§ 48:21 Functions
§ 48:22 Powers
§ 48:22.1 Complete Streets; findings; requirements; exceptions
§ 48:23 Engineering and other services
§ 48:24 Bridges over navigable waters
§ 48:25 Operation or control of ferries, etc.
§ 48:25.1 Operation or control of ferries; New Orleans ferries; cooperative agreement for ferry service; rates; operating agreement
§ 48:25.2 New Orleans Ferry Fund; ferry operations
§ 48:26 Incidental powers
§ 48:27 Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles
§ 48:35 Minimum safety guidelines of highway design, maintenance, and construction; exemptions
§ 48:35.1 Reflective glass highways markings; minimum standards
§ 48:36 Topographic mapping
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 48 > Chapter 1 > Part III - General Powers, Duties and Functions

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.