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ACT No. 74
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 544
BY REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:206, relative to the crime of fire prevention interference; to2
add elements to the crime; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 14:206 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 5
ยง206. Fire prevention interference; penalty 6
A. Fire prevention interference is the intentional performance of any of the7
following acts:8
(1) Defacing or destroying fire warning notices or posters.9
(2) Injuring, destroying, removing or in any manner interfering with the use10
of any tools, equipment, towers, buildings, or telephone lines, or life safety systems11
and equipment as defined in R.S. 40:1646(C), used in the detection, reporting or12
suppression of fire. 13
(3) Obstructing exits, impeding egress, or exceeding the capacity or posted14
occupant load of a building or structure.15
(4) Unauthorized use or proximate display as defined in R.S. 51:650(9), of16
fireworks in a building or structure.17
B. Whoever commits the crime of fire prevention interference shall be fined18
not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for a period of not more than six19
months, or both.20
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: