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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:181. Chauffeur's or driver's license, and "for hire" license plates required

RS 45:181 - Chauffeur's or driver's license, and "for hire" license plates required
No person shall engage in the business of transporting persons for hire, charge, or compensation over the highways of this state, whether as a common carrier or contract carrier, or as a transportation agency, or to operate as a travel bureau, or to obtain a co-traveler or co-travelers to share the expense of the trip proportionately or otherwise, or to act as an intermediary in connection with the sharing of expense of a trip or trips with a co-traveler or co-travelers unless the person, operator, driver, or chauffeur in charge of the motor vehicle shall have obtained the appropriate driver's license, and unless the motor vehicle so used is equipped with "for hire" license plates to carry passengers for hire.
Acts 1995, No. 301, §2, eff. June 15, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:182. Duty to determine whether license laws complied with

RS 45:182 - Duty to determine whether license laws complied with
All persons before entering into a contract with the owner, driver or chauffeur of a motor vehicle, whereby the expenses of the trip or trips is to be shared by the co-traveler or co-travelers, shall make a thorough examination of the public records as to whether or not the owner, chauffeur or operator of the motor vehicle has complied with R.S. 45:181.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:183. Penalties; license requirement

RS 45:183 - Penalties; license requirement
Whoever violates R.S. 45:181 or 45:182 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:185. Operators' certificates

RS 45:185 - Operators' certificates
Operators of service cars must procure from the police jury of the parish in which they reside, certificates as to their ability and skill to operate service cars, and also show their physical fitness and proper eyesight and hearing by a sworn certificate of a reputable physician, which certificates shall accompany the application for permit.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:186. Issuance of permit or certificate

RS 45:186 - Issuance of permit or certificate
When any applicant for a service car permit has complied with the provisions of R.S. 45:184 through 45:191, the clerk of the governing authority of the parish in which he resides, shall issue to him a permit or certificate which will be his authority to operate a service car.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:187. Number of passengers

RS 45:187 - Number of passengers
No owner or operator of any service car designed for five adult persons shall carry more than four adult passengers besides the operator. No owner or operator of any service car designed for seven adult persons shall carry more than six adult passengers besides the operator. In no case shall any service car carry more passengers than the car is designed to seat comfortably.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:188. Indemnity bond; service cars

RS 45:188 - Indemnity bond; service cars
No owner shall operate a service car without first having procured an indemnity bond with good and solvent surety residing in the parish where the service car owner resides, or with a surety company licensed to do business in this state, with the obligation running in favor of any person who may be injured in person or property by the negligence of the operator of the service car. The amount of such surety bond required of the owner of service cars shall not be less than two thousand dollars and an additional sum of five hundred dollars for each passenger over four in number, but in no case shall a bond of more than five thousand dollars be required. The calculation of the amount of the bond shall be based upon the carrying capacity of the service car as shown by the sworn application for license filed with the clerk of the police jury. The bond shall be drawn in favor of the clerk of the court but shall inure to the benefit of anyone in interest who shall have a right of action in his own name. The bond shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of mortgages.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:189. Speedometer required; unlawful speed prima facie evidence of negligence

RS 45:189 - Speedometer required; unlawful speed prima facie evidence of negligence
Every service car shall be supplied and equipped with a speedometer in open view and when any service car is being driven at an unlawful speed, and an accident or a mishap occurs which results in the death of, or injury to, any passenger, such unlawful speed shall be prima facie evidence that the accident or mishap was occasioned by, or resulted through, the negligence of the operator of the service car.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:190. "Service car" to be displayed on windshield

RS 45:190 - "Service car" to be displayed on windshield
The words "service car" shall be displayed on the windshield in plain view on all motor-driven vehicles coming under the provisions of R.S. 45:184 through 45:191.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:192. Imitating another carrier's name, etc.; prima facie evidence of violation; penalty

