Title 40, Public Health and Safety
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La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.2 Purpose; administration and enforcement
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§1664.2. Purpose; administration and enforcement A. The purpose of this Subpart is to regulate the certifying, inspecting, installation, integrating, selling, and servicing of life safety and property protection systems and equipment and to prohibit the use of life safety and pro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.3 Definitions
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§1664.3. Definitions As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the meanings specified in this Section: (1) "ANSI" means the American National Standards Institute. (2) "Apprentice" means a person who is licensed to work under the direct supervision and accompaniment of a t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.4 License required
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§1664.4. License required A. No person or firm shall engage in life safety and property protection contracting without holding a current and valid license issued by the state fire marshal as provided in this Subpart. Each operating location of a firm shall hold a separate firm li…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.5 Exemptions to licensure and equipment
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§1664.5. Exemptions to licensure and equipment A. The requirements for licensure shall not apply to any of the following persons or entities: (1) An officer or employee of the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of either, while engaged in the performance of h…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.5.1 Limited exemption to licensure; electrical contractors
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§1664.5.1. Limited exemption to licensure; electrical contractors A.(1) A firm or person holding a license with the classification of electrical work statewide by the State Licensing Board for Contractors pursuant to R.S. 37:2156.1 and 2156.2 shall be authorized only to install w…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.6 Application for a firm license; requirements to maintain
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§1664.6. Application for a firm license; requirements to maintain A. In order to engage in life safety and property protection contracting, a firm shall apply for and obtain a license for each operating location doing business in the state and the firm must apply for each discipl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.7 Application for an individual license; requirements to maintain
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§1664.7. Application for an individual license; requirements to maintain A. In order to engage in life safety and property protection contracting, an individual shall apply for and obtain a license for each discipline for which he shall perform life safety and property protection…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.8 Criminal background checks; provisional license
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§1664.8. Criminal background checks; provisional license A. Each principal or officer of a firm holding a property protection endorsement shall undergo and pass a criminal background check prior to the firm receiving a license pursuant to this Subpart. B. Each person holding a pr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1664.9 Fees; license endorsements for firms and persons; certifications; Louisiana Life
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§1664.9. Fees; license endorsements for firms and persons; certifications; Louisiana Life Safety and Property Protection Trust Dedicated Fund Account A. The state fire marshal is authorized to assess and collect fees pursuant to this Subpart. License endorsements are separated in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1665 Financial security for surviving spouses and children of firemen in certain cases
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§1665. Financial security for surviving spouses and children of firemen in certain cases A. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state, under its police power, to provide for the financial security of surviving spouses and dependent children of firemen when firem…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1665.1 Financial security for surviving spouses and children of firemen and law
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§1665.1. Financial security for surviving spouses and children of firemen and law enforcement officers; death by heart attack or stroke; presumption A. In addition to the qualifying events enumerated in R.S. 40:1665 and 1665.2, a fireman or law enforcement officer, as defined in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1665.2 Financial security for surviving spouses and children of law enforcement officers
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§1665.2. Financial security for surviving spouses and children of law enforcement officers in certain cases A. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state, under its police power, to provide for the financial security of surviving spouses and dependent children of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1665.3 Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen's Survivor Benefit Review Board; payment of claims
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§1665.3. Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen's Survivor Benefit Review Board; payment of claims A. There is hereby created, within the Department of Justice, the Law Enforcement Officers and Firemen's Survivor Benefit Review Board, hereinafter referred to as the "board", which s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1665.4 Duty firearm of deceased law enforcement officer
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§1665.4. Duty firearm of deceased law enforcement officer A. An immediate family member listed in Subsection B of this Section of a law enforcement officer as defined by R.S. 40:1665.2(B)(1), (2), (3), and (18) who suffers death has the right of first refusal to purchase his duty…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666 Purpose of law
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§1666. Purpose of law This law is enacted by the legislature in the exercise of the police power of the state, to promote the public welfare and safety, by providing better protection from fire and other conflagrations. Acts 1963, No. 82, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 33:2001. See A…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.1 Extra compensation
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§1666.1. Extra compensation A.(1) In addition to the compensation now paid by any municipality, parish, fire protection district, or other political subdivision maintaining a fire department, or by the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana or the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, hereinafter…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.2 Special fund
