§1662. Transportation development
A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter or the Louisiana Transportation Development Act, R.S. 48:2020 et seq., hereafter in this Section, the "Development Act", to the contrary, the commission is hereby deemed to constitute an "authority" with the rights, powers, duties, obligations, and authority granted to an authority under the Development Act. However, the provisions of R.S. 48:2022 shall not apply, and in the exercise of such rights, powers, duties, obligations, and authority, the port commission shall govern the authority.
B. In connection with the exercise of its rights, powers, duties, and obligations as an authority under the Development Act, the commission may contract with any person, partnership, association, or corporation desiring the use of any part of a project, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, water, fiber optic, telegraph, electric light, or power lines, gas stations, garages, and restaurants, or for any other purpose, and to fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charges for such use. Any utilities which are placed within the right-of-way shall be locatable through the one-call system and the utility companies shall place locator strips on any buried object. The contract or lease shall require the removal, at the expense of the lessee, of any utilities or other obstructions placed within the right-of-way when expansion of the toll facility requires such removal. Installation and removal of utility facilities shall be consistent with rules and regulations promulgated by the federal government and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
C. Additionally, nothing in the Development Act shall be construed as limiting the ability of the commission to condemn any roadway, path, highway, transit way, bridge, tunnel, or other paved surface or structure that is replaced with a project undertaken pursuant to the Development Act.
D. Any debt incurred by the commission to finance a project in accordance with the Development Act shall be excluded from the calculation of debt for the purpose of any debt limitations applicable to the commission.
Acts 2003, No. 105, §1, eff. May 28, 2003.
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