity providing cable television or telecommunications or advanced services

RS 844.48 - Requirements prior to local governmental entity providing cable television or telecommunications or advanced services Prior to a local government engaging or offering to engage in an activity described in this Chapter, the local governing authority shall: (1) Hold a preliminary public hearing. (2) If the local governing authority elects to proceed after holding the preliminary public hearing required by this Section, approve the hiring of a feasibility consultant to conduct a feasibility study in accordance with R.S. 45:844.49. (3) Determine when under the feasibility study conducted under R.S. 45:844.49, the annual revenues under R.S. 45:844.49(2)(d) exceed the annual costs under R.S. 45:844.49(2)(d) by at least the amount necessary to meet the bond obligations of any bonds issued to fund the proposed covered service. (4) If the conditions of Paragraph (3) of this Section are met, hold the public hearings required by R.S. 45:844.49. (5) After holding the public hearings required by R.S. 45:844.49, if the local governing authority elects to proceed, adopt by resolution the feasibility study. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.51 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.51. Enterprise funds for cable television or telecommunications or advanced services

RS 844.51 - Enterprise funds for cable television or telecommunications or advanced services A. A local government that provides one or more covered services under this Chapter: (1) Shall establish a single enterprise fund entitled the "communications services enterprise fund" to account for the local government's operations of covered services. (2) Shall adopt operating and capital budgets for the local government's covered services. (3) Except as provided in R.S. 45:844.52(C)(2), or subject to rules established under R.S. 45:844.55(D), may not transfer any appropriation or other balance in any other enterprise fund established by the local government to any enterprise fund established by the local government under this Section. B. The restrictions on transfers described in Paragraph (A)(3) do not apply to transfers made by a local government between other enterprise funds established by the local government. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.52 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.52. Bonding authority

RS 844.52 - Bonding authority A. The local governing authority may by resolution determine to issue one or more bonds to finance the capital costs for facilities necessary to provide to subscribers one or more covered services. B. The resolution shall: (1) Describe the purpose for which the indebtedness is to be created. (2) Specify the dollar amount of the one or more bonds proposed to be issued. C.(1) A bond issued under this Section shall be secured and paid for solely from the revenues generated by the local government from providing the covered services. (2) A local government may not pay the origination, financing, or other carrying costs associated with the one or more bonds issued under this Section from the general funds or other enterprise funds of the local government. Nothing in this Section shall preclude a local government from using the general funds or other enterprise funds to advance funds for the feasibility study prescribed under R.S. 45:844.49 or for start-up costs for the proposed venture, provided that any such funds advanced are repaid by the enterprise fund established under R.S. 45:844.51 at interest rates and on terms and conditions available to private enterprises in the open market. (3) Nothing in this Chapter shall preclude a local government that owns and operates electric, water, gas, sewer and other utilities from pledging the resources of such utilities to obtain the best available interest rates, terms and conditions for the bonds necessary to finance the facilities used to provide the proposed covered services. (4) Nothing under this Section provides a local governing authority bonding authority in addition to that provided under existing state law. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.54 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.54. Eminent domain

RS 844.54 - Eminent domain A. Subject to the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Constitution, a local government may not exercise its power of eminent domain to condemn plant, equipment, or real property of a private provider for the purpose of providing to a subscriber a covered service. B. Nothing contained in Subsection A of this Section shall be construed or applied in any manner to preclude a local government from exercising its power of eminent domain for any other lawful purpose other than for the purpose proscribed in Subsection A of this Section. Acts 2004, No. 736, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.
LA Rev Stat § 45:844.56 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers|§844.56. Impact of local government providing covered service, cable television or telecommunications or advanced services

RS 844.56 - Impact of local government providing covered service, cable television or telecommunications or advanced services A. When local government provides a covered service pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, any obligation of any other person to provide such service pursuant to any ordinance, contract, franchise or other means to provide institutional networks; public, educational and governmental access requirements; system rebuild requirements; monetary contribution or any other similar obligation shall be suspended. B. The suspension required under this Section shall commence on the date the local government announces that the particular covered service or services is operational and available to any citizen within its jurisdictional boundaries. C. The suspension required under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the monetary amount of the like obligations provided by the local government equals the monetary amount provided by the private operators for the previous ten years. D. The suspension of obligations of other persons established by Subsections A, B, and C of this Section shall not apply to any obligation of such other person with a local governing authority that has held an election pursuant to R.S. 45:844.50(A). Acts 2005, No. 406, §1, eff. July 11, 2005.