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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 657
BY REPRESENTATIVES ABRAMSON, BARROW, BERTHELOT, WESLEY BISHOP,
BROSSETT, BROWN, BURRELL, HONORE, ORTEGO, AND WI LLMOTT
MUNICIPALITIES/NO: Requires New Orleans Dept. of Safety and Permits to make
permits and other information available on the Internet
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 33:4778, relative to the New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits; to2
require that the department make certain information available to the public on the3
Internet; to provide requirements for making such information available, including4
deadlines; to provide relative to appeal delays for certain decisions; and to provide5
for related matters.6
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published7
as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of8
Louisiana.9
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:10
Section 1. R.S. 33:4778 is hereby enacted to read as follows:11
ยง4778. New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits; availability of information12
A. The New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits, including the Board13
of Building Standards and Appeals and any other board within the department, shall14
make available to the public on the Internet all information pertaining to the15
regulatory activities of the office, including but not limited to information about all16
applications received; inspections made; tests and examinations given or to be given;17
zoning verifications; licenses, permits, certifications, or other credentials and18
renewals thereof issued, denied or refused, revoked, suspended, or cancelled; notices19 HLS 13RS-1135 ENGROSSED
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issued; enforcement actions taken or to be taken; determinations made or to be1
made; and demolitions proposed or considered, authorized, denied or refused, and2
action taken.3
B. With respect to any document that is required to be posted on the Internet4
by Subsection A of this Section, the following shall also apply:5
(1) Such posting shall be made within three business days after the decision.6
(2) The Internet posting shall include indication of the date and time that the7
document was initially posted.8
(3) If such posting is not timely made, no appeal delays shall commence on9
any decision until such posting is made.10
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)]
Abramson HB No. 657
Abstract: Requires N.O. Dept. of Safety and Permits to make certain information available
on the Internet and bases certain appeal delays upon the posting on the Internet.
Proposed law requires the New Orleans Dept. of Safety and Permits, including the Board of
Building Standards and Appeals and any other board within the department, to make
available to the public on the Internet all information pertaining to the regulatory activities
of the office, including but not limited to information about all applications received;
inspections made; tests and examinations given or to be given; zoning verifications; licenses,
permits, certifications, or other credentials and renewals thereof issued, denied or refused,
revoked, suspended, or cancelled; notices issued; enforcement actions taken or to be taken;
determinations made or to be made; and demolitions proposed or considered, authorized,
denied or refused, and action taken.
Proposed law provides that with respect to any document that is required to be posted on the
Internet pursuant to proposed law, the following shall also apply:
(1)Such posting shall be made within three business days after the decision.
(2)The Internet posting shall include indication of the date and time that the document
was initially posted.
(3)If such posting is not timely made, no appeal delays shall commence on any decision
until such posting is made.
(Adds R.S. 33:4778)