GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 1039 2022 Regular Session McKnight
FIRE PROTECT/FIRE MARSHAL: Provides relative to life safety and property
protection systems.
DIGEST
Present law provides for the assessment of fees to be collected by the state fire marshal.
Proposed law retains present law and provides for the assessment of a fee of $1.50 for
electronically tagging life safety and property protection systems and equipment using a
Quick Response (QR) code decal or hanging tag.
Proposed law provides that QR code decals or hanging tags used to electronically tag
portable fire extinguishers and hoses are exempt from the $1.50 fee requirement.
Provisions in proposed law relative to La. Life Safety and Property Protection Trust
Dedicated Fund Account supercede certain provisions of Act No. 114 of the 2021 R.S.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action except that
proposed law which renumbers not yet effective present law relative to Life Safety and
Property Protection Trust Dedicated Fund Account becomes effective upon the effectiveness
of Section 10 of Act No. 114 of the 2021 R.S. of the Legislature.
(Amends R.S. 40:1664.9(J)-(N); Adds R.S. 40:1664.9(O))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Commerce to the
original bill:
1. Make technical changes.
2. Authorize a fee for hanging tags used for electronically tagging life safety and
property protection systems.
3. Exclude QR code decals and hanging tags used for the electronic tagging of
certain life safety and property protection equipment from such fee.
4. Decrease the proposed electronic tagging fee.
5. Assess a fifty cent transaction fee per instance of a firm with a certain
endorsement accessing a QR code on a portable fire extinguisher.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and International Affairs to the reengrossed bill
1. Make technical changes.
2. Removes a fifty cent transaction fee assessed per accession on firms with a
portable fire extinguisher or fire hose endorsement assessing a QR code on a
portable fire extinguisher.
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Prepared by Xavier Alexander.