Title 40, Public Health and Safety
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La. Rev. Stat. § 40:50 Issuance of death certificates; duties of state registrar
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§50. Issuance of death certificates; duties of state registrar A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the funeral director or other person required by law to initiate a death certificate shall initiate such certificate in original only, and shall file the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:500 Tenant-housing authority relationship
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§500. Tenant-housing authority relationship Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter with respect to mixed-income developments or otherwise permitted by law, dwelling units in a local housing authority's developments shall be rented only to households consisting of persons of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:501 Selection and preferences
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§501. Selection and preferences A. Each housing authority shall adopt and promulgate policies establishing a plan for selection of applicants. The plan shall include standards for eligibility, procedures for prompt notification of eligibility or disqualification, and procedures f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:502 Differing criteria, requirements, or standards
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§502. Differing criteria, requirements, or standards Nothing contained in this Chapter shall limit the ability of any local housing authority to establish and apply different criteria or requirements with respect to admissions and occupancy, to utilize different methods of establ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:503 Continued occupancy after termination of eligibility
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§503. Continued occupancy after termination of eligibility Households who are already in occupancy or are receiving assistance but who become ineligible for occupancy or other assistance may continue their occupancy or receipt of other assistance at the discretion of the local ho…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:504 Lease
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§504. Lease The local housing authority may require that each household occupying a dwelling unit enter into a lease containing such terms and conditions and for such duration as the authority reasonably deems appropriate. No tenant or lessee of, or recipient of assistance from, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:505 Change in family composition
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§505. Change in family composition In the event of a change in the composition of tenant household, the local housing authority may determine which member or members of the household are entitled to continued occupancy for the unexpired lease term or periodic tenancy. A local hou…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:506 Termination of tenancy
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§506. Termination of tenancy A. Except as expressly provided herein, the landlord tenant relationship, and the termination thereof, is governed by state law applicable to privately owned, residential property. B. Without limiting the foregoing, a local housing authority may termi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:507 Community participation
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§507. Community participation A. A local housing authority may require, as a condition to granting or continuing any assistance, that residents and other recipients of such assistance participate in activities for community and neighborhood betterment. Such conditions of assistan…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:508 Property of housing authorities; limitation on access
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§508. Property of housing authorities; limitation on access In order to protect the safety and security of its property and to protect the right of its residents and other tenants to the quiet enjoyment of their property, and the safety and security of their persons and property,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:509 Identification of persons
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§509. Identification of persons A local housing authority may establish and implement such regulations, procedures, and systems as it deems appropriate for the identification of persons and vehicles present on its developments or other property. Such rules, procedures, and system…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:51 Delayed determination of cause of death
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§51. Delayed determination of cause of death If the cause of death cannot be determined within three days after death, the certification of the cause of death may be returned after the prescribed period, but the attending physician or coroner shall notify the local registrar of t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:510 Exclusion or ejection of unauthorized persons
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§510. Exclusion or ejection of unauthorized persons Persons who are present on the developments or other property of the authority, and who are not residents, their guests, or employees of the local housing authority, its guests, law enforcement officers, or others conducting off…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:511 Law cumulative
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§511. Law cumulative Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, R.S. 40:508 through 510 shall be cumulative of any other laws of this state relating to civil or criminal trespass, unauthorized entry upon property, or the exclusion or ejection of unauthor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:512 Annual reports of local housing authorities
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§512. Annual reports of local housing authorities A. Within a reasonable time after the end of each fiscal year, each local housing authority shall prepare a report generally describing such authority's activities for the year then ended. Such report shall contain financial state…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:513 Filing a false report
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§513. Filing a false report Any representative of a local housing authority who knowingly approves, signs, or files an annual report of an authority which is materially false or misleading shall be guilty of misconduct in office. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:514 Audits
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§514. Audits The financial statements contained in annual reports of local housing authorities with gross revenues of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more shall be audited annually. Such financial statements of authorities with gross revenues of less than two hundred fifty …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:515 Immunity from personal liability of commissioners, officers, employees, and agents
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§515. Immunity from personal liability of commissioners, officers, employees, and agents No representative of a local housing authority shall personally be civilly or criminally liable: (1) With respect to any matter or act not directly committed or authorized by such person. (2)…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:516 Authority to indemnify representatives
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§516. Authority to indemnify representatives A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, a housing authority may indemnify a representative of a local housing authority who is made a party to a proceeding, because the representative is or was such, against liability in…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:517 Mandatory indemnification
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§517. Mandatory indemnification Notwithstanding that a housing authority has failed or refused to agree to indemnify a representative, it shall indemnify any representative against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with any proceeding if the representative is whol…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:518 Advance for expenses
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§518. Advance for expenses A. A housing authority may in its discretion pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a representative who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding. B. Any authorization of payments under this Section …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:519 Determination and authority of indemnification
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§519. Determination and authority of indemnification A. A housing authority may indemnify a representative after a determination has been made that indemnification of the representative is not prohibited pursuant to R.S. 40:516(A) or (C). B. A determination that indemnification o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:52 Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a
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§52. Permit for removal, burial, cremation, or other disposition of body for a death in state; requirements to obtain death certificate before removing body out of the continental United States When a death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurs in this state or when a de…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:520 Insurance
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§520. Insurance A housing authority may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a representative against liability asserted against or incurred by a representative who is or was a representative of a housing authority or who, while a representative, is or was serving at the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:521 Indemnification; extent; reimbursement of commissioner expenses as witness
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§521. Indemnification; extent; reimbursement of commissioner expenses as witness A. The indemnification and the provisions for advancement of expenses provided by R.S. 40:515 through 519 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a representative may be entitled u…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:522 Limitations
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§522. Limitations Nothing contained in R.S. 40:515 through 519 shall require or permit any payment to a representative that is redundant to the proceeds of any insurance policy payable to the representative in connection with the same matter as that for which indemnity would othe…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:523 Planning and zoning
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§523. Planning and zoning Except as otherwise provided herein, all developments are subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, and building laws applicable to the locality in which the development is located. Acts 1993, No. 772, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:524 Exceptions for affordable housing or local housing authorities
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§524. Exceptions for affordable housing or local housing authorities A. In order to facilitate development, redevelopment, and other activities in furtherance of the purposes of this Chapter by local housing authorities and their affiliates, a municipality or parish may grant exc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:525 Local authority planning participation
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§525. Local authority planning participation With respect to matters relating to the purposes of this Chapter, each municipality or parish or regional planning body of this state shall, in its planning processes, take into account all recommendations of local housing authorities …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:526 Exempt records
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§526. Exempt records Notwithstanding any other law with respect to the availability of public records for inspection, the following records of a housing authority are exempt from public disclosure: (1) All records in the individual file of a resident, former resident, or applican…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:527 Permitted disclosure
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§527. Permitted disclosure A housing authority may provide any of the records described in R.S. 40:526: (1) To any recipient to whom disclosure is authorized pursuant to consent by all adult individuals identified in the record which is to be so disclosed. (2) To such parties as …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:528 Disclosure to residents and applicants; limitations
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§528. Disclosure to residents and applicants; limitations Any applicant or recipient of assistance from a housing authority may examine his or her individual file or files at reasonable times and intervals. However, a local housing authority shall have no obligation to disclose t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:529 Procedures for procurement of goods and services, sale or disposition of property, personnel management
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§529. Procedures for procurement of goods and services, sale or disposition of property, personnel management Local housing authorities shall adopt policies, rules, and procedures governing the procurement of goods or services, the sale or disposition of authority property, and t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:53 Foreign permits; death outside state
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§53. Foreign permits; death outside state When the death or spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) occurred outside this state and the body is accompanied by a permit for burial, removal, or other disposition issued in accordance with the law and the regulations in force at the pla…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:530 Conflict of interest
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§530. Conflict of interest All housing authority officials and employees are subject to the state Code of Governmental Ethics. Acts 1997, No. 1188, §1.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:531 Appointment of commissioners to local housing authority
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§531. Appointment of commissioners to local housing authority A.(1) When the governing body of any municipality or parish, as the case may be, has determined, by resolution as set forth in R.S. 40:393, that it is expedient to establish a local housing authority, the chief elected…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:531.1 Repealed by Acts 1997, No
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§531.1. Repealed by Acts 1997, No. 1188, §2.
