{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-45-70","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 45:70","heading":"Consent to become a public utility","body":"No corporation, functioning under R.S. 45:64, shall exercise any right of expropriation or be considered as a public utility until it has filed with the Secretary of State a resolution of its board of directors, duly certified under its corporate seal, agreeing that the corporation shall be a public utility for the distribution of water for irrigation, for the transportation of freight and passengers, and for furnishing hydroelectric power and electricity, or either of them.","path":["TITLE 45. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=100076","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:52Z","sha256":"bc4f1b253fb6789dbb7cefde4aa1b027eb2c18108b72ba1915f29acc476aab59","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-45-69","next":"us-la/rs-45-71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}