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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1267 (Substitute for House Bill No. 570 by Representative Stokes)
BY REPRESENTATIVES STOKES AND ADAMS
PUBLIC SFTY/DEPARTMENT: Authorizes the fire marshal to require carbon monoxide
alarm systems in certain hotels where a potential carbon monoxide poisoning threat
exists
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 40:1563(M) and 1574(L), relative to carbon monoxide alarms in certain2
hotels; to authorize the fire marshal to require carbon monoxide alarms in certain3
hotels; to provide for definitions; to require the disclosure of a carbon monoxide4
source in plans submitted to the fire marshal by certain hotel owners, lessees, or5
agents; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 40:1563(M) and 1574(L) are hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
§1563. Powers and duties generally; use of deputies; responsibilities of local9
governing authorities with fire prevention bureaus; open structures and10
process structures; fees11
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M.(1) The fire marshal, or his designee, shall have the authority to require13
the owner or lessee of a structure that was in existence as of August 1, 2014, and is14
utilized as a hotel to install a carbon monoxide alarm system when he determines,15
as a result of a plan review, investigation, or inspection, that a carbon monoxide16
source within or attached to the building or structure poses a threat of carbon17
monoxide poisoning. The source of carbon monoxide may include but not be limited18
to an attached enclosed garage or fossil-fuel burning appliance or appliances.19 HLS 14RS-2811 REENGROSSED
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(2) For purposes of this Subsection, the following terms mean:1
(a) "Attached enclosed garage" means a structure or portion of a structure2
without openings or openings on only one side that is used for the parking or storage3
of private motor vehicles.4
(b) "Hotel" means a building or structure that was in existence as of August5
1, 2014, which is utilized as a residential occupancy building containing sleeping6
units where the occupants are primarily transient in nature, including boarding7
houses, hotels, and motels.8
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§1574. Construction or repair of structures10
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L. An owner or lessee of a hotel, as defined by R.S. 40:1563(M), or the agent12
of such owner or lessee, shall declare the presence of a carbon monoxide source or13
the attachment of a parking garage to the hotel at the time building plans and14
specifications for the hotel are submitted to the fire marshal for review.15
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)]
Stokes HB No. 1267
Abstract: Authorizes the fire marshal, under certain circumstances, to require that carbon
monoxide alarm systems be installed in buildings in existence as of August 1, 2014,
that are being utilized as hotels, and that contain a carbon monoxide source that
poses a threat of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Present law provides that the fire marshal shall take all steps necessary and proper to protect
life and property from hazards of panic which may arise from fire or from the threat of fire
or explosion.
Proposed law provides that the fire marshal, or his designee, shall have the authority to
require the owner or lessee of a structure that was in existence as of August 1, 2014, and is
utilized as a hotel to install a carbon monoxide alarm system when he determines, as a result
of a plan review, investigation, or inspection, that a carbon monoxide source within or
attached to the building or structure poses a threat of carbon monoxide poisoning. The
source of carbon monoxide may include, but not be limited to, an attached enclosed garage
or fossil-fuel burning appliance or appliances.
Proposed law defines "attached enclosed garage" and "hotel". HLS 14RS-2811 REENGROSSED
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Proposed law requires that an owner or lessee of a hotel, as defined in proposed law, or his
agent shall declare the presence of a carbon monoxide source or the attachment of a parking
garage to the hotel at the time building plans and specifications for the hotel are submitted
to the fire marshal for review.
(Adds R.S. 40:1563(M) and 1574(L))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. Made a technical correction.