RS 45:192 - Imitating another carrier's name, etc.; prima facie evidence of violation; penalty
No person doing business in this state and engaged in the taxicab or livery business or in the operation of automobiles or motor buses for hire or the transportation of passengers for fee, shall represent himself as being an employee, agent, representative or member of another duly incorporated or recognized taxicab firm or corporation engaged in such business other than his own individual company or firm, by imitating the name, color, design or insignia of the taxicabs, buses or automobiles of another duly incorporated company either in general appearance or in any part thereof or in the dress, uniform and insignia of any of its employees, agents or representatives or in any part thereof. The soliciting, receiving or the accepting of passengers while so imitating such other company shall be prima facie evidence of violation.
Whoever violates the provision of this Section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:197. Taxicab drivers to show charges on meter; penalty

RS 45:197 - Taxicab drivers to show charges on meter; penalty
No driver or chauffeur of a taxicab or automobile or other motor propelled vehicle for hire, while in service, shall operate the vehicle, if provided with a meter, without properly pulling the flag attached to the meter or other necessary part of the meter in order to show constantly, to the passenger or his employers the exact charges on the meter as they increase.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than six months, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.1. Findings and declaration of policy

RS 45:200.1 - Findings and declaration of policy
The legislature of Louisiana, in the exercise of its police power, hereby finds and declares that the operation of public carrier vehicles (as herein defined) within this state is a business affected with the public interest; that there has been within this state a marked increase in the number of such vehicles, and use thereof, with a consequent increase in hazards to the general public; that such vehicles regularly operate across municipal and parish boundaries; that the public in general, and the users of such vehicles in particular, are not adequately protected against risks resulting from the operation of such vehicles; that uniform remedial legislation is required to correct and eliminate the conditions adversely affecting the public interest, to insure as far as practicable that the public will receive the benefits of more responsible operation of such vehicles; that the health, safety, morals and welfare of the public make it imperative that effective, uniform, reasonable and just supervision, regulation and control be exercised over the operation of such vehicles to ensure their responsibility in order that the paramount interest of the public be protected and conserved, that irresponsible operation of such vehicles detrimental to the public interest be prevented, and that this remedial legislation should be construed liberally and enforced strictly in favor of the public; and that penalties for violations should be prescribed.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.2. Definitions

RS 45:200.2 - Definitions
The following words, when used in R.S. 45:200.1 through 45:200.15 have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section except when a different meaning is expressly stated or clearly indicated by the context.
(1) "Certificate" means a formal printed or written certificate of public necessity and convenience issued to an owner of a public carrier vehicle by municipal or parochial authority, evidencing consent of such authority to operation of such vehicle.
(2) "Public carrier vehicle" means and includes any motor vehicle, having a normal seating capacity of less than ten passengers, used for the transportation of passengers for hire over any streets by a route or to a destination controlled by the passenger. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to include carriers by motor vehicle subject to the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Public Service Commission under R.S. 45:161 et seq., or engaged solely in interstate commerce.
(3) "Person" means and includes any individual, corporation, association, and their lessees, assigns, trustees or receivers.
(4) "Street" means and includes any street, avenue, road, park, parkway, highway or other public place in the state of Louisiana, including all municipalities and parishes thereof.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.3. Necessity of municipal or parochial consent for operation of public carrier vehicles

RS 45:200.3 - Necessity of municipal or parochial consent for operation of public carrier vehicles
No public carrier vehicle shall be operated upon any street in any municipality or parish until the owner thereof shall have applied for, and shall have received, from the municipality or parish, a certificate issued by the duly designated authority thereof. No such certificate as a public carrier vehicle shall be issued to an owner to operate any vehicle with a reconstructed title as provided in R.S. 32:707 or an equivalent title issued pursuant to the laws of another state.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1; Acts 2012, No. 566, §2, eff. Oct. 15, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.4. Insurance of each public carrier vehicle

