2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 128
BY SENATOR BROWN
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the State Licensing Board for Contractors and the Department of Health
and Hospitals, office of public health, to study the lack of availability of state
inspectors to timely complete inspections involved with construction projects.
WHEREAS, it is the state's public policy to maintain reasonable standards of
construction in buildings and other structures in the state consistent with the public health,
safety, and welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to that policy, the state has promulgated a state uniform
construction code to govern the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of
buildings and other structures and the installation of mechanical devices and equipment
therein; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Hospitals, office of public health, is
tasked with enforcing the state's Sanitary Code and laws and such enforcement includes field
inspections which occur at various stages of a construction project and is critical to a
contractor's construction schedule that such inspections be conducted and completed on a
timely basis; and
WHEREAS, concerns have been raised regarding the apparent reduced availability
of inspectors to perform such inspections on a timely basis; and
WHEREAS, a review is warranted to determine how to meet the need for increased
access to conduct field inspections.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana hereby urges
and requests the State Licensing Board for Contractors and the Department of Health and
Hospitals, office of public health, to study the lack of availability of state inspectors to
timely complete inspections involved with construction projects and to report their findings
to the legislature no later than sixty days prior to the 2016 Regular Session.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
executive director of the State Licensing Board for Contractors, the secretary of the
Department of Health and Hospitals, and the assistant secretary of the office of public health.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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