A.  The authority is hereby authorized to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the use of a project, which rules and regulations shall relate to vehicular speeds, loads and sizes, safety devices, rules of the road and such other matters, including but not limited to the failure or refusal to pay the toll provided for the use of a project, as may be necessary and proper to regulate traffic in the interest of safety, the maximum convenience of the persons using the project, preservation of a project from unwarranted damage and to carry out the purpose of this Chapter.  Such rules and regulations shall apply according to their terms to all sections of a project under the jurisdiction of the Authority, their feeder roads and structures and other appurtenances.  In so far as such rules and regulations may be inconsistent with the provisions of the vehicle and traffic laws of Louisiana, such rules and regulations shall be controlling.  Violations of such rules and regulations shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety days.  Such rules and regulations shall not take effect until published in a newspaper of general circulation published in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, and such other publications as the Authority may determine, and duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State.  

B.  The Louisiana State Police, its director and patrol officers are hereby vested with the power and charged with the duty to enforce the rules and regulations of the authority.  The power and duty so vested and charged shall be performed and exercised as said director and officers perform and exercise their present duties, functions and powers.  Expenses incurred by said state police in carrying out its powers and duties under this Chapter may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of a project or projects and the Department of Public Safety shall be reimbursed by the authority for such expenses.  

Acts 1954, No. 232, §22.