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ACT No. 820
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 495
BY REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1563.1(A), relative to the authority of certain officials to2
conduct investigations and make arrests; to add simple arson of a religious building3
to the list of offenses for which a fire marshal and other officials may conduct4
investigations and make arrests; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 40:1563.1(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง1563.1. Authority to make arrests and carry firearms; arson task force8
A. The fire marshal, the first assistant fire marshal, each deputy fire marshal,9
certified local authorities, and state or municipal arson investigators, while engaged10
in the performance of their duties as such, shall have the authority to investigate and11
cause the arrest of individuals suspected of having violated the following criminal12
laws:13
(1) R.S. 14:51, aggravated arson.14
(2) R.S. 14:52, simple arson.15
(3) R.S. 14:52.1, simple arson of a religious building.16
(4) R.S. 14:53, arson with intent to defraud.17
(4)(5) R.S. 14:54, placing combustible material.18
(5)(6) R.S. 14:54.1, communicating false information of planned arson.19
(6)(7) R.S. 14:54.2, manufacture and possession of delayed action incendiary20
devices.21
(7)(8) R.S. 14:54.3, manufacture and possession of a bomb.22
(8)(9) R.S. 14:54.5, fake explosive devices.23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 495
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(9)(10) R.S. 14:59 (A)(2), criminal mischief relating to the giving of any1
false alarm of fire.2
(10)(11) R.S. 14:204, fire-raising on lands of another by criminal negligence.3
(11)(12) R.S. 14:205, fire-raising on lands of another with malice.4
(12)(13) R.S. 14:206, fire prevention interference.5
(13)(14) R.S. 14:327, obstructing a fireman.6
(14)(15) R.S. 22:1924, insurance fraud.7
(15)(16) R.S. 22:1925, insurance fraud.8
(16)(17) R.S. 14.51.1, injury by arson.9
(17)(18) R.S. 15:562.5, failure to register.10
(18)(19) R.S. 40:1621, violation of fire marshal's orders. This Paragraph11
shall be limited to fire marshal orders related to activities or instances determined by12
the fire marshal to pose an immediate danger to life.13
(19)(20) Any other criminal laws making unlawful an attempt or conspiracy14
to commit the foregoing offenses.15
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: