Louisiana SB334: LOCAL AGENCIES: Provides for enforcement of ordinances by a municipality or parish relative to public health, housing, fire codes, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, licensing and permits. (8/1/26)

What the bill says

An act To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2575(A), relative to enforcement of ordinances by a municipality or parish; to provide relative to blighted or abandoned property; to provide relative to public health, housing, fire codes, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, environmental, historic district, and licensing and permits ordinances; to provide relative to procedures for administrative adjudication; and to provide for related matters.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 13:2575(A), relative to enforcement of ordinances by a municipality or parish; to provide relative to blighted or abandoned property; to provide relative to public health, housing, fire codes, building codes, zoning, vegetation, nuisances, environmental, historic district, and licensing and permits ordinances; to provide relative to procedures for administrative adjudication; and to provide for related matters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: Section 1. R.S. 13:2575(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: §2575. Blighted or abandoned property; public health, housing, fire code, building code, and certain other ordinance violations; administrative adjudication; procedure; appeal; penalties A.(1) Any municipality or parish may prescribe civil fines for blighted property, abandoned property, or violation of public health, housing, fire code, environmental, and historic district ordinances in the municipality or parish by owners of immovable property, their agents, tenants, or representatives pursuant to the procedures for administrative adjudication provided in this Chapter. For the Page 1 of Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SLS 26RS-531 ORIGINAL SB NO. purposes of this Chapter, "housing violations" shall encompass only those conditions in privately owned structures which are determined to constitute a threat or danger to the public health, safety or welfare, to the …

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