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ACT No. 367
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 382
BY REPRESENTATIVE ST. GERMAIN
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1582(B), relative to emergency elevator access; to require a2
new elevator installed in a commercial building with five or fewer stories to operate3
with the fire emergency master key; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 40:1582(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1582. Emergency elevator access; master key; substitute emergency measures;7
enforcement; penalty; rulemaking authority8
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B. Each existing building in this state which is six or more stories in height10
shall comply with Subsection A of this Section before January 1, 2012. Each11
building in this state, except for one- and two-family dwellings, which is five or12
fewer stories in height in which a new elevator is installed after January 1, 2013,13
shall comply with Subsection A of this Section.14
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: