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A.  Any section of the roads designated in this Part as a Louisiana Byway, which is adjacent to land zoned commercial or industrial or upon which is located one or more permanent structures at which commercial or industrial activity is conducted, shall be excluded from the scenic byway designation, except for official signage, mapping, and other purposes solely to preserve system continuity, unless the recommending body requests specific inclusion of such section and the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, with the concurrence of the secretaries of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and of the Department of Transportation and Development, finds that such section meets the criteria of La. Rev. Stat. 56:1948.3.

B.  If, however, the Federal Highway Administration formally expresses its objection to this process of automatic exclusion, and if such objection is directed to the state of Louisiana in writing, and if such objection also initiates official sanctions which would result in the loss of National Highway System apportionment or any past or pending grants to the state for the purpose of scenic byways, then the exclusion in Subsection A is null and void.  The Department of Transportation and Development shall notify the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and the Senate and House committees on transportation, highways and public works of such action and the following process shall be substituted in lieu of Subsection A of this Section:  Any section of those roads, designated in this Part as a Louisiana Byway, which is adjacent to land zoned commercial or industrial or upon which is located one or more permanent structures at which commercial or industrial activity is conducted, may be excluded from the scenic byway designation if a recommendation for exclusion is presented to the secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.  The secretary of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  Such rules and regulations, subject to the oversight of the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works, shall set forth the procedure which must be followed and the criteria which must be met in order for such segments to be excluded from the Louisiana Byways system.

C.  Any section of a road designated as a Louisiana scenic highway, which is located in the parishes of LaSalle, Natchitoches, Sabine, or Winn, shall be excluded from the scenic byway designation.

Acts 1995, No. 244, §1; Acts 1995, No. 741, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1353, §1; Acts 2003, No. 999, §2; Acts 2011, 1^st Ex. Sess., No. 33, §1.