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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 606
BY REPRESENTATIVE STOKES
CONDOMINIUMS: Provides relative to the Louisiana Condominium Act
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 9:1121.103(3) and (5), relative to the Louisiana Condominium
3 Act; to provide for definitions; to provide for the responsibility of parties over certain
4 aspects of the property; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 9:1121.103(3) and (5) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7follows:
8 ยง1121.103. Definitions
9 As used in this Part:
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11 (3)(a) "Unit" means a part of the condominium property subject to individual
12 ownership that is the responsibility of the unit owner. A unit may include air space
13 only. A unit includes such accessory rights and obligations as are stipulated in the
14 condominium declaration.
15 (b) "Unit" shall also include all of the following personal property and
16 replacement of all of the following when located within the unit or its limited
17 common elements and when serving only the unit:
18 (i) Wall, floor, and ceiling coverings, electrical fixtures, appliances, water
19 heaters, water filters, built-in cabinets, and built-in countertops.
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1 (ii) Window treatments including drapes, blinds, hardware, and similar
2 window treatment components.
3 (iii) Materials installed subsequent to the original construction and purchase
4 of the unit by a unit owner that are located behind walls, under floors, or over
5 ceilings, regardless of whether they may be tied in or connected to common element
6 property or equipment.
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8 (5)(a) "Common elements" means the portion of the condominium property
9 not that is the responsibility of the condominium association and neither a part of the
10 individual units nor a part of the limited common elements of a unit.
11 (b) "Common elements" shall also include but not be limited to all of the
12 following movable or immovable property and replacement of all of the following
13 when located outside the boundaries of any unit, under its floors, or over its ceiling
14 and when serving the condominium building in whole or in part but not for the
15 benefit of a single unit:
16 (i) Walls, floors, ceilings, ceiling coverings, electrical fixtures, appliances,
17 water heaters, water filters, built-in cabinets, and built-in countertops.
18 (ii) Window treatments including drapes, blinds, hardware, and similar
19 window treatment components.
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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)]
HB 606 Original 2018 Regular Session Stokes
Abstract: Amends certain provisions of the La. Condominium Act to specify which
elements of the property are the responsibility of whom.
Present law provides for definitions. Proposed law amends the definitions of the terms
"unit" and "common elements". Proposed law provides that any of the property described
in proposed law as included in the term "unit" is the responsibility of the unit owner.
Proposed law provides that any of the property described in proposed law as included in the
term "common elements" is the responsibility of the condominium association.
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Proposed law provides that "unit" shall include all of the following personal property and
replacement of all of the following when located within the unit or its limited common
elements and when serving only the unit:
(1)Wall, floor, and ceiling coverings, electrical fixtures, appliances, water heaters, water
filters, built-in cabinets, and built-in countertops.
(2)Window treatments including drapes, blinds, hardware, and similar window
treatment components.
(3)Materials installed subsequent to the original construction and purchase of the unit
by a unit owner that are located behind walls, under floors, or over ceilings,
regardless of whether they may be tied in or connected to common element property
or equipment.
Proposed law provides that "common elements" shall include but not be limited to all of the
following movable or immovable property and replacement of all of the following when
located outside the boundaries of any unit, under its floors, or over its ceiling and when
serving the condominium building in whole or in part but not for the benefit of a single unit:
(1)Walls, floors, ceilings, ceiling coverings, electrical fixtures, appliances, water
heaters, water filters, built-in cabinets, and built-in countertops.
(2)Window treatments including drapes, blinds, hardware, and similar window
treatment components.
(Amends R.S. 9:1121.103(3) and (5))
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