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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1101. Operation and maintenance of bridges and ferries

RS 48:1101 - Operation and maintenance of bridges and ferries
Each bridge and ferry, when acquired or constructed by the authority and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the authority, and shall be policed and operated by such force of police, toll-takers and other operating employees as the authority may in its discretion employ. The authority may, however, contract with any state agency authorized by law to enter into such a contract for the operation and maintenance of such bridge or ferry upon such terms and conditions as may be stipulated in such contract not inconsistent with the covenants made by the authority with the holders of its bonds.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §11.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1101.1. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 866, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

RS 48:1101.1 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 866, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1101.2. Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridges; transit lanes

RS 48:1101.2 - Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridges; transit lanes
A.(1) The transit lanes on the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridges No. 1 and No. 2 shall be opened to vehicular traffic classified as "high occupancy vehicle two" or "HOV 2". These transit lanes shall be designated as one-way roadways, with the traffic proceeding to the downtown area in the morning and traffic proceeding to the Westbank in the afternoon in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the Crescent City Connection and Department of Transportation and Development.
(2) The Department of Transportation and Development and the Crescent City Connection may charge as tolls a use permit fee which shall be priced lower than the established tolls to encourage carpooling. The Department of Transportation and Development and the Crescent City Connection may promulgate rules and regulations concerning the implementation and costs of said permits.
B. However, the provisions of this Section shall be implemented in accordance with the rules and regulations of appropriate federal agencies.
Acts 1997, No. 748, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1102. Lease and conveyance of land to authority

RS 48:1102 - Lease and conveyance of land to authority
The parishes within the authority and all cities, towns, villages and other political subdivisions therein and all public departments, agencies and commissions of the state of Louisiana, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, rent, grant or convey to the authority at its request and without the necessity of any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real or personal property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the authority, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1103. Reports and audits

RS 48:1103 - Reports and audits
On or before the ninetieth day succeeding the end of each fiscal year of the authority, it shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governor of Louisiana. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. Copies of such report shall likewise be furnished to such other persons as may be named in the resolution or indenture under or pursuant to which any outstanding bonds of the authority may have been issued. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified public accountants at the time and in the manner prescribed in any resolution or indenture under or pursuant to which any outstanding bonds of the authority may have been issued, and, otherwise, as the authority may by resolution prescribe and the cost thereof shall be deemed part of the cost of the operation of its facilities; provided, however, that during the period of construction of any bridge or ferry the cost of such audit and of the preparation of the annual report herein provided for, may be deemed a part of the construction cost.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1104. Tolls or fares

RS 48:1104 - Tolls or fares
When all bonds issued under the provisions of this Part as amended secured by the tolls or revenues of any one or more bridges or ferries and the interest thereon shall have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, tolls or fares may be charged by the authority for the use of such bridge or ferry only to the extent necessary to provide for the annual expense of the maintenance and operation thereof; provided, however, that if the Department of Highways shall have theretofore or shall thereafter accept such bridge or ferry as part of the state highway system, after the satisfaction of claims of the bondholders as aforesaid, such bridge or ferry shall be maintained by the Department of Highways free of tolls.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §14. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 269, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1104.1. High occupancy toll lanes; establishment; requirements

RS 48:1104.1 - High occupancy toll lanes; establishment; requirements
A. The Crescent City Connection division, within the Department of Transportation and Development, may establish high occupancy toll lanes on the Crescent City Connection as provided in this Section.
B. The high occupancy toll lanes shall give a reduced toll or free passage to buses, and to carpool vehicles with three or more occupants in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the Crescent City Connection division of the Department of Transportation and Development.
Acts 1997, No. 1462, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1105. Pledge against change of rights vested in authority

RS 48:1105 - Pledge against change of rights vested in authority
The state of Louisiana hereby pledges to and agrees with the holders of bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this Part, that it will not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority until all bonds of the authority at any time issued, together with the interest thereon, are fully met and discharged.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1106. Methods and powers as additional and alternative

RS 48:1106 - Methods and powers as additional and alternative
The foregoing sections of this Part shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of things authorized thereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing except as otherwise provided herein; provided, however, that the issuance of bridge revenue bonds or refunding bonds under the provisions of this Part need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1151. Definitions