RS 45:200.4 - Insurance of each public carrier vehicle
No such certificate shall be issued until the owner of the public carrier vehicle shall first have filed with the duly designated authority of the municipality or parish in which such operation is permitted, a policy of liability insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in this state. The insurance policy shall provide for payment of a sum not less than twenty-five thousand dollars to satisfy all claims for damages by reason of bodily injury to, or death of, any one person resulting from any one accident, and, subject to the limit for one person, for payment of a sum not less than fifty thousand dollars to satisfy all claims for damages by reason of bodily injury to, or death of, two or more persons, resulting from any one accident, and for payment of a sum not less than twenty-five thousand dollars to satisfy all claims for damage to property resulting from any one accident, by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of such vehicle upon any street.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1; Acts 2010, No. 895, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.5. Blanket insurance policy

RS 45:200.5 - Blanket insurance policy
If such owner operates more than one public carrier vehicle, he may file with the duly designated authority of the municipality or parish, in lieu of the policy required by R.S. 45:200.4, a policy or policies of liability insurance issued by a company or companies authorized to do business in this state, insuring payment of claims for each public carrier vehicle operated by such owner in the amounts provided in R.S. 45:200.4.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.6. Self-insurance

RS 45:200.6 - Self-insurance
In lieu of the insurance coverage required under R.S. 45:200.4, or permitted under R.S. 45:200.5, the owner of one or more public carrier vehicles may act as self-insurer, provided that he shall have filed, and shall refile annually, with the duly designated authority of the municipality or parish, a financial statement certified by a certified public accountant showing an unencumbered net worth of such owner in excess of one hundred thousand dollars in current assets within the state of Louisiana; and shall also have filed with such authority a policy or policies of liability insurance issued by one or more underwriters or insurance companies amenable to suit in Louisiana, insuring payment of claims for each public carrier vehicle operated by such owner, in the amounts fixed in R.S. 45:200.4 in excess of a maximum of fifteen thousand dollars for personal injury to, or death of, any one person, resulting from any one accident, and, subject to such limit for one person, a maximum of thirty thousand dollars for personal injury to, or death of, two or more persons, resulting from any one accident. The certificate or certificates of such owner shall be effective, and operation thereunder shall be permitted, only so long as the insurance shall remain in force as herein provided.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.7. Effectiveness of certificate

RS 45:200.7 - Effectiveness of certificate
The certificate for any public carrier vehicle or vehicles of an owner thereof shall be effective, and operation shall be permitted thereunder, only so long as the insurance required under R.S. 45:200.4, or permitted under R.S. 45:200.5, as to such vehicle or vehicles shall remain in force as therein provided, or the statement of financial responsibility required under R.S. 45:200.6 shall be filed currently each year and the insurance required under said Section shall remain in force with regard thereto.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.8. Appointment of secretary of state as agent to receive service of process

RS 45:200.8 - Appointment of secretary of state as agent to receive service of process
A. The acceptance by an owner of a public carrier vehicle or vehicles, of a certificate issued by the duly designated authority of a municipality or parish, shall be deemed appointment, by such owner, of the secretary of state of Louisiana, to be his true and lawful attorney for service of process, upon whom may be served all lawful process, whether issued out of a court or by other lawful authority, in any action or proceeding involving such owner by reason of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of such vehicle or vehicles upon any street; and acceptance of such certificate shall constitute agreement by such owner that any such process against him so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally.
B. When any process or pleadings are served upon the secretary of state, it shall be by duplicate copies, one of which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and the other immediately forwarded by the secretary of state by registered or certified mail or by commercial courier as defined in R.S. 13:3204(D), when the person to be served is located outside of this state to the address shown on such certificate of such owner against whom the process and pleadings are directed. The secretary of state shall note on the copy retained the date, the manner and other particulars of service, and disposition of the forwarded copy.
C. To facilitate service of process on such owners, the duly designated authority of each municipality and parish shall make and deliver in January of each year to the secretary of state, printed or typed certified lists giving in alphabetical order, the full names and addresses of all owners of public carrier vehicles holding valid certificates issued by said authority.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1; Acts 1999, No. 395, §5; Acts 2012, No. 544, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.9. Certificate of compliance; contents; filing and posting

