Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 45, § 844.53. General operating limitations

(3)(a) A local government may not make or grant any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to itself or to any private provider of covered services.

(b) A local government shall apply without discrimination as to itself and to any private provider the local government's ordinances, rules, and policies, including those relating to obligation to serve, access to public rights of way, permitting, performance bonding, reporting, and quality of service.

(a) Shall include within its rates an amount equal to all taxes, fees, and other assessments that would be applicable to a similarly situated private provider of the same services, including:

(b) Shall receive a credit for all payments in lieu of taxes that it pays to the local government on revenues from the provision of the covered services.

(c) May bundle one or more covered services and offer promotional discounts or engage in other business practices on the same terms and conditions as federal and state law, including applicable rules of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, permit similarly situated private providers to bundle covered services; provided, however, that the local government shall establish its prices for covered services at levels that will, in the aggregate, over the useful life of the facilities used to provide such services, recover the sum of: