La. Admin. Code tit. 70 § XXXI-101

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXXI-101 - Students in School Buses

A. All students in a school bus shall have the right of free passage to and from school, during certain hours, over all toll bridges and toll roads leased out or controlled by the state, parish, or municipality. This free passage shall exclude the Greater New Orleans Expressway.

B. Free passage is offered to students in clearly marked school buses and to the school bus and driver.

C. The right of free passage for students in school buses and the bus and driver shall be exercised only by means of automatic vehicular identification toll tags.

D. The free passage provided shall be limited to school buses carrying students to and from school between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and between 2:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

E. Upon the written request of the appropriate school district and payment of a deposit to open the account, the department or its agents when so designated or authorized by the secretary of the department, shall issue the number of automatic vehicular identification toll tags requested for use in connection with the exemption from tolls.

F. The use of the automatic vehicular identification toll tags provided shall be limited to crossings made by the students in school buses. The appropriate school district shall be responsible for any crossing made using the automatic vehicular identification toll tag outside the scope of the exemption from tolls.

La. Admin. Code tit. 70, § XXXI-101

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Operations, LR 491445 (8/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:157.