Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Purpose. In addition to free passage of
students in clearly marked school buses as is now provided, any motorized
vehicle operated by a student attending a school, which includes universities,
colleges, and secondary schools, shall have free passage over the Crescent City
Connection bridges, the Gretna/Jackson Avenue ferry, the Algiers/Canal Street
ferry, and the Lower Algiers/Chalmette ferry, during the hours of 6 a.m.-9:30
a.m., and 2:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., for traveling to and from school.
B. Application
1. Students who are majors, or in the case of
a minor student, the legal parent or guardian, shall apply to the Crescent City
Connection Division for each student for each school year, and shall certify as
to the following:
a. the address of the
student's domicile;
b. the address
of the school attended by the student;
c. the student regularly operates a private
vehicle to travel to and from school;
d. the geographic location of the school in
relation to the student's domicile requires travel across the facilities stated
in §109. A pertaining to purpose.
2. The appropriate school official, the
registrar of the college or university attended by the student, or the
principal, headmaster, or administrator of the school attended by the student,
shall certify on the application as to the enrollment of the student at the
school and the length of the school year.
C. Vehicle Passes
1. Upon approval of an application, the
Crescent City Connection Division shall issue vehicle passes for use by the
student.
2. The vehicle passes
shall be for the personal use of the student, while operating a motor vehicle,
and are not transferable.
3. The
vehicle passes shall not be used for any other purpose than crossing the
bridges or ferries for required attendance at school.
4. Lost, stolen, or damaged passes will not
be replaced.
D. Loss of
Privilege. Any prohibited use of student vehicle passes will result in the loss
of the privilege to obtain and use passes and/or actions provided by
law.
E. School Buses-Requirements
for Exemption
1. Free passage across the
Crescent City Connection shall be granted to all clearly marked school buses at
any time, upon the bus driver's delivery of a free passage coupon at the bridge
toll plaza.
2. Free passage coupons
for school buses shall be obtained by signed application of the official school
system's transportation coordinator to the Department and Development Crescent
City Connection Division office. The school system's transportation coordinator
is responsible for distributing the free passage coupons to eligible school bus
drivers for their school system.
3.
Official school systems, for purposes of §109, are parish public school
systems, private schools operating in the state of Louisiana, and parochial
schools operating in the state of Louisiana.
4. Bus drivers who privately own their
clearly marked school buses are eligible for individual application to the
Department of Transportation and Development Crescent City Connection Division
office for free passage coupons. These bus drivers must attach an original
letter from the school system they serve to their signed application. The
letter certified that their bus serves the school system.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
17:158.
