§ 48:224.1 — Transfer and exchange of state and local roads

Louisiana § 48:224.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 48: Roads, Bridges and Ferries

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§224.1. Transfer and exchange of state and local roads
A. Upon receipt of a proper resolution submitted by a parish or municipal governing
authority to the secretary indicating its conditions, willingness, and desire to incorporate into
the parish or municipal road system a road on the state highway system and to assume the
maintenance thereof and with the approval by a majority of the legislative delegation from
such parish or municipality, the secretary may at his discretion accept the resolution and
remove the road from the state highway system and it shall thereafter form a part of the
parish or municipal road system. As a condition of such transfer, the department may
provide a thing of value, including but not limited to credits towards future construction
projects, payment of funds, or satisfaction of debt owed to the department. Such thing of
value shall be equal to the amount of the present value of the forty-year projected future
maintenance cost of the road to be transferred and may be funded by the department as a
capital project. Any funds transferred to a parish or municipality as provided in this
Subsection may be expended on any activity allowed under R.S. 48:753. Any condition of
transfer shall be reduced to writing by the parties. The department may execute such
agreements with any parish or municipality.
B. Upon receipt of a proper resolution submitted by a parish or municipal governing
authority to the secretary indicating its conditions, willingness, and desire to exchange one
or more roads on the parish or municipal road system for one or more roads on the state
highway system and assume the maintenance thereof and with the approval by a majority of
the legislative delegation from such parish or municipality, the secretary may at his discretion
accept the resolution, incorporate said roads from the parish or municipal road system into
and remove said roads from the state highway system, and they shall thereafter form
respective parts of said system.
C. Upon completion of the transfer or exchange and any conditions of the resolution,
the department shall cause to be recorded the transfer of any immovable property, said
recordation to be made in the parish in which the immovable property is situated.
D. The department may promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative
Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section.
E. Effective July 1, 2025, the office of Louisiana Highway Construction shall have
exclusive authority to enter into agreements provided in this Section for non-federal-aid
eligible routes in the states' highway system.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1979, No. 185, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1028, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 2016, No. 458, §1; Acts 2021, No. 325, §1, eff. June 14, 2021; Acts 2025, No. 380, §1.