DIGEST
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HB 602 Original 2022 Regular Session Davis
Abstract: Revises and reorganizes provisions of Title 37 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950
relative to the La. State Licensing Board for Contractors.
Present law, through Chapter 24 of Title 37 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950, governs state law
related to contracting and creates the La. State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC) to oversee
the occupation of contracting in this state.
Present law provides that the board shall oversee home improvement contracting and those present
law provisions related to home improvement contracting are designated within Part II of Chapter 24.
Present law regulates the occupation of mold remediation and pertinent statutes are designated as
Chapter 24-A of Title 37 in present law.
Present law also delegates the board as the authority which regulates persons who perform mold
remediation in this state.
Proposed law reorganizes and consolidates present law provisions related to contracting, home
improvement contracting, and mold remediation.
Proposed law relocates the provisions of present law relative to home improvement contracting and
mold remediation, and incorporates them into the general provisions regarding contracting and the
duties and responsibilities of the LSLBC in Chapter 24 of present law.
Proposed law deletes duplicative language in present law.
Proposed law deletes section numbers of present law and those provisions have been redesignated
in proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 37:2150.1(intro. para.) and (2)-(13), 2152(Section heading), 2153(A), (E), and (F),
and 2154-2165; Adds R.S. 37:2150(14)-(18) and 2153(G); Repeals R.S. 37:2152(C), 2166-2173,
2175.1-2175.6, and 2181-2192)