reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.11. Short title; purpose

RS 1749.11 - Short title; purpose A. This Part shall be known and may be cited as the "Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law". B. It is the public policy of this state to promote the protection of property, workmen, and citizens in the immediate vicinity of an underground facility or utility from damage, death, or injury and to promote the health and well-being of the community by preventing the interruption of essential services which may result from the destruction of, or damage to, underground facilities or utilities. Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1999, No. 506, §1, eff. June 29, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.15. Emergency excavation; notice required; penalty

RS 1749.15 - Emergency excavation; notice required; penalty A. The notice required pursuant to R.S. 40:1749.13 shall not apply to any person conducting an emergency excavation. Oral notice of the emergency excavation shall be given as soon as practicable to the regional notification center or each operator having underground utilities and facilities located in the area and, if necessary, emergency assistance shall be requested from each operator in locating and providing immediate protection to its underground utilities and facilities. B. The excavator shall orally certify in the notice required in Subsection A of this Section that the situation poses an imminent threat or danger to life, health, or property and requires immediate action and that the excavator has a crew on site. C. There is a rebuttable presumption that the excavator failed to give notice as required pursuant to this Section if the excavator failed to give any notice to the regional notification center within the following time periods: (1) Within four hours of the beginning of the emergency excavation. (2) In the case of a gubernatorially declared state of emergency due to a tropical storm or hurricane event, within twelve hours of the beginning of the emergency excavation within the parishes to which the emergency declaration applies. (3) In the case of a wildfire, within twenty-four hours after control of the emergency. Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 506, §1, eff. June 29, 1999; Acts 2011, No. 38, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 103, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.16. Precautions to avoid damage

RS 1749.16 - Precautions to avoid damage In addition to the notification requirements in R.S. 40:1749.13 and 1749.14 and the emergency notification requirements in R.S. 40:1749.15, each person responsible for an excavation or demolition operation shall do the following: (1) Plan the excavation or demolition to avoid damage to or minimize interference with underground facilities in and near the construction area. (2) Maintain a safe clearance between the underground utilities or facilities and the cutting edge or point of any power or mechanized equipment, taking into account the known limit of control of the cutting edge or point to avoid damage to utilities or facilities. (3) Provide support for underground facilities or utilities in and near the construction area, during excavation and back filling operations, as may be reasonably necessary to protect the utility or facility. (4) Dig test pits to determine the actual location of facilities or utilities handling electricity, gas, natural gas, oil, petroleum products, or other flammable, toxic, or corrosive fluids/gases if these facilities or utilities are to be exposed. Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 506, §1, eff. June 29, 1999.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.17. Excavation or demolition; repair of damage

RS 1749.17 - Excavation or demolition; repair of damage  A. Each person responsible for any excavation or demolition operations which result in any damage to an underground facility or utility shall, immediately upon discovery of that damage, notify the owner or operator of the utility or facility of the location and nature of the damage and shall allow the owner or operator reasonable time to accomplish necessary repairs before continuing the excavation, demolition, or back filling in the immediate area of damage.  B. Each person responsible for an excavation or demolition operation or normal commercial farming operation which results in damage to an underground facility or utility permitting the escape of any flammable, toxic, or corrosive fluids/gases shall, immediately upon discovery of that damage:  (1) Notify the owner or operator of the utility or facility as provided in Subsection A, and all other appropriate emergency response personnel, including 911 and the local law enforcement and fire departments and allow the owner or operator reasonable time to accomplish necessary repairs before continuing the excavation, demolition, or back filling in the immediate area of damage.  (2) Take any other action as may be reasonably necessary to protect persons and property and to minimize hazards until arrival of the owner or operator's personnel and police or fire department.  (3) Comply with any other notification process required by law or regulation.  C. For the purposes of this Part, failure to comply with the provisions of Subsection B shall constitute a single violation, except as provided below by Subsection D.  D. After discovery of the damage, each day that an excavator or demolisher fails to comply with the provisions of Subsection B shall be considered a separate violation.  Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 506, §1, eff. June 29, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 160, §1; Acts 2021, No. 46, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.18 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.18. Certification of a regional notification center by Department of Public Safety and Corrections

RS 1749.18 - Certification of a regional notification center by Department of Public Safety and Corrections  A. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to establish a certification program for regional notification centers in this state.  B. For the purposes of promoting cost effectiveness, ease of use, safety, and the protection of property, workmen, and citizens from damage, injury, and death, the rules and regulations shall include but not be limited to requirements that any regional notification center, that is either certified or that applies for certification pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, shall have and maintain the following:  (1) Ability to accept and timely process and locate requests as required by law, including providing of ticket numbers, copies of tickets, notifications, and other procedures and information.  (2) Ability to accept and timely process short notice, priority, and emergency locate requests.  (3) Voice recording of all incoming calls and retention of voice tapes for at least three years.  (4)(a) Specifically defined geopolitical services areas that are coterminous with parish boundaries and do not overlap any other defined service area.  (b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply only to those regional notification centers described in R.S. 40:1749.12(13)(a).  (5) Any other requirements that may be necessary for a regional notification center to properly perform the duties and functions required under this Part.  C. The department shall include in the rules and regulations procedures for certification by the department and may charge a fee for the certification process, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars. The rules and regulations required by this Section shall be promulgated by the department within six months after June 29, 1999.  D. An entity operating in this state as an authorized regional notification center prior to and upon June 29, 1999, shall have six months from the date of final adoption of the rules and regulations required by this Section to seek and obtain compliance certification from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Failure to obtain such certification shall result in the cessation of activities by the regional notification center.  E. An entity not operating in this state as an authorized regional notification center prior to and upon June 29, 1999, shall obtain compliance certification from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections prior to performing the operations of a regional notification center in or for this state.  Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1999, No. 506, §1, eff. June 29, 1999; Acts 2016, No. 85, §1, eff. May 11, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.19 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.19. Voluntary participation by incorporated municipalities and parish governments

RS 1749.19 - Voluntary participation by incorporated municipalities and parish governments A. Each incorporated municipality or parish government which owns or operates, in its own right or through a special district or districts created pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority, a drainage system, a sewer system, drainage, water or water system, traffic control system, an electrical energy system and/or a gas or natural gas system underground facility within its local jurisdiction which would otherwise be included in R.S. 40:1749.14, and which does not desire to be so included, shall adopt an ordinance indicating this desire by December 31, 1998. The ordinance shall be filed with the secretary of state for verification purposes. An incorporated municipality or parish government which fails to adopt the ordinance shall be subject to the provisions of this Part on and after December 31, 1998. B. Each municipality or parish government which owns or operates in its own right, or through a special district or districts created pursuant to law, a drainage system, a sewer system, water or water system, telephone or telegraph, fiber optic, electronics equipment system, traffic control system, an electrical energy system, natural gas system, and/or a gas system underground facility within its local jurisdiction which would otherwise be included in R.S. 40:1749.17, and which is incorporated or created subsequent to July 1, 1997, and which does not desire to be so included, shall comply with the provisions of Subsection A of this Section within one year of the date of its first municipal elections or within one year of the date of creation of a special district. Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.21. Miscellaneous provisions

RS 1749.21 - Miscellaneous provisions  A. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the provisions of this Part shall not affect any civil remedies for personal injury or property damage, including damage to underground facilities or utilities.  B. Nothing in this Part shall affect any permitting process granted to a parish, municipal, local, or state governing authority. If a permit is issued in conjunction with excavation or demolition subject to the provisions of this Part, upon issuing the permit, the governing authority is encouraged to distribute to the permittee information regarding compliance with the provisions of this Part. The regional notification centers shall provide the information to the governing authority for distribution. The failure of the governing authority to distribute the information shall not for that reason alone create any liability on the part of the governing authority or permittee nor otherwise reduce or limit the duties and responsibilities of excavators or demolishers under this Part.  C. Any owner or operator of a natural gas pipeline that is inactive, has a diameter of a minimum of fifteen inches and a maximum of seventeen inches, and is located in a parish with a population between forty-five thousand and seventy-five thousand shall maintain the minimum amount of ground cover as provided by 49 CFR Part 192. If the minimum amount of ground cover has not been maintained then the owner or operator of the natural gas pipeline shall, at his own expense, restore the minimum amount of cover over the pipeline prior to the pipeline being reactivated.  D. The provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall become null and void on June 30, 2023.  Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 2021, No. 46, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.22. Preemption

RS 1749.22 - Preemption  Except as provided in this Part, no parish, municipal, local, or state governing authority may enact any ordinance or promulgate any rules or regulations which are in conflict with the provisions of this Part.  Acts 1988, No. 923, §1; Acts 2019, No. 344, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.24. Collection and distribution of fines or civil penalties; Underground Damages Prevention Fund

RS 1749.24 - Collection and distribution of fines or civil penalties; Underground Damages Prevention Fund A. All civil penalties collected under the provisions of R.S. 40:1749.20(A) and (B) shall be paid to the state treasury for credit to the Underground Damages Prevention Fund created by this Section and shall be disbursed from the fund as follows: (1) Fifty percent shall be retained by the Underground Damages Prevention Fund. (2) Within one year of the civil penalty being deposited into the Underground Damages Prevention Fund, the agency responsible for administering R.S. 40:1749.23 shall disburse the remaining fifty percent of the civil penalties to the law enforcement agency that issued the citation. B. All funds received by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections under the provisions of this Part shall be retained in the Underground Damages Prevention Fund. C. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and prior to monies being placed in the state general fund, an amount equal to that deposited as required by Subsection B of this Section shall be credited to a special fund hereby created in the state treasury to be known as Underground Damages Prevention Fund. After disbursements as authorized in this Section, the monies in this fund shall be used solely as provided by Subsection D of this Section and only in the amounts appropriated by the legislature. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in such fund. The monies in this fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to this fund, following compliance with the requirement of Article VII, Section 9(B) relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. D. The monies in the Underground Damages Prevention Fund shall be used by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or its designee solely for administration of the provisions of this Part, including payment to the division of administrative law for adjudication services. Expenditures may also be made for information and programs designed to enhance awareness of the duties and responsibilities of persons governed by the provisions of this Part and the duties and responsibilities of persons who enforce and administer the provisions of this Part. Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 506, §1, eff. June 29, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 160, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.25. Department of Transportation and Development; compliance