RS 45:200.9 - Certificate of compliance; contents; filing and posting
Upon filing, by the owner of a public carrier vehicle or vehicles, of the required financial statement or insurance policy, the duly designated authority of the municipality or parish shall issue a certificate for each such vehicle. This certificate shall show that the owner of such vehicle has complied with the requirements of this section, and shall recite the full name of the owner of the vehicle and of the insurer together with the number and date of expiration of the policy, a description of the vehicle insured thereunder, and the number thereof. The original certificate shall be posted conspicuously within the vehicle. The issuing officer shall retain and preserve a duplicate of the certificate.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.10. Operation in more than one municipality or parish, filing of insurance policy, statement and copies of certificate

RS 45:200.10 - Operation in more than one municipality or parish, filing of insurance policy, statement and copies of certificate
When a public carrier vehicle operates in more than one municipality or parish, the insurance policy required by R.S. 45:200.4, or permitted under R.S. 45:200.5 and 45:200.6, together with the statement of financial responsibility required under R.S. 45:200.6, shall be filed with the duly designated authority of the municipality or parish in which the owner has his principal place of business, who shall issue copies of the certificate, which shall be filed by the owner with the duly designated authority of every other municipality or parish in which said vehicle is operated.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.11. Other automobile laws applicable

RS 45:200.11 - Other automobile laws applicable
Nothing in R.S. 45:200.1-45:200.15 shall exempt any person owning or operating any public carrier vehicle from complying with all applicable laws and municipal and parochial ordinances relating to the ownership, registration and operation of automobiles in this state.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.12. Name of owner and number of certificate to be painted on vehicle

RS 45:200.12 - Name of owner and number of certificate to be painted on vehicle
The full name of the owner of each public carrier vehicle operated as a taxicab, and the number of the vehicle's certificate, shall be painted conspicuously on each side of the vehicle in letters and figures at least two inches high.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.13. Effect on certificates previously issued; new certificates required

RS 45:200.13 - Effect on certificates previously issued; new certificates required
Certificates of public necessity and convenience heretofore issued by municipalities or parishes and now validly outstanding are hereby recognized as valid hereunder for a period not to exceed sixty days from the effective date of R.S. 45:200.1-45:200.15, and each such certificate shall become null and void and deemed revoked at the end of said period.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.14. Enforcement

RS 45:200.14 - Enforcement
The provisions of R.S. 45:200.1-45:200.15 may be enforced by appropriate civil remedy in any court of competent jurisdiction by governmental authority or by any person having an interest affected, directly or indirectly, by any violation thereof.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.15. Violations

RS 45:200.15 - Violations
A. Any person who shall operate a public carrier vehicle upon any street without complying with, or in violation of, any provision of R.S. 45:200.1-45:200.14 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than one year, or both.
B. Conviction hereunder shall, if so ordered, carry with it cancellation of the certificate or certificates involved, permanently or for a fixed period, as the court shall direct. No such certificate shall be re-issued in favor of the person in whose name it stood when cancelled permanently, as herein provided, except by authority of a judge of the court which ordered its cancellation.
C. Violation by a partnership, corporation or association shall be presumptive evidence of such violation by all partners, officers and directors thereof, and any such partner, officer or director who knowingly, or without exercise of due and reasonable care and inquiry, consented to, permitted or approved, directly or indirectly, such violation, in whole or in part, shall be subject to the penalties hereinabove provided.
Added by Acts 1962, No. 404, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:200.16. Construction

RS 45:200.16 - Construction
The Legislature hereby declares that R.S. 45:200.1 through 45:200.15 is remedial in nature and shall be construed liberally in favor of the public in general, and the users of public carrier vehicles in particular, and to exact strict compliance by the owners and operators of public carrier vehicles with the requirements of R.S. 45:200.1-45:200.14.
Acts 1962, No. 404, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.2. Findings and declaration of policy