RS 48:1151 - Definitions
The following terms whenever used or referred to in this Part shall have the following meanings except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:--
(a) "Bridge" means a toll bridge over navigable water operated by a bridge and ferry authority, and includes a ferry or ferries operated by such authority.
(b) "Authority" means a bridge and ferry authority organized as a public corporation under the laws of the state of Louisiana for the construction, maintenance and operation of toll bridges and ferries.
(c) "Construction" includes acquisition by purchase or otherwise.
(d) "Department" means the department of highways created by R.S. 48:11 or such other agency or agencies which may hereafter exercise the powers now vested in the Department.
(e) "Louisiana Public Service Commission" means the commission created by Const. 1921, Art. 6, §3 or such other agency or agencies which may hereafter exercise the powers now vested in said commission.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1152. Power to contract

RS 48:1152 - Power to contract
The department of highways is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with bridge and ferry authorities, organized under the laws of the state of Louisiana, for the construction, maintenance and operation of bridges and ferries by such authority, which contracts shall be binding upon the department and the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1153. Plans and specifications

RS 48:1153 - Plans and specifications
Every bridge to be constructed in pursuance of such contract shall be constructed according to standards of safety prescribed by the department of highways; provided, however, that the department shall not be required to approve the plans and specifications for such bridge except to the extent necessary for public safety.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1154. Connecting highways and approaches

RS 48:1154 - Connecting highways and approaches
If such bridge shall be designated a part of the state highway system, by order of the director of highways approved by the board of highways, the department of highways may contract to construct any highways necessary to connect the bridge with the state highway system, including the approaches to such bridge, and to pay the cost of such connecting highway or highways and approaches out of the moneys in the state highway fund, and the department of highways may further contract that after such bridge shall be opened for traffic it will maintain and operate such bridge, subject to any covenants which may have been made by the authority with the holders of bonds issued by such authority to provide for the cost of construction of such bridge.
Said contract shall define the location and extent of the connecting highways and the approaches to such bridge with reasonable certainty and the determination so made in said contract shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties thereto, upon the state and upon all other persons; provided, however, that the state highway department and the Authority may, by amendment to such contract, provide for the construction of additional approaches and highway connections to such bridge, and for the payment of the cost of construction of such additional connecting highways and approaches, subject to any covenants which may have been made by the Authority with the holders of any of its outstanding bonds.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1155. Restriction on construction of other bridges

RS 48:1155 - Restriction on construction of other bridges
The department of highways in any such contract may contract on behalf of itself and the state of Louisiana that neither the state, the department of highways, nor any subdivision of the state, shall permit the construction or operation of any other bridge within such distance of such bridge as shall be specified in the contract between the department and the Authority, or which in any manner conflicts with the terms of such contract.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1156. Operation and maintenance

RS 48:1156 - Operation and maintenance
Neither the state of Louisiana, nor any subdivision thereof, the Louisiana public service commission, or any other political subdivision or agency of the state, shall interfere in any manner with the maintenance and operation of the bridge, whether as to the tolls charged for the use thereof or otherwise, except in so far as may be necessary for the public safety or to enforce compliance with the contract between the department of highways and the authority. No bridge which shall be the subject of such a contract shall be deemed to be a public utility, and no such bridge shall be subject in any manner to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana public service commission.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1157. Parties; enforcement of contract; validity

RS 48:1157 - Parties; enforcement of contract; validity
The provisions of this Part and of any contract entered into under the authority hereof, shall constitute a contract between the state, the department, the authority which is a party to such contract, and the holders of any bonds, notes or other obligations of such authority. The holder or holders of any such bonds, notes or other obligations, may enforce the performance of such contract by appropriate action or civil proceeding. The validity of such contract or of any provision thereof shall not be questioned by any person in any action or civil proceeding after the expiration of sixty days from the date of its execution.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1158. Tolls

