{
 "citation": "14:326",
 "heading": "Processions, marches, parades, or demonstrations; permits; liability; bond;",
 "doc_id": "78425",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78425",
 "classification": "M",
 "enacted_year": "1964",
 "last_amended_year": "1993",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "D",
   "text": "Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "6M",
   "hard_labor": "",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [
  "51:2232"
 ],
 "text": "RS 14:326\n\n\u00a7326. Processions, marches, parades, or demonstrations; permits; liability; bond;\nexemptions; penalty\n\nA. Any procession, march, parade or public demonstration of any kind or for\nwhatever purpose is prohibited by any group, association or organization on any public\nsidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road or other public passageway of any municipality\nor unincorporated town or village unless there first has been obtained a permit therefor, and\nin all cases the person or persons or the group, association or organization to whom the\npermit is issued shall be liable for all damage to property or persons which may arise out of\nor in connection with any such procession, march, parade or public demonstration for which\na permit is issued.\n\nB. Application for the permit required herein shall be made to the mayor and\ngoverning authority of the municipality or to the governing authority of the parish in which\nthe unincorporated town or village in which the procession, march, parade or public\ndemonstration is located, as the case may be. Permits may be granted by the authority to\nwhich application is made, provided, however, that bond in the amount of ten thousand\ndollars has first been filed with the mayor and municipal governing authority or with parish\ngoverning authority, as the case may be, as security for the payment of any damage or injury\nwhich may occur as the result of or in connection with such procession, march, parade or\npublic demonstration.\n\nC. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all groups, associations, or\norganizations regardless of race, creed, disability, as defined in R.S. 51:2232, color, or\npolitical beliefs of its members; however, nothing contained herein shall apply to a bona fide\nlegitimate labor organization or professional firefighter or police association or to any lawful\nactivity of a labor union permitted by law, nor shall these provisions apply to any procession\nor parade directly held or sponsored by the governing authority of any municipality or the\ngoverning authority of any parish, nor shall these provisions apply to any procession, march,\nor parade directly held or sponsored by a bona fide organization specifically for the\ncelebration of Mardi Gras and/or directly related prelenten or carnival festivities, school\nparades or other functions, parish parades or other functions, state, parish, or municipal fairs\nor other such related activities. However, the provisions of this Section shall apply only to\nparishes with a population of more than four hundred fifty thousand.\n\nD. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor\nand upon conviction shall, for each offense, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or\nbe imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.\n\nActs 1964, No. 266, \u00a7\u00a71 to 4; Acts 1993, No. 672, \u00a71; Acts 1993, No. 820, \u00a72; Acts\n1999, No. 1131, \u00a71, eff. July 9, 1999."
}