RS 45:201.2 - Findings and declaration of policy
The Legislature of Louisiana, in the exercise of its police power, hereby finds and declares that the activities of transportation network companies and their participating drivers within this state is a business affected with the public interest; that there has been within this state a marked increase in transportation network company services with a consequent increase in hazards to the general public; that transportation network companies and their participating drivers regularly operate across municipal and parish boundaries; that the public in general, and the users of transportation network company services in particular, are not adequately protected against risks resulting from the provision of transportation network company services; that uniform remedial legislation is required to correct and eliminate the conditions adversely affecting the public interest, to insure as far as practicable that the public will receive the benefits of more responsible provision of transportation network company services; that the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public make it imperative that effective, uniform, reasonable and just supervision, regulation and control be exercised over the operation of transportation network companies and their participating drivers to ensure their responsibility in order that the paramount interest of the public be protected and conserved, that irresponsible provision of transportation network company services detrimental to the public interest be prevented, and that this remedial legislation should be construed liberally and enforced strictly in favor of the public; and that penalties for violations should be prescribed.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.3. Applicability

RS 45:201.3 - Applicability
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title to the contrary, this Part shall apply to transportation network companies and their participating drivers as defined in R.S. 45:201.4.
B. The provisions of this Part shall not apply to any person or vehicle subject to the provisions of Part B of this Chapter.
C. Nothing herein shall be construed to include carriers by motor vehicle subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission under the provisions of Part A of this Chapter or engaged solely in interstate commerce.
D. Nothing in R.S. 45:201.3 through 201.9 shall exempt any transportation network company or participating driver from complying with all applicable laws and municipal and parochial ordinances relating to the ownership, registration, and operation of automobiles in this state.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.4. Definitions

RS 45:201.4 - Definitions
The following terms, as used in this Part, have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section except when a different meaning is expressly stated or clearly indicated by the context:
(1) "Bodily injury" means claims for general and special damages for personal injury arising under Civil Code Article 2315.
(2) "Digital network" means any online-enabled application, software, website or system offered or utilized by a transportation network company that enables the prearrangement of rides with transportation network company drivers.
(3) "Personal vehicle" means a vehicle that is used by a transportation network company driver and is owned, leased, or otherwise authorized for use by the transportation network company driver. A personal vehicle is not a vehicle subject to Parts A and B of this Chapter or engaged solely in interstate commerce.
(4) "Prearranged ride" means the provision of transportation by a driver to a rider that commences when a driver accepts a ride requested by a person through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company, continues during the driver transporting a requesting rider, and ends when the last requesting rider departs from the personal vehicle. A prearranged ride does not include shared expense van pool services, as defined pursuant to R.S. 45:162(18), or shared expense car pool services, as defined pursuant to R.S. 45:162(1), transportation provided using a vehicle subject to Part A or B of this Chapter or engaged solely in interstate commerce.
(5) "Pre-trip acceptance period" means any period of time during which a driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network and is available to receive transportation requests but is not engaged in a prearranged ride as defined in Paragraph (4) of this Section.
(6) "Transportation network company" means a person, whether natural or juridical, that uses a digital network to connect transportation network company riders to transportation network company drivers who provide prearranged rides, or a person, whether natural or juridical, that provides a technology platform to a transportation network company rider that enables the transportation network company rider to schedule a prearranged ride.
(7) "Transportation network company driver" or "driver" means a person who receives connections to potential passengers and related services from a transportation network company in exchange for payment of a fee to the transportation network company, and who uses a personal vehicle to offer or provide a prearranged ride to persons upon connection through a digital network controlled by a transportation network company in return for compensation or payment of a fee.
(8) "Transportation network company rider" or "rider" means a person who uses a transportation network company’s digital network to connect with a transportation network driver who provides prearranged rides to the rider in the driver's personal vehicle between points chosen by the rider.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.5. Agreements; mandatory disclosures; prohibited provision; choice of law and forum

