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2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 35
BY SENATOR GATTI
INSURANCE POLICIES. Requires insurance for persons handling explosives. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:1472.3(F), relative to licensing a manufacturer, dealer-distributor, user,
3 blaster, or handler of explosives; to provide for the requirement of liability insurance
4 as a condition for obtaining a license; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1472.3(F) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง1472.3. License; manufacturer, dealer-distributor, user, blaster, or handler of
8 explosives
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10 F. No license shall be issued by the deputy secretary pursuant to an
11 application therefor when the applicant is in control of demilitarized explosives,
12 propellants, and recycled bomb materials in excess of one-half million pounds
13 or more unless the applicant provides proof of liability insurance. The liability
14 insurance shall be in an amount not less than fifty million dollars and shall
15 provide coverage for damage caused by blast waves, blast wind, fire,
16 fragmentation, open burning, secondary fragmentation, shockwaves and stress
17 waves which result from the handling, movement, use, manipulation, or other
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1 action causing the detonation of explosives by the applicant or an employee or
2 agent of the applicant.
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The original instrument was prepared by Cheryl Cooper. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Laura Gail Sullivan.
DIGEST
SB 35 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Gatti
Present law provides for the requirements of a manufacturer, dealer-distributor, user, blaster,
or handler of explosives to obtain a state-issued license.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the requirement of proof of a $50 million liability
insurance policy to cover damage caused by blast waves, blast wind, fire, fragmentation,
open burning, secondary fragmentation, shockwaves and stress waves as a condition of
issuance of a license when the applicant is in control of demilitarized explosives, propellants,
and recycled bomb materials in excess of one-half million pounds or more.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Enacts 40:1472.3(F))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Insurance to the original
bill
1. Add open burning to the list of types of damage the policy must cover.
2. Limit provisions of proposed law to applicants in control of demilitarized
explosives, propellants, and recycled bomb materials in excess of one-half
million pounds or more.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.