RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 214 (HB 322) 2019 Regular Session Turner
Relative to the state fire marshal, existing law defines fire prevention bureaus to include any
agency with locally governed jurisdiction which inspects structures, watercraft, and movables
for compliance with the National Fire Protection Association's Life Safety Code and the
Southern Standard Building Code.
Existing law further defines fire prevention bureaus as agencies tasked with investigating
fires to determine the cause, origin, and circumstance, and whether any fire had suspicious
origins.
New law retains existing law and further provides that fire prevention bureaus also inspect
pursuant to new law (R.S. 40:1574(K)), which allows the fire marshal to take into
consideration any practical difficulties or economic hardship to allow alternative
arrangements to achieve a minimum acceptable level of life safety.
Effective August 1, 2019.
(Amends R.S. 40:1563(D))