§ 48:381 Use and occupancy of highways
§ 48:381.1 Rights-of-way; joint use agreements; fees
§ 48:381.2 Rights-of-way; telecommunication installations, including wireless telephone hardware, fiber-optic lines, and telecommunications towers; annual report to the legislature
§ 48:381.3 Duty of care associated with placement of public utility facilities on or adjacent to rights-of-way of state highways
§ 48:381.4 Rights-of-way; wireless telecommunications tower managers
§ 48:382 Intersection of highways by utilities and facilities
§ 48:383 Removable bridges over certain canals
§ 48:384 Source of money for bridges
§ 48:385 Sewage disposal in highway ditches
§ 48:386 Repairs to railway grade crossings and crossing warning devices; responsibility on railroads
§ 48:386.1 Maintenance of railroad rights-of-way at public road or highway railroad grade crossings; notice; penalty
§ 48:387 Contributions by the Department of Highways to the maintenance of flashing light signals at railroad crossings; conditions
§ 48:388 State rail freight service assistance
§ 48:388.1 Class II and III Rail Infrastructure Improvement Program
§ 48:389 Railroad traffic; certain speed restrictions
§ 48:389.1 Parish public roadways; designation as public crossings
§ 48:390 Railroad grade crossing improvement and elimination; notification
§ 48:390.1 Railroad grade crossing elimination; parish and municipal roads
§ 48:391 Obstruction of railroad grade crossings
§ 48:392 Obstruction of railroad grade crossings; moving or nonmoving trains
§ 48:394 Private crossing elimination
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 48 > Chapter 1 > Part XVI - Utilities and Facilities

  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
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  • Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
  • 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.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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.
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  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.