RS 45:201.5 - Agreements; mandatory disclosures; prohibited provision; choice of law and forum
A. The transportation network company shall disclose the following in writing to each transportation network company driver before he is initially allowed to accept a request for a prearranged ride on the transportation network company's digital network:
(1) The insurance coverage, including the types of coverage and the limits for each coverage provided and any liability coverages rejected, which the transportation network company provides while the transportation network company driver uses a personal vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's digital network.
(2) That the transportation network company driver's own automobile insurance policy may or may not provide any coverage while the driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network during the pre-trip acceptance period or is engaged in a prearranged ride, depending on its terms.
B. To the extent that any agreement between a transportation network company and a driver or rider, or between a driver and a rider addresses liability, any provision that, in advance, excludes or limits the liability of one party for causing bodily injury to the other party is null.
C. Jurisdiction for any bodily injury or property damage claims resulting from the negligence or fault of a transportation network driver during a prearranged ride, or the offer or acceptance thereof, shall be exclusively conducted in a court of competent jurisdiction in the state of Louisiana, with all choice of law conflicts resolved in accordance with Louisiana law with respect to bodily injury or property damage claims. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any transportation network company, transportation network company driver, and transportation network company rider from agreeing, by contract, to submit any contractual or other disputes to arbitration.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; Acts 2021, No. 300, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.7. Automobile insurance provisions

RS 45:201.7 - Automobile insurance provisions
A.(1) Insurers that write automobile insurance in this state may exclude any or all coverage afforded under the policy issued to an owner or operator of a personal vehicle for any loss or injury that occurs while a driver is logged on to a transportation network company's digital network during the pre-trip acceptance period or while a driver is engaged in a prearranged ride. This right to exclude coverage shall apply to any or all coverage in an automobile insurance policy including but not limited to:
(a) Liability coverage for bodily injury.
(b) Liability coverage for property damage.
(c) Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.
(d) Medical payments coverage.
(e) Comprehensive physical damage coverage.
(f) Collision physical damage coverage.
(2) The exclusions permitted in this Subsection shall apply notwithstanding any requirement under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law, R.S. 32:851 et seq. or other laws. Nothing in this Section implies or requires that a personal automobile insurance policy provide coverage while the driver is logged on to the transportation network company's digital network during the pre-trip acceptance period, while the driver is engaged in a prearranged ride, or while the driver otherwise uses a vehicle to transport passengers for compensation.
(3) Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to preclude an insurer from providing coverage for the transportation network company driver's vehicle, if it chooses to do so by contract or endorsement.
B.(1) Automobile insurers that exclude the coverage described in R.S. 45:201.6 shall have no duty to defend or indemnify any claim expressly excluded thereunder. Nothing in this Part shall be deemed to invalidate or limit an exclusion contained in a policy including any policy in use or approved for use in this state prior to the effective date of this Part that excludes coverage for vehicles used to carry persons or property for a charge or available for hire by the public.
(2) An automobile insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim against a driver that is excluded under the terms of its policy shall have a right of contribution against other insurers that provide automobile insurance to the same driver in satisfaction of the coverage requirements of R.S. 45:201.6 at the time of loss.
C. If a transportation network company's insurer makes a payment for a claim covered under comprehensive coverage or collision coverage, the transportation network company shall cause its insurer to issue the payment directly to the repair facility or jointly to the owner of the vehicle and the primary holder of any security interest, privilege, or lien on the covered vehicle. No fine shall result for a violation of this Subsection.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.8. Cooperation with investigation

RS 45:201.8 - Cooperation with investigation
In a claims coverage investigation, within ten business days of a request for information, a transportation network company and any insurer potentially providing coverage under R.S. 45:201.6 shall cooperate to facilitate the exchange of relevant information with directly involved parties and any insurer of the transportation network company driver if applicable, including the precise times that a transportation network company driver logged on and off the transportation network company's digital network in the twelve-hour period immediately preceding and in the twelve-hour period immediately following the accident and disclose to one another a clear description of the coverage, exclusions, and limits provided under any automobile insurance maintained under R.S. 45:201.6.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.9. Proof of insurance