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§1666.2. Special fund For the payment of the supplemental salaries and expenses of administration provided by this Part, there is hereby created a special fund in the treasury of the state of Louisiana, to which the appropriations hereinafter made shall be credited, and the funds…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.3 Warrants
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§1666.3. Warrants A. The funds credited and dedicated as provided in this Part shall be disbursed upon warrants approved and certified by the mayors or parish officials and the fire chiefs of the respective municipalities or parishes coming under the provisions of this Part, whic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.4 Salary reductions; void
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§1666.4. Salary reductions; void Any reduction of the salary of any employee covered by this Part, which is in effect on July 1, 1979, whether by the governing authority or by any pay plan under the provisions of any civil service law, or otherwise, shall be void where it is made…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.5 Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board
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§1666.5. Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board A. There is hereby created a Fireman's Supplemental Pay Board, hereinafter referred to as the board, which shall consist of seven persons appointed by the governor. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for con…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.6 Compensation; expenses
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§1666.6. Compensation; expenses The members of the board shall receive per diem in the amount of fifty dollars per day and shall be reimbursed for actual mileage in attending to official business. The per diem and the reimbursement of mileage expenses shall be made by the Departm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.7 Meetings
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§1666.7. Meetings The board shall hold its first meeting within thirty days after its first members are appointed and shall hold a regular meeting once every three months thereafter. Written notice of all meetings shall be given to each member of the board by the chairman of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.8 Determination of eligibility
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§1666.8. Determination of eligibility Whenever any question arises as to the eligibility of any person to receive additional pay out of state funds as provided by this Part, the question thereof, together with all of the facts relating thereto, shall be submitted to the board her…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1666.9 Authorization of back supplemental pay; payment procedure
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§1666.9. Authorization of back supplemental pay; payment procedure If it is determined by the board that supplemental pay, as provided for by this Part, is due an eligible recipient for back periods of time the board shall certify such due payment to the Joint Legislative Committ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667 Purpose
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§1667. Purpose This law is enacted by the legislature in the exercise of the police power of the state, to promote the public peace and safety, by providing better enforcement of law, and particularly the enforcement of state laws by municipal police officers and full-time commis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.1 Rate of compensation; prior service; supplemental monthly compensation; police
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§1667.1. Rate of compensation; prior service; supplemental monthly compensation; police to receive additional compensation A.(1) In addition to the compensation now paid by any municipality included in this Part or by the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, the Coushatta Tribe of Loui…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.10 Extra compensation for commissioned full-time levee district police authorized
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§1667.10. Extra compensation for commissioned full-time levee district police authorized In addition to the compensation now paid to any levee district police officer, every levee district police officer who is a full-time employee, is paid a salary of not less than eight hundred…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.11 Furlough
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§1667.11. Furlough Furlough of an individual due to a state of emergency declared by a federal, state, parish, or municipal official shall not affect the individual's eligibility to receive additional pay out of state funds as provided in this Part. Acts 2022, No. 637, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.2 Special fund
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§1667.2. Special fund A. For the payment of the supplemental salaries provided by R.S. 40:1667.1, there is hereby created a special fund in the treasury of the state of Louisiana, to which the appropriations hereinafter made shall be credited, and the funds so credited shall be a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.3 Disbursement of funds
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§1667.3. Disbursement of funds A.(1) The funds appropriated and dedicated as herein provided shall be disbursed upon warrants approved and certified by the mayors, chiefs of police, or marshals of the respective municipalities coming under the provisions of this Part, which warra…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.4 Salary reductions; void; police
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§1667.4. Salary reductions; void; police Any reduction of the salary of any individual, which salary is in effect on July 1, 1979, whether by the governing authority or by any pay plan under the provisions of any civil service law, or otherwise, shall be void where it is made sol…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.5 Parishes having no incorporated municipalities; extra compensation for deputy sheriffs
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§1667.5. Parishes having no incorporated municipalities; extra compensation for deputy sheriffs A. In order to promote the public peace and safety in parishes of the state having no incorporated municipalities, by providing better enforcement of law and particularly the enforceme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.6 Board of review; powers and duties
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§1667.6. Board of review; powers and duties A. There is hereby created a board of review which shall be composed of nine members as follows: (1) The commissioner of administration or a representative of the division of administration selected by him. (2) A member of the Louisiana…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.7 Extra compensation for commissioned full-time deputy sheriffs of all parishes
