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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:869. Privilege upon bond proceeds

RS 48:869 - Privilege upon bond proceeds
Subject to the provisions of R.S. 48:882, all moneys received from any bridge revenue bonds issued pursuant to this Sub-part shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges or to the appurtenant sinking funds. Until so applied, there is a privilege upon the money in favor of the holders of the bonds or the trustee in respect of the bonds.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:871. Proceedings and conditions to issuance of bonds

RS 48:871 - Proceedings and conditions to issuance of bonds
Bridge revenue bonds may be issued without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, and things specified and required by this Sub-part or by the constitution. The powers conferred by this Sub-part are in addition to the power conferred by any other law, and this Sub-part, without reference to any other law is full authority for the purpose hereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:872. Mortgage foreclosure; right of purchaser to franchise

RS 48:872 - Mortgage foreclosure; right of purchaser to franchise
Any mortgage granted under this Sub-part may be foreclosed by seizure and sale of the encumbered property, in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of conventional mortgages, including the right to executory process.
Any resolution adopted or mortgage or trust indenture entered into under the provisions of this Sub-part shall provide for the granting by the governing authority of the parish of a franchise to the purchaser at foreclosure sale for the operation of the bridge mortgaged or indentured. This franchise shall run for a period of not more than forty years from the date of the sale and shall be subject to any other constitutional or statutory limitations pertaining to the granting of municipal franchises.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:873. Bridge revenue refunding bonds

RS 48:873 - Bridge revenue refunding bonds
Any parish may provide by resolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of the parish for the purpose of refunding any bridge revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part and then outstanding. The issuance of the bridge revenue refunding bonds, the maturities, and other details thereof shall be governed by the other provisions of this Sub-part insofar as they apply and by provisions of this Section.
No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be delivered, unless delivered in exchange for bridge revenue bonds to be refunded thereby, except in the amount necessary to provide for the payment of matured and redeemable bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue bonds maturing or redeemable including any redemption premium thereon.
No bridge revenue refunding bonds shall be issued, unless issued to refund bridge revenue bonds which have matured or will mature within six months, or are callable, or unless the interest rate of the bridge revenue refunding bonds is at least one-fourth of one per cent less than the interest rate borne by the bridge revenue bonds to be refunded.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:874. Limitation of bonded debt

RS 48:874 - Limitation of bonded debt
Bonds issued under this Sub-part are not subject to the limitations as to the amount of bonded debt in a parish, based upon the amount of the assessed value of taxable property.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §19.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:875. Trust indenture authorized as security; corporate trustee

RS 48:875 - Trust indenture authorized as security; corporate trustee
In the discretion of the governing authority of any parish issuing its bonds under the provisions of this Sub-part, each or any issue of bonds may be secured by a trust indenture by and between the parish and a corporate trustee, conveying or mortgaging the bridge and pledging the income and revenues thereof in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds as they severally mature.
The corporate trustee shall be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or outside of the state.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:877. Rights and remedies of bondholders and trustees; limitation of action by bondholder

RS 48:877 - Rights and remedies of bondholders and trustees; limitation of action by bondholder
The trust indenture may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and restrict the individual rights of action of bondholders as is customary in trust indentures serving bonds and debentures of corporations.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:878. Provisions to protect bondholders

RS 48:878 - Provisions to protect bondholders
Either the resolution providing for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds or the trust indenture made in connection therewith may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:879. Action to enforce rights of bondholders and trustee

RS 48:879 - Action to enforce rights of bondholders and trustee
Except as otherwise provided by resolution passed before the issuance of the bonds by the trust indenture, any holder of any bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part or of any of the coupons attached thereto, and the trustee under the trust indenture, if any, may, by any proceeding, protect and enforce all rights granted under this Sub-part, or by the resolution or trust indenture, to be performed by the parish, its governing authority or by the director of highways, or any officer thereof.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:880. Designation of depository