RS 1749.25 - Department of Transportation and Development; compliance Department of Transportation and Development right-of-way permit procedures, as promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and set forth in Title 70 of the Louisiana Administrative Code, constitute compliance with the provisions of this Part only insofar as this Part imposes upon the Department of Transportation and Development the duties of a regional notification center or operator. Acts 1997, No. 1050, §1, eff. July 11, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1749.26 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1749.26. Public work projects

RS 1749.26 - Public work projects In addition to any other applicable provision of this Part, R.S. 38:2223 shall apply to any public work project. Acts 2001, No. 1005, §2, eff. June 27, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1751 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1751. Definitions

RS 1751 - Definitions For purposes of this Part, "machine gun" includes all firearms of any calibre, commonly known as machine rifles, machine guns, and sub-machine guns, capable of automatically discharging more than eight cartridges successively without reloading, in which the ammunition is fed to the gun from or by means of clips, disks, belts, or some other separable mechanical device. "Manufacturer" includes all persons manufacturing machine guns; "Merchant" includes all persons dealing with machine guns as merchandise. Acts 1932, No. 80, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1752 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1752. Handling of machine guns unlawful; exceptions

RS 1752 - Handling of machine guns unlawful; exceptions No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale, loan or give away, purchase, possess, carry, or transport any machine gun within this state, except that: (1) All duly appointed peace officers may purchase, possess, carry, and transport machine guns. (2) This Part does not apply to the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States, the National Guard, and organizations authorized by law to purchase or receive machine guns from the United States or from this state. The members of such Corps, National Guard, and organizations may possess, carry, and transport machine guns while on duty. (3) Persons possessing war relics may purchase and possess machine guns which are relics of any war in which the United States was involved, may exhibit and carry the machine guns in the parades of any military organization, and may sell, offer to sell, loan, or give the machine guns to other persons possessing war relics. (4) Guards or messengers employed by common carriers, banks, and trust companies, and pay-roll guards or messengers may possess and carry machine guns while actually employed in and about the shipment, transportation, or delivery, or in the guarding of any money, treasure, bullion, bonds, or other thing of value. Their employers may purchase or receive machine guns and keep them in their possession when the guns are not being used by their guards or messengers. (5) Manufacturers and merchants may sell, keep or offer for sale, loan or give away, purchase, possess, and transport machine guns in the same manner as other merchandise except as otherwise provided in this Part. Common carriers may possess and transport unloaded machine guns as other merchandise. Acts 1932, No. 80, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1753 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1753. Transfers of possessions permitted in certain cases; method

RS 1753 - Transfers of possessions permitted in certain cases; method No manufacturer or merchant shall permit any machine gun to pass from his possession to the possession of any person other than: (1) A manufacturer or a merchant. (2) A common carrier for shipment to a manufacturer or merchant. (3) A duly authorized agent of the government of the United States or of this state, acting in his official capacity. (4) A person authorized to purchase a machine gun under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (4) of R.S. 40:1752. Manufacturers or merchants shall not deliver a machine gun to any of the persons authorized to purchase it under the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (4) of R.S. 40:1752 unless the person presents a written permit to purchase and possess a machine gun, signed by the sheriff of the parish in which the manufacturer or merchant has his place of business or delivers the machine gun. The manufacturer or merchant shall retain the written permit and keep it on file in his place of business. Each sheriff shall keep a record of all permits issued by him. Acts 1932, No. 80, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1754 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1754. Registers to be kept; inspection thereof

RS 1754 - Registers to be kept; inspection thereof Every manufacturer or merchant shall keep a register of all machine guns manufactured or handled by him. This register shall show: (1) The date of the sale, loan, gift, delivery, or receipt of any machine gun; (2) The name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, or from whom it was received; and (3) The purpose for which the person, to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, purchased or obtained it. Upon demand, every manufacturer or merchant shall permit any sheriff or deputy sheriff or any police officer to inspect his entire stock of machine guns, and parts and supplies therefor, and shall produce the register required in this Section and all written permits to purchase or possess a machine gun, which he has retained and filed in his place of business. Acts 1932, No. 80, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1755 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1755. Penalty

RS 1755 - Penalty A. