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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 339
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONTOUCET
FIRE PROTECTION: Provides relative to smoke detectors
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1581(A), relative to smoke detectors; to require one- or two-2
family dwellings to contain an operable ten-year, sealed lithium battery photoelectric3
type smoke detector; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 40:1581(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1581. Smoke detectors; one- or two-family dwellings7
A. Effective January 1, 2011, all existing one- or two-family dwellings at the8
time of sale or lease, shall contain, at a minimum, an operable ten-year, sealed9
lithium battery photoelectric type smoke detector.10
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Montoucet HB No. 339
Abstract: Requires one- or two-family dwellings to contain an operable 10 year, sealed
lithium battery photoelectric type smoke detector.
Present law provides that, effective Jan. 1, 2011, all existing one- or two-family dwellings
at the time of sale or lease shall contain, at a minimum, an operable 10 year, sealed lithium
battery smoke detector.
Proposed law retains present law but requires that the smoke detector shall also be a
photoelectric type smoke detector.
(Amends R.S. 40:1581(A)) HLS 10RS-1285 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 339
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the original
bill.
1. Deleted requirements that hotels and motels have sleeping rooms equipped with
an operable 10 year sealed lithium battery photoelectric type smoke detector.