RS 48:880 - Designation of depository
Except as is otherwise provided in this Sub-part, the governing authority of the parish may provide by resolution or by trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of the bridges to an officer, board, or depository named by it for the custody thereof. The parish shall provide for the method of disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as it determines.
Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state may act as depository of the proceeds of the bonds or revenues of the bridges or of other moneys pertaining thereto. They may furnish such indemnifying bonds or pledge securities as required by the governing authority of the parish.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:881. Bridge, bridge revenues and bonds exempt from taxation

RS 48:881 - Bridge, bridge revenues and bonds exempt from taxation
The exercise of the powers conferred by this Sub-part constitutes the performance of essential governmental functions, and as bridges which are owned and operated by parishes constitute public property used for public purposes, those bridges and the tolls and revenues thereof are free from taxation within the state and no parish shall be required to pay taxes or assessments upon the bridge or any part thereof, owned by it, whether located within or without the corporate limits of the parish. Bonds issued under the provisions of this Sub-part, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profits made on the sale thereof, are free from taxation within the state and otherwise as may be allowed by any law.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 664, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:882. Additional stipulations as to taxes permitted

RS 48:882 - Additional stipulations as to taxes permitted
If, since July 26, 1944, and at the time of acquisition by a parish under this Sub-part, any bridge has been and is assessed with any ad valorem taxes by any parish or other political subdivision of this state or by any adjoining state in which one of the termini of the bridge is located, the parish acquiring it may provide in its resolution, mortgage, or trust indenture a contract with the purchasers of the bridge revenue bonds whereby a sum equal to what the taxes to the parish, municipality, or state, as the case may be, could be in any year following the acquisition of the bridge shall be annually paid into the treasury of the parish, municipality, or state. This amount shall be computed by using the assessment value of the bridge in the parish, subdivision, or state as of July 26, 1944, and the rate of taxation currently being levied in the particular year. The fund accumulated by these payments shall be used for the same purposes and in the same proportions as the taxes would have been.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:883. Setting of bridge tolls

RS 48:883 - Setting of bridge tolls
The governing authority of any parish issuing its bonds under the provisions of this Sub-part shall impose rates for the use of any bridge sufficient to operate and maintain the bridge, pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, and provide an adequate fund for depreciation, improvements, and extensions. Subject to this requirement, the governing authority may fix and revise the tolls from time to time and charge and collect them.
Tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted, in respect of the aggregate of tolls from the bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, with other revenues of the bridge or bridges, if any, to pay:
(1) Any payments to reimburse the parish for losses of taxes, as provided by R.S. 48:882;
(2) The cost of maintaining and operating the bridge or bridges unless that cost is otherwise provided for; and
(3) The bonds and interest thereon as each becomes due.
These tolls are not subject to supervision or regulation by any state commission, board, bureau, or agency.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:884. Sinking fund

RS 48:884 - Sinking fund
The tolls from a bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, except the part thereof required to pay the cost of maintaining and operating the bridge or bridges and to provide the reserves therefor provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the mortgage or trust indenture, shall be set aside at such regular intervals as are provided in the resolution, mortgage, or trust indenture, in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to and charged with the payment of:
(1) The interest upon the bonds as that interest falls due;
(2) The principal of the bonds as it falls due;
(3) The necessary fiscal agency charges for paying principal and interest; and
(4) Any premium upon bonds retired by call or purchase.
The use and disposition of the sinking fund is subject to such regulations as are provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds, or in the mortgage or trust indenture, but, except as is otherwise provided in the resolution, mortgage, or trust indenture, the sinking fund is a fund for the benefit of all bonds without distinction or priority of one over another.
Subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds or of the mortgage or trust indenture, any moneys in the sinking fund in excess of an amount equal to one year's interest on all bonds then outstanding may be applied to the purchase or redemption of bonds. All bonds so purchased or redeemed shall immediately be cancelled and shall not be issued again.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:885. Contracts for use of bridges for pipe lines and electric lines

RS 48:885 - Contracts for use of bridges for pipe lines and electric lines
The governing authority of the parish may contract with any person desiring the use of any bridge or any part thereof for placing thereon water, gas, or oil pipelines; telephone, telegraph, electric light, or power lines; railroad or street railway tracks; or for any other purpose. It may fix the terms, conditions, rates, and charges for that use.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:886. Cessation of tolls

RS 48:886 - Cessation of tolls
The governing authority of any parish issuing its bonds pursuant to the provisions of this Sub-part shall do all acts necessary in the construction or acquisition, maintenance and operation of any bridge to the end that the bridge may be operated free of tolls as early as possible and practicable, subject only to the express limitations of this Sub-part and the limitations of the other laws and constitutional provisions applicable thereto.
When the particular bonds issued for any bridge or bridges and the interest thereon has been paid or a sufficient amount has been provided for their payment and continues to be held for that purpose, the parish issuing the bonds shall cease to charge tolls for the use of the bridge or bridges and the bridge or bridges shall be free, unless tolls are required for maintaining, repairing, and operating the bridge or bridges due to the lack of funds from other sources than tolls. However, the provisions of this Section do not apply to common carriers, transportation companies, bus lines, and anyone transporting passengers or freight for hire, but apply only to the use of the highway portion of the bridge by the traveling public. As respects other than the latter use, the parish may continue to fix and collect such tolls and charges as it considers in the public interest.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:887. Contributions

RS 48:887 - Contributions
Any parish, in addition to the revenues which may be received from the sale of bridge revenue bonds and from the collection of tolls and other bridge revenues derived under the provisions of this Sub-part, may accept from any federal agency, any state or state agency, or any municipality or municipal agency, or other political subdivision, grants or advances, for or in the aid of construction or acquisition of any bridge or the payment of any bonds issued under this Sub-part.
The parish may also accept contributions and advances from any source of money, property, or other things of value to be held, used, and applied only for the purpose for which the grants, advances and contributions may be made, and the parish may contract for the repayment or return of such grants, advances and contributions.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 664, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:888. Competing bridges and ferries

RS 48:888 - Competing bridges and ferries
No bridge for the use of the traveling public shall be constructed and operated by the parish or by a municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the state, or by any person, and no franchise shall be granted for the operation of a ferry, within fifteen miles of any toll bridge for the acquisition or construction of which bridge revenue bonds have been authorized under this Sub-part, except under a written permit granted by the director of highways. No such permit shall be granted by the director until he has ascertained by an investigation, including a hearing upon such notice and under such rules he prescribes, that there is an urgent public need for the operation of the bridge or ferry and that its operation will not affect the revenues of the bridge purchased or constructed under the provisions of this Sub-part, so as to impair the security of any bridge revenue bonds issued therefor.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:889. General powers of parishes

RS 48:889 - General powers of parishes
The governing authority of any parish issuing its bonds under the provisions of this Sub-part may exercise all powers and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the execution of its powers under this Sub-part.
The parish may exercise any powers conferred on it by acts of congress or of any adjoining state in which a portion of the bridge is located.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:892. Expenses of enforcing Sub-part; how paid

RS 48:892 - Expenses of enforcing Sub-part; how paid
All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this Sub-part shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of this Sub-part, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred hereunder beyond the extent to which money has been provided under the authority of this Sub-part.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:893. Cooperation with political subdivisions in this and adjoining states; assumption of jurisdiction by Department of Highways

RS 48:893 - Cooperation with political subdivisions in this and adjoining states; assumption of jurisdiction by Department of Highways
Any parish operating under this Sub-part may cooperate with any political subdivision or agency of this state, or of an adjoining state in which a part of the bridge is or may be situated, in the acquisition, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance of any bridge and in defraying the costs thereof. To this end, the parish may enter into any proper contract with any such political subdivision or agency, and two or more parishes may jointly issue revenue bonds as authorized in this Sub-part and create or establish a commission to accomplish the objective thereof, said commission to be composed and have such powers and authority as the parishes may deem advisable and may delegate to it, not contrary to law.
When the bonds issued, under the authority of this Sub-part, for any bridge and the interest thereon have been paid in full or sufficient funds have been deposited in trust for that purpose, and the bridge is in a condition of maintenance satisfactory to the Department of Highways of the state of Louisiana, or its successor, said department, or its successor, may at its sole option assume jurisdiction and control of the bridge, which will then become part of the state highway system of Louisiana and be subject to maintenance, control and operation, as an integral part of the state highway system. Thereafter, the collection of tolls, if any, shall be governed by the provisions of R.S. 48:886. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed as making the aforesaid assumption of jurisdiction and control mandatory.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 664, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:912. Certain municipalities and parishes may build bridges; borrowing money

RS 48:912 - Certain municipalities and parishes may build bridges; borrowing money
Any municipality located on a navigable stream and any parish bounded by or through which a navigable stream runs, or both such municipality and parish in conjunction may, when the necessary authority has been obtained from congress, build bridges across the navigable streams and borrow the money to pay therefor. The loan shall be evidenced by certificates of indebtedness, bearing not more than five per cent per year interest, running for a period of not more than fifteen years, secured and payable as provided in R.S. 48:913.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:913. Fixing and pledge of tolls

RS 48:913 - Fixing and pledge of tolls
To secure the payment of the certificates of indebtedness authorized in R.S. 48:912, the municipality or parish, or the municipality and parish acting conjointly, may fix the rate of tolls to be charged persons passing over the bridge, and pledge the tolls for the payment of the certificates. The rate of toll, when so fixed and pledged, shall not be changed except with the consent of the holder of the certificates.
The funds arising from the collection of the tolls shall not be used for any other purpose than maintenance of the bridge and payment of the cost of its construction. When the cost of construction of the bridge has been paid, tolls shall no longer be charged except for the purpose of maintenance.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:914. Certificates to be valid obligations

RS 48:914 - Certificates to be valid obligations
In addition to the security given by the pledge of tolls as set forth in R.S. 48:913, the certificates of indebtedness shall be valid and subsisting obligations of the municipality or parish, or both, as the case may be.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:922. Toll-charging by parishes prohibited except in certain cases

RS 48:922 - Toll-charging by parishes prohibited except in certain cases
Except as authorized in this Part, no parish, or any agent thereof, shall charge or collect from the public any toll for the crossing or use of any bridge owned by the parish and crossing a navigable stream.
This Section does not affect or control owning parishes as to toll-bridges not fully paid for as of December 9, 1921, and not yet fully paid for, until the debt on such bridges has been liquidated.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:942. Contracts relating to bridges

RS 48:942 - Contracts relating to bridges
A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no state agency, political subdivision of the state nor any board or commission created pursuant to a local services agreement, without prior approval by the legislature, shall enter into any contract which would have the effect of any of the following with respect to any bridge in the state which is greater than five miles in length:
(1) Providing for the sale, lease as lessor, transfer, or conveyance of title or any interest in such a bridge.
(2) Providing for the transfer of any responsibility for the management, control, or operation of the bridge to any other entity, public or private.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not prohibit a public works contract for repair, expansion, maintenance, cleaning, or any other work relating to the physical structure of the bridge and appurtenances nor any contracts for the collection of public tolls for a state agency or political subdivision or services related to such toll collection.
Acts 2008, No. 313, §1; Acts 2008, No. 691, §§1, 2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:945. Tolls

RS 48:945 - Tolls
As soon as any bridge authorized in this Part is put into operation, the department shall arrange for and supervise the collection of tolls for the use of the bridge. The rate of toll shall be determined by the department. The rates so fixed shall be such as to anticipate the retirement of the bonds issued for the construction of the bridge in not more than twenty years. The toll rates shall be posted in a conspicuous place at each end of the bridge or its approaches and at the places of collecting the tolls.
Commuters' tickets for those making frequent use of a particular bridge may be sold at reduced rates upon such terms and subject to such restrictions as are determined by the department of highways.
The department of highways shall report and pay into the state treasury all of the funds so derived by it from the bridges.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:945.1. Commuter tickets; Louisiana registration as a qualification

RS 48:945.1 - Commuter tickets; Louisiana registration as a qualification
The state, or any political subdivision thereof, which operates a toll bridge may require that in order to qualify for a commuter discount the motor vehicle shall be registered and licensed in Louisiana.
Added by Acts 1993, No. 177, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:946. Toll-keepers

RS 48:946 - Toll-keepers
Toll keepers shall be appointed by the state highway department. They shall execute bond for the faithful performance of their duties and for the due and proper accounting of all monies received by them. These bonds shall be made payable to the state in such amounts and with such surety companies authorized to do business as determined by the state.
Toll keepers shall keep such records and make accounting in settlement at such times and in such manner as the highway department prescribes. They shall make a statistical record showing the number of tolls paid at the bridge or bridges and the department shall keep a record of the source of all tolls.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:947. Tolls and revenues to be kept in separate accounts; use of accounts

RS 48:947 - Tolls and revenues to be kept in separate accounts; use of accounts
All tolls and revenues collected under the provisions of this Part shall be kept by the State Treasurer in separate accounts for each bridge. The tolls and revenues derived from each bridge shall be used exclusively for its maintenance and operation, and the residue for the retirement of its bonds.
However, whenever it is necessary in the opinion of the department of highways to construct more than one bridge and approaches on a through or main highway, bonds may be issued to cover the cost of constructing the bridges and approaches and the tolls and revenues therefrom shall be kept together in one account and used for the maintenance and operation of the bridges and the retirement of the bonds. In such a case, all the bridges shall remain toll bridges until the retirement in full of all the bonds.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:949. Acquisition of property

RS 48:949 - Acquisition of property
The department of highways may acquire by donation, or in its own name, may expropriate any property which is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Part. In expropriation suits, the Attorney General shall act as attorney for the department.
Any judgment rendered or allowance agreed upon by the highway department shall be paid as a part of the expense of building the bridge.
The department may take possession of any such property immediately upon filing petition for its expropriation. Otherwise, the procedure shall be as provided by law for expropriation by the state.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:950. Letting of bridge contracts

RS 48:950 - Letting of bridge contracts
All bridges constructed by the Department of Transportation and Development pursuant to this Part shall be by public contract let to the lowest responsible bidder pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 48:252. All contracts entered into by the Department of Transportation and Development in connection with the building of these bridges shall be in writing and in conformity with the requirements of the department.
Acts 1990, No. 921, §1, eff. July 25, 1990.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:951. Combination railroad and vehicle traffic bridge; lease of right to run tracks, wires, etc. over the bridge

RS 48:951 - Combination railroad and vehicle traffic bridge; lease of right to run tracks, wires, etc. over the bridge
A. The department of highways may, in connection with the erection of any bridge, construct a combination railroad, or street railway and vehicle traffic bridge.
B. The highway department may lease to any person who applies the right or privilege to use the bridge for railroad and for street railway purposes and for the placing and maintaining thereon of transmission cables and wires for telephone, telegraph, and electric power; pipe lines for the transportation of artificial or natural gas or oil; tracks, wires and other equipment for the operation of steam or electric railways; and appliances or equipment for any other purposes. The department shall not grant to any railroad or other public utility company an exclusive lease or franchise for the use of any bridge constructed under the provisions of this Part. Equal rights and privileges shall be granted to all railroads and public utility companies to the use of the bridges, upon complying with the terms and conditions and the rules and regulations of the department. The department shall adopt uniform terms and conditions, rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Sub-section.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:953. Organized runs, walks, marches, or parades on bridges prohibited on weekdays; exceptions

RS 48:953 - Organized runs, walks, marches, or parades on bridges prohibited on weekdays; exceptions
Organized runs, walks, marches, or parades shall be prohibited from crossing the Greater New Orleans Bridges Nos. one and two and the Huey P. Long Bridge in Orleans and Jefferson Parishes on weekdays from midnight Sunday evening until midnight on Friday evening except on any holiday recognized by federal, state, or local government.
Acts 1985, No. 176, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:971. Boy scouts, girl scouts, and camp fire girls to have free passage over toll bridges

RS 48:971 - Boy scouts, girl scouts, and camp fire girls to have free passage over toll bridges
Members of the Boy Scouts of America, of the Girl Scouts of America, and of the Camp Fire Girls when assembled in uniform in a parade or group consisting of not less than fifteen and under the supervision of a scout master or other responsible person, have free and unhampered passage at all times over toll bridges in this state.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:972. Exemption from bridge tolls; certain public vehicles

RS 48:972 - Exemption from bridge tolls; certain public vehicles
Any publicly owned vehicles and any vehicle used in connection with or in furtherance of the mass transportation of the general public which is owned and operated by any person, firm, or corporation engaged in a publicly subsidized transit business or which is owned by a public body, shall have free and unhampered passage at all times over toll bridges which cross any river or stream in this state.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 313, §1, eff. July 13, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:991. Streams dividing parishes, concurrent jurisdiction over ferries

RS 48:991 - Streams dividing parishes, concurrent jurisdiction over ferries
Where streams separate parishes, the parishes between which ferryboats ply thereon have concurrent jurisdiction over the ferry. Complaints for neglect or infractions of the charter are cognizable by the court of either parish in such cases.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:993. Lease of ferries, advertisement for bids

RS 48:993 - Lease of ferries, advertisement for bids
The parish governing authority or municipal corporation having the right to lease any ferry shall advertise for bids in the manner prescribed for judicial advertisement for three weeks, the first advertisement to be made at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the opening of the bids. If the ferry to be leased plies between two different parishes, between a parish and a municipal corporation in another parish, or between municipalities in different parishes, the parish governing authority or the municipal councils, as the case may be, shall jointly advertise for bids for the lease of the ferry franchise in the manner prescribed for judicial advertisement for three weeks in the official journal of the parishes or municipalities, as the case may be.
It is not necessary to advertise the proposed lease or the conditions or obligations thereof in its entirety. The advertisement shall merely notify prospective bidders of the sale of the proposed lease and that the lease will be sold to the highest bidder on such terms and conditions and at such a place as is prescribed or agreed upon by the parish governing authorities or municipal councils, or both, as the cause may be. If the lease of a ferry is to be sold at public auction to the last and highest bidder instead of by sealed bidding, the advertisement shall so state. The advertisement shall notify prospective bidders that a copy of the lease may be obtained free of charge from the secretary of the parish governing authority or the clerk of the municipal council, containing all of the details, conditions, and obligations of the ferry franchise. No ferry shall be leased for a longer period than ten years.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 75, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:994. Unauthorized transportation across streams within certain distance of ferry unlawful; penalty

RS 48:994 - Unauthorized transportation across streams within certain distance of ferry unlawful; penalty
No person, not a lessee of a public ferry shall transport any person for pay or hire across the Mississippi River or any other stream in this state in any craft, within a distance of two miles of a public ferry landing duly established under the resolutions or ordinances of any parish or municipal corporation in this state, except the parish of Orleans.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars for each offense. In default of payment of the fine he shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:995. Unlawful crossing in Orleans

RS 48:995 - Unlawful crossing in Orleans
In the parish of Orleans, whoever unlawfully crosses passengers for hire within the territorial limits exclusively assigned to any ferry under its franchise or charter shall for each offense be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not less than five days nor more than thirty days, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:996. Vessels not to be moored within one hundred yards of ferry routes; penalty

RS 48:996 - Vessels not to be moored within one hundred yards of ferry routes; penalty
No craft or vessel shall be moored, anchored, or stationed in the waters of any navigable stream within one hundred yards of the usual line of passage of any ferry-boat when plying from one of its wharves or landing places to the other. However, this Section does not apply to craft or vessels regularly moored and made fast to the established wharves adjoining the wharves or landing places of ferries.
Any master or owner of a craft or vessel moored, anchored, or stationed in violation of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. In default of payment of the fine, he shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:997. Impeding safe passage of ferries; penalty

RS 48:997 - Impeding safe passage of ferries; penalty
Any person who endangers, impedes, or harasses the safe passage of the chartered ferries across the streams of this state, shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars or imprisoned for not less than five days nor more than thirty days, or both.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 127, §19.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:998. Ferries operated under franchise made separate class for taxation; valuation

