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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 600
BY SENATOR MOUNT
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2575(A), relative to public health, housing, and2
environmental violations; to authorize all municipalities to prescribe civil penalties;3
and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 13:2575(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 6
ยง2575. Public health, housing, and environmental violations; administrative7
adjudication; procedure; appeal; penalties 8
A. Any municipality or parish having a population of four hundred twenty-9
five thousand or more may prescribe civil fines for violation of public health,10
housing, fire code, environmental, and historic district ordinances in the municipality11
or parish by owners of immovable property, their agents, tenants, or representatives12
pursuant to the procedures for administrative adjudication provided in this Chapter.13
For the purposes of this Chapter, "housing violations" shall encompass only those14
conditions in privately owned structures which are determined to constitute a threat15
or danger to the public health, safety or welfare and/or to the environment, or a16
historic district. In municipalities with a population of seventy thousand or more,17
the term "housing violation" as used in this Chapter shall also encompass18
building codes, zoning, vegetation, and nuisance ordinances. However, nothing19
in this Section shall be construed to affect activities which occur on the premises of20
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manufacturing facilities and which are regulated by Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised1
Statutes of 1950.2
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: