2020 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 67
BY SENATOR FOIL
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request that local governmental subdivisions, when setting manufactured home
elevation requirements for the purposes of freeboard, take into account that the top
of the chassis may be accepted as the finished floor elevation as long as the bottom
of the chassis is elevated to the base elevation requirement.
WHEREAS, jurisdictions in Louisiana voluntarily participate in the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) so that their citizens may purchase flood insurance and local
adopting authorities may choose to adopt freeboard in order to better protect their citizens;
and
WHEREAS, when jurisdictions adopt freeboard, it is voluntary and above the
minimum requirements of the NFIP; and
WHEREAS, these additional requirements can create a hardship for those citizens
installing manufactured homes when the finished floor elevation is measured from the
bottom of the chassis; and
WHEREAS, freeboard is a best practice and not a minimum requirement.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of Louisiana that local
governmental subdivisions are hereby urged and requested, when adopting manufactured
home elevation requirements for the purposes of freeboard, to take into account that the top
of the chassis may be accepted as the finished floor elevation as long as the bottom of the
chassis is elevated to the base elevation requirement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Louisiana Municipal Association and the Police Jury Association of Louisiana for
distribution to their membership.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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