RS 48:1158 - Tolls
Whenever all indebtedness incurred by an Authority, including interest thereon, shall have been fully paid and satisfied, or duly provided for in the manner specified in the resolution, indenture, agreement or other proceedings under or pursuant to which such indebtedness was incurred, the Department of Highways may continue the operation of such bridge as a toll bridge, and may charge tolls for the use thereof at such rates as it shall exclusively determine, until all advances made from the State Highway Fund with respect to such bridge, including the cost of construction of connecting highways and approaches thereto, shall have been refunded to the State Highway Fund or, in the discretion of the Department of Highways, it may thereupon operate such bridge as a free bridge. After all such advances have been refunded to the State Highway Fund, the said bridge shall be operated as a toll free bridge; provided, however, if an authority pursuant to law constructs and operates more than one bridge and secures indebtedness incurred by the authority to pay the cost of construction of one or more of such bridges, including the interest thereon, by a pledge of all or part of the combined tolls, charges and fares derived by the authority from its operation of such bridges, or any of them, and any other funds and revenues received by the authority pursuant to law, all such bridges, the combined tolls and other revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such indebtedness, shall be operated by such authority as toll bridges until all such indebtedness, including interest thereon, shall have been fully paid or satisfied, or duly provided for in the manner specified in the resolution, indenture, agreement or other proceedings under or pursuant to which such indebtedness was incurred. When an authority deems it necessary and advisable in the public interest and pursuant to law to undertake the construction of an additional bridge or bridges and to pay the cost of construction thereof by incurring indebtedness secured by a pledge of all or any part of the combined tolls, charges and other funds and revenues of such authority, the Department of Highways is authorized and directed to enter into amendments and modifications of any existing contract or contracts previously entered into with such authority pursuant to this Part if such amendment and modification is required in order to permit the operation of all or any of such bridges as toll bridges until all such indebtedness shall have been fully paid and satisfied, or duly provided for.
Acts 1952, No. 8, §8. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 270, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1161. Abolition of bridge and ferry authorities; merger and consolidation of bridge and ferry functions in board of highways

RS 48:1161 - Abolition of bridge and ferry authorities; merger and consolidation of bridge and ferry functions in board of highways
In order to merge and consolidate into one department the duties and functions that are of a similar nature or character, under authority of Section 32 of Article III of the Constitution of Louisiana of 1921, the Ascension-St. James Bridge and Ferry Authority, the Iberville Parish Bridge and Ferry Authority, the Pointe Coupee-West Feliciana Bridge and Ferry Authority, and the St. Charles-St. John the Baptist Bridge and Ferry Authority are hereby abolished, effective January 1, 1973, and all of the powers, duties, functions, immunities, restrictions and exemptions from taxation under any laws, and particularly under the effective provisions of Act 7 of 1952, Act 526 of 1958, Act 555 of 1966, Act 413 of 1962, Act 413 of 1966, Act 269 of 1968, Act 290 of 1968, Act 57 of 1969 and R.S. 48:1151-1158 are transferred to the State Board of Highways and Department of Highways, effective January 1, 1973, and after said date the board of highways shall have and exercise all of the executive and administrative functions provided for by the constitution or laws with respect to the authorities herein abolished and with respect to the officers and members of such authorities.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 726, §1; Acts 2012, No. 866, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1161.1. Abolition of Mississippi River Bridge Authority; merger and consolidation of bridge and ferry functions in Department of Transportation and Development

RS 48:1161.1 - Abolition of Mississippi River Bridge Authority; merger and consolidation of bridge and ferry functions in Department of Transportation and Development
The Mississippi River Bridge Authority is hereby abolished, effective January 1, 2013, and all of its powers, duties, functions, immunities, restrictions, and exemptions from taxation under any laws and particularly under the effective provisions of Act 7 of 1952, Act 402 of 1976, Act 204 of 1980, Act 329 of 1981, Act 522 of 1984, Act 762 of 1988, and Act 315 of 1989, are transferred to the Department of Transportation and Development effective January 1, 2013, and after such date the department shall have and exercise all of the executive and administrative functions provided for by the constitution or laws with respect to the Mississippi River Bridge Authority herein abolished.
Acts 2012, No. 866, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1162. Effect of transfer of functions

