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urn: urn:us-la:rs:45:161
citation: "R.S. 45:161"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 45 › Chapter 4"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1995, number: 301, section: 2, effective_date: 1995-06-15, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1999, number: 631, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2008, number: 724, section: 2, effective_date: 2008-07-06, role: amendment }
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# Declaration of policy

The business of operating motor vehicles intrastate for hire as common or contract carriers of persons or household goods, waste, or any other classification of carriers, other than a contract carrier by bus, created by law for compensation upon the public highways and bridges of this state is a business affected with a public interest.