Court Opinion

ID: 9456715
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:00:57.459047+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:05.173056
License: Public Domain

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM:
We expressly note the argument of Dixie Electric Membership Corporation, advanced on both the original appeal and the petition for rehearing, that regardless of the provisions of the East Baton Rouge Parish franchise, it had a statewide franchise under the provisions of the Louisiana State statute, L.R.S. 12:403(11). Again, we decline to accept this argument. The necessity for the rejection is to be found in the reading of the statute itself:
“(11) Construct, maintain and operate electric transmission and distribution lines along, upon, under and across all public thoroughfares, including without limitation, all roads, highways, streets, alleys, bridges and causeways, and upon, under and across all *823publicly owned lands, subject, however to the requirements in respect to the use of such thoroughfares and lands that are imposed by law; and, provided, that such construction and operation shall not interfere with the use and occupancy thereof, by other public utilities
The petition for rehearing is denied.