RS 48:1162 - Effect of transfer of functions
A. Under the transfer of functions provided for by this part, any pending or unfinished business of any of said authorities shall be taken over and be completed by the board of highways with the same power and authority as the authorities from which the functions are transferred. The board shall be the successor in every way to the authorities from which such functions are transferred, and every act done in the exercise of such functions by the board or under its authority shall be deemed to have the same force and effect under any provisions of the constitution and laws in effect on the effective date of this merger, consolidation and transfer as if done by the authorities from which such functions are transferred.
B. Whenever any authority from which functions are transferred hereby is referred to either as an authority or by other reference or designated by name by the constitution or by any law or contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the board of highways, and the legislature hereby specifically states that the provisions of this part are in no way and to no extent intended to nor shall they be construed in any manner which will impair the contractual obligations of any authority heretofore existing, or of the State of Louisiana.
It is hereby specifically provided that all such obligations hereafter shall be deemed to be the obligations of the board of highways to the same extent as if originally made by it. In like manner, and in order to prevent any violation of the provisions, terms or conditions of any gift, donation, deed, will, trust or other instrument or disposition by which property of any nature or description has been vested in any authority affected by this merger, consolidation and transfer, or diversion from the purposes for which such property was donated, deeded, devised or bequeathed or otherwise vested in any such agency, it is hereby specifically provided that each and every such instrument or disposition hereafter shall be deemed to have been vested in the board of highways in the same manner and to the same extent as if originally so done. In addition, the provisions of this part shall not be construed or applied in such a way as to prevent full compliance by the state or any agency thereof with the requirements of any Act of the Congress of the United States or any regulation made thereunder by any officer or agency of the federal government by which federal aid or other federal assistance from the United States has been or is hereafter made available to this state or any subdivision or agency thereof, anything contained in this part to the contrary notwithstanding, and such compliance hereafter shall be accomplished by the board of highways.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 726, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1163. Transfer of records, money and equipment

RS 48:1163 - Transfer of records, money and equipment
All books, papers, records, money, choses in action and other property heretofore possessed, controlled or used by any authority in the exercise of functions herein transferred are hereby transferred to the board of highways.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 726, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1164. Indebtedness, including bonds; dedicated funds

RS 48:1164 - Indebtedness, including bonds; dedicated funds
The board of highways shall be the successor in every way to the authorities from which the functions are transferred, and shall be the successor to all the obligations and debts of the authorities herein abolished. All funds dedicated to the payment of bonds issued for bridges, ferries, roads, facilities and improvements formerly under the control of the authorities herein abolished and whose powers, duties and functions are hereby transferred shall continue to be collected and dedicated to the payment of such bonds, and in like manner all other dedications and allocations of revenues and sources of revenues shall continue, unless otherwise hereafter provided by the constitution or laws, in the same manner, to the same extent and for the same purposes as were provided by law prior to the enactment of this part.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 726, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1165. Board as agency for expending federal funds and carrying out purposes of federal acts

RS 48:1165 - Board as agency for expending federal funds and carrying out purposes of federal acts
The board of highways is designated as the sole agency for accepting and administering any and all federal funds awarded or allocated to the State of Louisiana for any purpose covered by any provision of this part and for carrying out the purposes of any federal law concerning bridges, ferries and functions and operations covered by this part.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 726, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1166. Transfer of employees and powers of employees and agents

RS 48:1166 - Transfer of employees and powers of employees and agents
All employees heretofore engaged in the performance of duties for any authority in the exercise of functions transferred by this part to the board of highways shall be transferred with such functions to the board of highways to the full extent necessary and practicable to carry out the purposes of this part and shall, so far as practicable, continue to perform the duties heretofore performed, subject to the state civil service law.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 726, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1167. Effective date of merger, consolidation and transfer of functions; appropriations