RS 48:998 - Ferries operated under franchise made separate class for taxation; valuation
Ferries owned and operated under franchises granted for a specific number of years are a separate class for the purpose of assessment and taxation. These franchises shall be valued by the assessing authorities for state purposes at a sum equal to the price paid for the franchises divided by the number of years for which franchise is granted. This valuation and listing is binding for local purposes upon all subdivisions of the state in which the ferries are operated.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:999. Scouts and camp fire girls cross free

RS 48:999 - Scouts and camp fire girls cross free
Members of the Boy Scouts of America, the Girls Scouts of America, and the Camp Fire Girls, when assembled in uniform in a parade or group consisting of not less than fifteen and under the supervision of a scout master or other responsible person, have free and unhampered passage at all times over all toll ferries in this state.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1000. Ferries; free passage to parish governing authorities

RS 48:1000 - Ferries; free passage to parish governing authorities
A. The free right of passage over any public ferry which moves between two landings located in the same parish and which is leased out or controlled by the state, parish, or municipality for which license is paid or toll exacted shall provide for free passage of all employees of parish governing authorities in official parish governing authority vehicles in their passage to and from work on an official project of the parish governing authority, provided that rules are adopted in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section.
B. The Department of Transportation and Development shall, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules and regulations for the efficient implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this Section.
Acts 1993, No. 345, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1001. St. Francisville ferry; private contract

RS 48:1001 - St. Francisville ferry; private contract
A. The department is authorized to and shall endeavor to enter into a contract with a private entity for the maintenance of the St. Francisville ferry which crosses the Mississippi River between Pointe Coupee Parish and West Feliciana Parish.
B. Any request for bid proposals from competitors interested in contracting for the maintenance of the ferry shall be advertised in accordance with the bid advertisement requirements under the provisions of R.S. 48:252.
C. The secretary shall adopt and promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act for the implementation of this Section which shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Prequalification requirements for competitors.
(2) Public announcement procedures for solicitation of interested competitors.
(3) Scope of service requirements to be met by the successful competitor.
(4) Requirements for bid proposals submitted by competitors.
(5) Selection and process of an award by the chief engineer and execution of the contract by the secretary.
(6) The length of the initial contract and renewals of such contract.
D. The maintenance of the ferry shall be in compliance with safety standards prescribed by the department.
E. No contract for maintenance of the ferry shall be entered into unless the private contractor demonstrates that it has the qualifications, experience, financial strength, and personnel necessary to carry out the terms of the contract.
F. Any measure increasing the toll imposed by the provisions of this Section shall require the enactment of a law by a two-thirds vote of the elected members of each house of the legislature.
Acts 1999, No. 844, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1002. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ferry; closure; authorization for transfer or compensation to residents

RS 48:1002 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ferry; closure; authorization for transfer or compensation to residents
A. Effective July 1, 2008, no state funds shall be appropriated for operation and maintenance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ferry serving Monkey Island in Cameron Parish.
B.(1) The state, through the Department of Transportation and Development, hereinafter the "department", is authorized to transfer, donate, assign, and deliver title to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ferry, without compensation, to the Cameron Parish governing authority. The secretary of the department may execute such documents necessary to properly effectuate such transaction, regardless of monetary consideration.
(2) Prior to any transfer of the ferry, the department and the Cameron Parish governing authority shall agree in writing that such transfer is conditioned upon agreement by the Cameron Parish governing authority to assume ownership and all maintenance and operational expenses of the ferry, and to continue to operate the ferry for the benefit of the residents of Monkey Island, Cameron Parish, and the state, for the lesser of three years or until such time as a bridge or alternate means of transportation across the old Calcasieu River channel is built and operational.
C. If, as of December 30, 2000, a transfer of the ferry has not occurred, then the state, through the department, may offer residents of Monkey Island adequate and just compensation for their land.
Acts 1999, No. 1075, §1; Acts 2001, No. 414, §1; Acts 2003, No. 469, §1; Acts 2004, No. 13, §1; Acts 2004, No. 597, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1091. Definitions

