{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-40-1730.21.1","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 40:1730.21.1","heading":"State preemption of natural gas utility service","body":"A. The regulation of a utility provider's authority to operate and serve customers is a matter of statewide concern. No code, ordinance, land use restriction or general or specific plan provision or part of a code, ordinance, land use regulation or general or specific plan provision adopted by a parish or municipality may prohibit or have the effect of restricting a person's or entity's ability to use the services of a utility provider that is capable and authorized to provide the utility service at a person's or entity's property.\nB. A parish or municipality may not deny a permit application based on the utility provider proposed to provide utility service to the project.\nC. A parish or municipality issuing a building permit shall ensure that all applicable permits and associated fees assessed on a building permit applicant contain requirements and amounts that do not exceed the requirements and amounts for use of other utility providers and do not have the effect of restricting a permit applicant's ability to use the services of a utility provider that is capable and authorized to provide utility service.\nD. This Section does not prohibit a parish or municipality from recovering reasonable costs associated with reviewing a building permit, issuing a building permit, and performing inspections to verify code compliance.\nE. A parish or municipality may not impose a fine, penalty, or other requirement that has the effect of restricting a utility provider's authority to operate or serve customers.\nF. This Section does not affect the authority of a parish or municipality to manage the public highways within its boundaries or to exercise its police powers to review and approve an application before issuing a permit to perform work in the public highways or to enforce associated permit conditions.\nG. This Section does not affect the authority of a parish or municipality to manage or operate a publicly-owned utility.\nH. For the purposes of this Section, \"utility service\" means natural gas provided to an end user.\nI. The provisions of this Section shall supersede any contrary provision of law.","path":["TITLE 40. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1187451","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:12Z","sha256":"76bc76d78a0c466fefa3b90d7a6477cc62f920d2ebc5d20dd4bb1352a3de052e","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-40-1730.21","next":"us-la/rs-40-1730.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}