RS 48:1167 - Effective date of merger, consolidation and transfer of functions; appropriations
The merger, consolidation and transfer of functions provided for by this part shall take effect and become operative on January 1, 1973, and it is hereby specifically provided that on said date any appropriations made at this 1972 regular session of the legislature, or any funds otherwise made available, to any authority to carry out the functions herein transferred shall follow the functions and activities herein transferred and shall be transferred to the board of highways for use by the board in carrying out the functions and activities herein transferred to it.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 726, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1167.1. Effective date of merger, consolidation and transfer of functions; appropriations; termination; Mississippi River Bridge Authority; Crescent City Connection Division

RS 48:1167.1 - Effective date of merger, consolidation and transfer of functions; appropriations; termination; Mississippi River Bridge Authority; Crescent City Connection Division
The merger, consolidation and transfer of functions provided for by this Part shall take effect and become operative on January 1, 2013.
Acts 2012, No. 866, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1252. Purpose of Chapter

RS 48:1252 - Purpose of Chapter
The purpose of this Chapter is to facilitate vehicular traffic, diminish the present handicaps and hazards and promote safety on the congested highways in Louisiana and to make possible the construction of modern express highways, and to carry out said purpose the Louisiana Expressway Authority (hereinafter created) is hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, repair and operate expressway projects (as hereinafter defined) at such locations as may be approved by the department of highways and the Governor, and to issue expressway revenue bonds of said authority, payable solely from revenues, to pay the cost of such projects. It is the further purpose of this Chapter to prohibit the construction, maintenance, repair or operation of any toll expressway project by any subdivision of the government of the state of Louisiana, or any combination of such subdivisions, subsequent to the enactment of this law, except upon specific authorization by the Louisiana Expressway Authority of the state of Louisiana; provided nothing herein shall affect the status of toll bridges, causeways, expressways, tunnels or similar projects heretofore specifically authorized by law or the Constitution or which may be constructed by any authority organized pursuant to R.S. 48:1091-48:1107; provided, further, nothing herein shall affect the inherent constitutional and statutory authority vested in the parishes of Jefferson and St. Tammany, individually or in concert, to construct the Greater New Orleans Expressway as heretofore or hereafter authorized by said parishes, the right of said parishes to construct the Greater New Orleans Expressway being hereby expressly reserved; and provided further that nothing in this Section shall affect or be applicable to the highway project between U.S. Highway No. 61 near Lutcher or Gramercy and U.S. Highway No. 90 at Lafayette as described in the agreement executed as of September 1, 1953, by and between the Department of Highways of the state of Louisiana and the parishes of Ascension, Iberville, Lafayette, St. James, and St. Martin.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1257. Cooperation of parishes, etc., with authority

RS 48:1257 - Cooperation of parishes, etc., with authority
All parishes, political subdivisions, cities, towns, villages, and all public agencies and officers of the state of Louisiana, notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, are hereby authorized and empowered to lease, lend, grant or convey to the authority, upon its request and upon such terms and conditions as the authority and the proper officials of such parishes, political subdivisions, cities, towns, villages, and public agencies or officers may agree upon as reasonable and fair, and without the necessity for any advertisement, order of court or other action or formality other than the regular and formal action of the officials concerned and the execution of the proper instrument, any real property which may be necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the purpose of this Chapter, including real property already devoted to public use.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1258. Consent of state to use of its land

RS 48:1258 - Consent of state to use of its land
The state of Louisiana hereby consents to the use of all lands owned by it, including lands lying under water, which are deemed by the authority to be necessary or proper for the construction or operation of any expressway project.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1259. Eminent domain proceedings

RS 48:1259 - Eminent domain proceedings
The authority is hereby granted the power of eminent domain and proceedings therefor may be instituted and conducted by the authority as is prescribed by R.S. 48:441 through 460 for the expropriation of property by the Department of Transportation and Development. The petition to be filed for the expropriation shall contain the allegations required by R.S. 19:2.1 and shall have annexed thereto a certified copy of a statement adopted by the authority declaring that the taking is necessary or useful for highway purposes, that the location and design of the proposed highway improvement are in accordance with the best modern practices adopted in the interest of safety and convenience of the traveling public and containing a statement of the amount of money estimated to be just and adequate compensation for the taking and, stated separately, an estimate of the amount of damages. The estimate of just and adequate compensation for the taking and the estimate of damages shall be based on a determination by two disinterested realtors living in the vicinity of the improvement and the statement of the authority shall state their names and qualifications. All other procedures for the expropriation shall be as provided in R.S. 48:441 through 460, and references in such Sections to the Department of Transportation and Development, for the purposes hereof, shall be deemed to be references to the authority.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §9. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 247, §1; Acts 1977, No. 220, §1, eff. July 7, 1977; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1260. Taking of public road for feeder road

