RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 753 (HB 953) 2024 Regular Session Fontenot
New law (R.S. 40:1646(B)(1) as amended and reenacted by Section 1 of Act No. 598 of the
2018 R.S.) requires the owner of any building containing life safety system and equipment
to annually inspect and certify the building and to determine whether structural changes in
the building mandate alteration of the system, effective July 1, 2024.
New law (R.S. 40:1646(B)(2)(b) as enacted by Section 1 of Act No. 598 of the 2018 R.S.)
requires the owner of a building with two stories occupied by a single tenant wherein
employees of the tenant are regularly inside of the building to have at a minimum, a safety
test of the building's conveyance device in five-year intervals, effective July 1, 2024.
New law (R.S. 40:1646(F) as enacted by Section 1 of Act No. 598 of the 2018 R.S.)
provides that, effective July 1, 2024, all of the following shall apply only to the inspection
of conveyance devices:
(1) When the fire marshal finds that the owner has failed to comply with existing law,
he shall order the owner's compliance.
(2) When the fire marshal finds a conveyance device to be inoperable or not in
compliance with applicable safety standards, he shall order the owner to have the
conveyance device inspected and brought into compliance with applicable safety
standards.
(3) Whoever fails to comply with an order issued by the fire marshal shall be first issued
a warning and ordered to comply with such order.
New law changes the effective date of new law from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2040.
Effective upon signature of governor (June 19, 2024).
(Amends Sections 4 and 5 of Act No. 598 of the 2018 R.S.)