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:532 Terms of office for local housing authority commissioner
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§532. Terms of office for local housing authority commissioner A. In the case of local housing authorities, the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:533 Vacancies in local authorities
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§533. Vacancies in local authorities Any vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled for the remainder of the term. Vacancies shall be filled by the same authority and in the same manner as the original appointment. Amended by Acts 1950, No. 401, §28; Acts 1952, No. 127, §15; Ac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:534 Certificate of appointment or reappointment
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§534. Certificate of appointment or reappointment A certificate of appointment or reappointment of any commissioner appointed or reappointed by the chief elected official or governing body of a municipality or parish, as the case may be, shall be filed with the secretary or clerk…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:535 Eligibility of commissioners
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§535. Eligibility of commissioners Every commissioner shall be a resident of the area of operation of the housing authority which he or she has been appointed to serve. However, if after appointment a commissioner ceases to reside in the local housing authority's area of operatio…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:536 Tenant commissioners
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§536. Tenant commissioners Tenancy in a local housing authority development or receipt of other assistance from such authority shall not preclude the appointment of any person to serve as a commissioner. Notwithstanding any other Subpart of this Chapter, a resident or recipient o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:537 Removal of commissioners
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§537. Removal of commissioners A.(1) A commissioner of a local housing authority may be removed for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or conviction of any felony. (2) A commissioner of a local housing authority in any municipality or parish may be removed on any such grounds…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:538 Validity of actions of board of commissioners
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§538. Validity of actions of board of commissioners No action taken by the commissioners of an authority shall be invalid because of the ineligibility of any commissioner to serve in such capacity. All actions taken by a board of commissioners shall be presumed valid unless other…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:539 Selection of chairman and vice chairman; executive director; hiring of employees
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§539. Selection of chairman and vice chairman; executive director; hiring of employees A.(1) The mayor of the municipality or the governing body of the parish, as the case may be, shall designate the first chairman of the municipality or parish authority, but thereafter the autho…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:54 Prerequisites for permit
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§54. Prerequisites for permit A permit shall be issued for burial within the state, for interment in a vault or tomb, for removal from the state, for scientific use, cremation, or other disposition without the necessity of a completed death certificate. However, no permit for the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:540 Compensation; expense reimbursements to commissioners
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§540. Compensation; expense reimbursements to commissioners A. Except as otherwise approved by the governing body of the municipality or parish for which the local housing authority was formed, or, in the case of regional or consolidated housing authorities, the governing bodies …
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:541 Dissolution of local housing authorities
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§541. Dissolution of local housing authorities Any local housing authority may, by written resolution, elect to dissolve, provided that no such dissolution or any transfer of property pursuant to dissolution shall occur unless all of the following conditions are met: (1) The gove…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:542 Rights and obligations upon transfer, dissolution
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§542. Rights and obligations upon transfer, dissolution Within a reasonable time subsequent to approval by all necessary parties of a local housing authority's resolution to dissolve, the authority shall transfer its assets and liabilities to the transferee designated in the reso…
La. Rev. Stat. § 40:543 Area of operation after dissolution
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§543. Area of operation after dissolution After any dissolution and transfer, notwithstanding anything contained in R.S. 40:396, the area of operation of the receiving local housing authority shall include, nonexclusively, the area of operation of the transferring local housing a…