RS 48:1260 - Taking of public road for feeder road
Before taking over any existing public road for maintenance, repair and operation as a feeder road, the authority shall obtain the consent of any officials then exercising jurisdiction over said road, which are hereby authorized to give such consent by resolution. Each feeder road or portion thereof acquired, constructed, or taken over under this Section for maintenance, repair and operation, in connection with a project by the authority shall for all purposes of this Chapter be deemed to constitute a part of the project, except that no toll shall be charged for transit between points on such feeder road.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §10.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1262. Bonds not debt or pledge of credit of state

RS 48:1262 - Bonds not debt or pledge of credit of state
Expressway revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall not be deemed to be a debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, but such bonds shall be payable exclusively from the fund pledged for their payment or authorized herein. All such bonds shall contain a statement on their face that the state is not obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon and that the faith and credit of the state is not pledged to the payment of the principal or interest of such bonds. The issuance of expressway revenue bonds under the provisions of this Chapter shall not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the state to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor, or to make any appropriation for their payment. State funds shall not be used, appropriated or expended to construct, reconstruct, maintain, service, repair, purchase or lease any toll road authorized hereunder or to pay the principal or interest of any revenue certificates or other evidences of indebtedness issued for any such purpose, and the legislature does herewith determine that any such use of state funds would violate the constitution of the state of Louisiana and all such bonds shall contain a statement on their face to this effect.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §12.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1263. Pledge not to restrict certain rights of authority

RS 48:1263 - Pledge not to restrict certain rights of authority
The state of Louisiana does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds issued pursuant to this Chapter, that the state will not limit or restrict the rights hereby vested in the authority to construct, reconstruct, maintain and operate any project as defined in this Chapter or to establish and collect such tolls or other charges as may be convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenues to meet the expenses of maintenance and operation thereof and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of bonds authorized by this Chapter or in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of such bonds until the bonds, together with interest thereon, are fully paid and discharged.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §13.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1265. Trust agreement

RS 48:1265 - Trust agreement
In the discretion of the authority any bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such trust agreement or the resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may pledge or assign the revenues to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage an expressway project or any part thereof. Such trust agreement or resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the acquisition of property and the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation and issuance of an expressway project or projects in connection with which such bonds shall have been authorized, the rates of toll to be charged, the custody, safe guarding and application of all moneys, and conditions or limitations with respect to the issuance of additional bonds. It shall be lawful for any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish such indemnifying bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by the authority. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders. In addition to the foregoing, any such trust agreement or resolution may contain such other provisions as the authority may deem reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the expressway project or projects.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §15.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1266. Refunding bonds

RS 48:1266 - Refunding bonds
The authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of expressway revenue refunding bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this Chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for the additional purpose of constructing improvements of an expressway project in connection with which the bonds to be refunded shall have been issued. The authority is further authorized to provide by resolution for the issuance of its expressway revenue bonds for the combined purpose of (a) refunding any bonds then outstanding which shall have been issued under the provisions of this Chapter, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds, and (b) paying all or any part of the cost of any additional project or projects. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the authority in respect of the same, shall be governed by the provisions of this Chapter in so far as the same may be applicable.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §16.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1267. Trust funds