RS 45:201.9 - Proof of insurance
A transportation network company driver shall carry written or digital proof of coverage satisfying R.S. 45:201.6 with him at all times during his use of a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's digital network. In the event of an accident, a transportation network company driver shall provide this insurance coverage information to the directly interested parties, automobile insurers, and investigating police officers, upon request pursuant to R.S. 32:863.1. Upon such request, a transportation network company driver shall also disclose to directly interested parties, automobile insurers, and investigating police officers, whether he was logged on to the transportation network company's digital network or on a prearranged ride at the time of an accident.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.10. Enforcement

RS 45:201.10 - Enforcement
The provisions of R.S. 45:201.5 through 201.9 may be enforced by appropriate civil remedy in any court of competent jurisdiction by any governmental authority.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.11. Violations

RS 45:201.11 - Violations
Any person who shall operate a vehicle upon any street in violation of R.S. 45:201.6 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than sixty days nor more than one year, or both.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.12. Construction

RS 45:201.12 - Construction
The legislature hereby declares that R.S. 45:201.3 through 201.9 are remedial in nature and shall be construed liberally in favor of the public in general, and the users of transportation network company services in particular, and to exact strict compliance by transportation network companies and their participating drivers with the requirements of R.S. 45:201.5 through 201.9.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:201.13. Appointment of secretary of state as agent to receive service of process

RS 45:201.13 - Appointment of secretary of state as agent to receive service of process
A. The acceptance by a transportation network company of participating drivers or customers in this state, shall be deemed an appointment, by the transportation network company, of the Louisiana Secretary of State, to be its true and lawful attorney for service of process, upon whom may be served all lawful process, whether issued out of a court or by other lawful authority, in any action or proceeding involving the transportation network company by reason of the transportation network company services it provides in this state; and acceptance of participating drivers or customers shall constitute agreement by the transportation network company that any service of process served against it shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on it personally.
B. When any process or pleadings are served upon the secretary of state, it shall be by duplicate copies, one of which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and the other immediately forwarded by the secretary of state by registered or certified mail or by commercial courier as defined in R.S. 13:3204(D), when the person to be served is located outside of this state to the address shown on such process or pleadings of the person to whom the process and pleadings are directed. The secretary of state shall note on the copy retained by him the date, the manner and other particulars of service, and disposition of the forwarded copy.
Acts 2015, No. 266, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:251. Common carrier, petroleum, pipe line defined

RS 45:251 - Common carrier, petroleum, pipe line defined
As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Common carrier" includes all persons engaged in the transportation of petroleum as public utilities and common carriers for hire; or which on proper showing may be legally held a common carrier from the nature of the business conducted, or from the manner in which such business is carried on.
(2) "Petroleum" means crude petroleum, crude petroleum products, distillate, condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, any hydrocarbon in a liquid state, any product in a liquid state which is derived in whole or in part from any hydrocarbon, and any mixture or mixtures thereof; provided, however, that such term shall not include methanol synthetically produced from coal, lignite, or petroleum coke.
(3) "Pipe line" includes the real estate, rights of way, pipe in line, telephone and telegraph lines or other communication systems, tank facilities as herein designated, and necessary for the proper conduct of its business as a common carrier, all fixtures, equipment and personal property of every kind owned, controlled, operated, used or managed, in connection with, or to facilitate the transportation, distribution and delivery of petroleum through lines constructed of pipe.
Amended by Acts 1964, No. 28, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 6, §1; Acts 1980, No. 109, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:252. Pipe lines declared common carriers; control by public service commission

RS 45:252 - Pipe lines declared common carriers; control by public service commission
All pipe lines through which petroleum is conveyed from one point in this state to another point in the state are declared to be common carriers as defined in R.S. 45:251 and are placed under the control of and subject to regulation by the Louisiana Public Service Commission.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:254. Expropriation; telegraph and telephone lines; utilizing streams, highways, etc.