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§1667.7. Extra compensation for commissioned full-time deputy sheriffs of all parishes A. In order to promote the public peace and safety in the parishes of the state, by providing better enforcement of law and particularly the enforcement of state laws by deputy sheriffs, every …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.8 Authorization of back supplemental salary payment
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§1667.8. Authorization of back supplemental salary payment If it is determined by the board of review, as established in this Subpart, that supplemental salaries, as provided for in R.S. 40:1667.1 and R.S. 40:1667.7, are due eligible recipients for back periods of time, the board…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1667.9 Extra compensation for commissioned full-time harbor police, fireboat personnel,
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§1667.9. Extra compensation for commissioned full-time harbor police, fireboat personnel, and bridge police In addition to the compensation now paid to any harbor police officer, fireboat operator, and bridge police officer, every harbor police officer, fireboat employee, and bri…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1668 Benefits for disabled firemen and law enforcement officers in certain cases
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§1668. Benefits for disabled firemen and law enforcement officers in certain cases A. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state, under its police power, to provide for certain benefits to firemen and law enforcement officers determined to be permanently and tota…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1669 Law Enforcement Recruitment Incentive Program
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§1669. Law Enforcement Recruitment Incentive Program A. There is hereby created in the state treasury, as a special fund, the Law Enforcement Recruitment Incentive Fund, hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as the "fund". Monies in the fund shall be used solely for payments ma…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1671 Application of Part
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§1671. Application of Part The provisions of this Part apply only in cities of more than fifteen thousand inhabitants.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1672 Scaffolds, supports, or other mechanical contrivances
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§1672. Scaffolds, supports, or other mechanical contrivances All scaffolds, hoist cranes, stays, ladders, supports, or other mechanical contrivances erected by any person for use in the erection, repairing, alteration, removing, or painting of any building, bridge, viaduct, or ot…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1673 Safety rails for scaffolding or staging
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§1673. Safety rails for scaffolding or staging In the construction or in the repairing, alteration, or removal of any structures, any scaffolding or staging, swung or suspended from any overhead support and more than twenty feet from the ground or floor, shall have, where practic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1674 Construction of scaffolds, etc., to bear certain weight; overcrowding or overloading
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§1674. Construction of scaffolds, etc., to bear certain weight; overcrowding or overloading All swinging or stationary platforms, scaffolding, or similar devices shall be so constructed as to bear four times the maximum weight required to be dependent thereon when in use. These p…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1675 Inspection of scaffolding, etc.; notice of defects; reconstruction
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§1675. Inspection of scaffolding, etc.; notice of defects; reconstruction Whenever it comes to the notice of the building inspector or other city officer whose duty it is to enforce this Part in the particular city that the scaffoldings, stays, hangers, blocks, pulleys, slings, b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1676 Lower scaffolding for protection of workmen on working scaffold or staging
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§1676. Lower scaffolding for protection of workmen on working scaffold or staging Any person employing or directing another to perform labor of any kind in erecting, repairing, altering, or painting any water pipe, stand pipe, smoke stack, chimney, tower, steeple, pole, staff, do…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1677 Intermediate support for joists; floor strength; railings for floor openings
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§1677. Intermediate support for joists; floor strength; railings for floor openings In any house, building, or structure in process of erection or construction where the distance between the enclosing walls is more than twenty-four feet in the clear, there shall be built and main…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1678 Maximum floor load during construction; display of placards
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§1678. Maximum floor load during construction; display of placards Every owner of every house, building, or structure under construction, except buildings to be used exclusively for residential purposes, shall affix and display conspicuously on each floor of the building a placar…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1679 Completion of flooring as building progresses
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§1679. Completion of flooring as building progresses All contractors and owners, lessees and subcontractors, when constructing buildings where the plans and specifications require the floors to be arched between the beams or where the floors are fireproof material or brick work, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1680 Enclosure of shafts or openings in buildings under construction
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§1680. Enclosure of shafts or openings in buildings under construction If elevating machines or hoisting apparatus are used within a building in the course of construction, for the purpose of lifting material, the contractor, owner, or lessee shall cause all shafts or openings in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1681 Placing of hoisting apparatus; floor re-enforcement
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§1681. Placing of hoisting apparatus; floor re-enforcement Any hoisting machine or engine used in building construction shall, where practicable, be set up or placed on the ground. Where it is necessary to place such a machine or engine on any floor above the ground floor, the fl…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:1682 Communication system for mechanical elevating machines or hoisting apparatus used in construction work
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§1682. Communication system for mechanical elevating machines or hoisting apparatus used in construction work If elevating machines or hoisting apparatus, operated or controlled by other than hand power, are used in the construction, alteration, or removal of any structure, the o…