RS 48:1267 - Trust funds
A. All moneys received by the authority pursuant to this Chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this Chapter. The resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purpose hereof, subject to the provisions of this Chapter and such regulations as such resolution or trust agreement may provide.
B. When, in the opinion of the authority, all moneys in such trust funds are not immediately needed for the purpose for which such funds are provided, the trustee of such funds, upon resolution of the authority specifically adopted for such purpose, is hereby authorized and empowered to temporarily invest and reinvest the amount of such funds authorized in such resolution in United States government securities, which securities shall be direct obligations of, or obligations the payment of the principal and interest of which is guaranteed by the United States government, or to invest and reinvest the amount of such funds in such other securities as are permitted by law for investment of idle funds by the State of Louisiana and its agencies; provided, that any such investment or reinvestment shall be subject to any pertinent provisions of the bond resolution or trust agreement. It is the intent of the legislature that trust funds not be permitted to remain idle in the hands of the trustee when such funds can be put to use as aforesaid.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §17. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 247, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1268. Remedies

RS 48:1268 - Remedies
Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such trust agreement, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of Louisiana or granted hereunder or under such trust agreement or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this Chapter or by such trust agreement or resolution to be performed by the authority or by any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging and collection of tolls.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §18.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1269. Project, property, income and bonds free from taxation

RS 48:1269 - Project, property, income and bonds free from taxation
The exercise of the powers granted by this Chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of projects by the authority will constitute the performance of essential government functions, the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any project or any property acquired or used by the authority under the provisions of this Chapter or upon the income therefrom, and every project and any property acquired or used by the Authority under the provisions of this Chapter and the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom (including any profit made on the sale thereof) shall be exempt from taxation within the state.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §19.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1270. Bonds eligible for investment

RS 48:1270 - Bonds eligible for investment
Bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this Chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state, parishes, other political subdivisions, cities or towns, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §20.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1271. Maintenance and repair of expressway project, etc.

RS 48:1271 - Maintenance and repair of expressway project, etc.
A. Each expressway project when constructed and opened to traffic shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the Authority. Each such project shall have such force of toll-takers and other operating employees as the Authority may in its discretion employ.
B. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by this Chapter shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable or adequate compensation made therefor out of funds provided under this Chapter.
C. The Department of Transportation and Development shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the expressway system.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §21. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 247, §3; Acts 1977, No. 220, §1, eff. July 7, 1977; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1272. Traffic control

RS 48:1272 - Traffic control
A. The authority is hereby authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the use of a project, which rules and regulations shall relate to vehicular speeds, loads and sizes, safety devices, rules of the road and such other matters, including but not limited to the failure or refusal to pay the toll provided for the use of a project, as may be necessary and proper to regulate traffic in the interest of safety, the maximum convenience of the persons using the project, preservation of a project from unwarranted damage and to carry out the purpose of this Chapter. Such rules and regulations shall apply according to their terms to all sections of a project under the jurisdiction of the Authority, their feeder roads and structures and other appurtenances. In so far as such rules and regulations may be inconsistent with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic laws of Louisiana, such rules and regulations shall be controlling. Violations of such rules and regulations shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety days. Such rules and regulations shall not take effect until published in a newspaper of general circulation published in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and such other publications as the Authority may determine, and duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
B. The Louisiana State Police, its director and patrol officers are hereby vested with the power and charged with the duty to enforce the rules and regulations of the authority. The power and duty so vested and charged shall be performed and exercised as said director and officers perform and exercise their present duties, functions and powers. Expenses incurred by said state police in carrying out its powers and duties under this Chapter may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project or projects and the Department of Public Safety shall be reimbursed by the authority for such expenses.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §22.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1273. Cessation of tolls

RS 48:1273 - Cessation of tolls
A. When all revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter in connection with any expressway project or projects and the interest thereon shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon to the maturity thereof shall have been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, the authority shall, if such project or projects are then in good condition and repair to the satisfaction of the department, transfer such project or projects to the department to become part of the state road system to be maintained thereafter by the Department of Transportation and Development; provided, that in any event any such project or projects shall remain subject to sufficient tolls to pay the cost of the maintenance, repair, and operation thereof.
B. Provided, however, that the authority may, after said bonds shall have been paid or a sufficient amount for payment set aside as aforesaid, charge tolls for the use of any such project and pledge such tolls to the payment of bonds issued under the provisions of this Chapter in connection with another contiguous expressway project or projects which may hereafter be constructed.
Acts 1954, No. 232, §23. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 220, §1, eff. July 7, 1977; Acts 2006, No. 11, §5.