RS 45:254 - Expropriation; telegraph and telephone lines; utilizing streams, highways, etc.
All persons included in the definition of common carrier pipe lines as set forth in R.S. 45:251 have the right of expropriation with authority to expropriate private property under the state expropriation laws for use in its common carrier pipe line business, and have the right to lay, maintain and operate pipe lines, together with telegraph and telephone lines necessary and incident to the operation of these pipe lines, over private property thus expropriated, and have the further right to lay, maintain and operate pipe lines along, across, over and under any navigable stream or public highway, street, bridge or other public place, and also have the authority, under the right of expropriation herein conferred, to cross railroads, street railways, and other common carrier pipe lines by expropriating property necessary for the crossing under the expropriation laws of this state. The right to run along, across, over or under any public road, bridge or highway, as before provided for, may be exercised only upon condition that the traffic thereon is not interfered with, and that such road or highway is promptly restored to its former condition of usefulness, at the expense of the pipe line owner, the restoration to be subject also to the supervision and approval of the proper local authorities, and, provided, that in the exercise of the privilege herein conferred, owners or operators of these pipe lines shall compensate the parish, municipality or road district, respectively, for any damage done to such public road, in the laying of pipe lines, telegraph or telephone lines, along, under, over or across the same. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to grant any pipe line company the right to use any public street or alley of any incorporated city, town or village, except by express permission from the city or other governing authority.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:255. Regulations of commission; petition, notice and hearing; reparations

RS 45:255 - Regulations of commission; petition, notice and hearing; reparations
The Louisiana Public Service Commission shall establish and enforce reasonable rates and regulations for gathering, transporting, loading and delivering petroleum, by any common carrier as defined in R.S. 45:251, and for the furnishing and use of reasonable tank facilities necessary and incident to such transportation and that may be necessary, in its capacity as a common carrier only, to take care, for a reasonable time, of all petroleum transported by it, and to prescribe and enforce regulations for control of these common carriers in respect to their pipe lines and receiving, tanking, delivering, transferring and loading facilities. It shall exercise this power upon petition by any person showing a substantial interest in the subject. No order requiring the furnishing of such facilities or establishing or prescribing rates, rules and regulations shall be made, except after hearing after at least ten days and not more than thirty days notice to the person owning, controlling, managing or operating the pipe lines affected. If any rate shall be filed by any pipe line and a complaint or petition to reduce the rate is filed by any shipper or owner of petroleum, and such complaint is sustained in whole or in part, all owners and shippers of petroleum, who shall have paid rates so filed by the pipe line have the right to reparation or reimbursement of all excess in transportation charges above the proper rate as finally determined, on all shipments made within six months prior to the date of the filing of the complaint.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:256. Connections with other carriers; facilities for receipt and delivery of petroleum; duty to receive

RS 45:256 - Connections with other carriers; facilities for receipt and delivery of petroleum; duty to receive
Every common carrier as defined in R.S. 45:251 shall exchange petroleum tonnage with each like common carrier and shall furnish reasonable connections and facilities for the interchange of this tonnage, subject to such reasonable rates and regulations as may be fixed by the commission. And any such common carrier under like rules and regulations shall be required to install and maintain reasonable facilities for the receipt and delivery of petroleum at such points along its lines as may be reasonably necessary for the proper conduct of its business as a common carrier.
No carrier shall be required to receive or transport any petroleum, except such as may be marketable as defined under reasonable rules and regulations to be established by the commission which is required to make reasonable rules for the ascertainment of the amount of water and other foreign matter in oils tendered for transportation and for deduction therefor and for the amount of deduction, if any, to be made for temperature, leakage, seepage, and evaporation; provided that the recital herein of particular powers on the part of the commission shall not be construed to limit the general powers conferred by this Chapter.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 45 - Public Utilities and Carriers › §45:257. Finality of commission's decision; injunction

RS 45:257 - Finality of commission's decision; injunction
Every order, decision, rule, rate and regulation of the commission adopted under this Chapter shall go into effect at such time as may be fixed by the commission and shall remain in effect and be complied with, unless and until set aside by the commission or by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in a suit to set aside and annul the same. But nothing contained in this Section shall deny to any court of competent jurisdiction the right to suspend such order, decision, rule, rate or regulation by injunction or otherwise, upon bond in amount and condition as may be fixed by the court; provided that in the event such order or injunction is set aside by final judgment, any parties showing interest and injury may sue and recover on the bond.