RS 48:1091 - Definitions
Section 1. 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:
(1) The term "Authority" shall mean any Bridge and Ferry Authority created pursuant to this Part.
(2) The term "bonds" shall mean and include the notes, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness or obligations which the authority is authorized to issue pursuant to the provisions contained in this Part.
(3) The term "construction" shall mean and include both acquisition and construction, and the term "to construct" shall mean and include "to acquire" and "to construct".
(4) The term "federal agency" shall mean and include the United States of America, the President of the United States of America, and any department of or corporation, agency or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated or established by the United States of America.
(5) "State agency" shall mean the state of Louisiana and any department of or corporation, agency, political subdivision or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated or established by the state of Louisiana.
(6) The term "improvement" shall mean and include extension, enlargement and improvement, and the term "to improve" shall mean and include "to extend, enlarge and to improve", all in such manner as may be deemed desirable.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1091.1. Statement of fiscal policy

RS 48:1091.1 - Statement of fiscal policy
A. The legislature finds that in instances of public need and necessity, bridge and ferry authorities should be created and authorized to borrow money, make and issue negotiable notes, bonds, refund bonds, and incur other indebtednesses or obligations, and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with any federal agency or state agency, pledge and assign their rights under any contracts, leases, or other transactions to secure the payment of bonds or other obligations incurred.
B. No bridge or ferry authority shall be created under the provisions of this Part without prior approval thereof by adoption or enactment of a legislative instrument by the legislature.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 627, §1, eff. July 20, 1977.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1092.1. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 866, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.

RS 48:1092.1 - Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 866, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1095. Contesting bond issue

RS 48:1095 - Contesting bond issue
For a period of sixty days from the date of the adoption by the authority of a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder, any persons in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of the resolution and the legality of the bond issue or the indenture authorized by any such resolution for any cause; after which time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the legality of said resolution or indenture or of the bonds authorized thereby for any cause whatsoever. If no suit, action or proceeding is begun contesting the validity of the bond issue within the sixty days herein prescribed, the authority to issue the bonds, the legality thereof and of all the provisions of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds and of any indenture executed to secure the payment thereof, shall be conclusively presumed, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters.
Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law merchant and the negotiable instruments law of the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §5.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1098. Interest in contracts

RS 48:1098 - Interest in contracts
No member of the authority or officer or employee thereof shall, either directly or indirectly, be a party to or in any manner interested in any contract or agreement with the authority for any matter, cause or thing whatsoever by reason whereof any liability or indebtedness shall in any way be created against the authority. If any contract or agreement shall be made in violation of the provisions of this Section, the same shall be null and void, and no action shall be maintained thereon against such authority.
Nothing in this Part shall be construed to limit the power of the authority to construct, repair or improve any bridge or ferry or portion thereof, or any addition, betterment or extension thereto, directly by the officers, agents and employees of the authority, or by contract; nor shall this section apply to contracts for legal, engineering, auditing, accounting or other professional services.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1099. Tax exemption

RS 48:1099 - Tax exemption
The exercise of the power granted by this Part 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 bridges and ferries by the authority will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the authority shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any bridge or ferry or any property acquired or used by the authority under the provisions of this Part, or upon the income therefrom, and any bridge or ferry or other property acquired or used by the authority under the provisions of this Part and the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under the provisions of this Part and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation by the state of Louisiana and by any parish, municipality or political subdivision of the state.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §9.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Roads, Bridges and Ferries › §48:1100. Bonds as legal investment

RS 48:1100 - Bonds as legal investment
Savings banks, insurance companies, homestead associations, tutors, curators, trustees and other fiduciaries may invest the funds in their hands in the bonds issued by the authority, and the bonds shall constitute legal investment for such funds. The authority shall not be liable to beneficiaries, minors, wards or interdicted persons for moneys paid to their trustees, tutors or curators on account of such bonds. Said bonds may be used for deposit with any officer, board, municipality or other political subdivision of the state in any case where, by present or future laws, deposit or security is required.
Acts 1958, No. 526, §10.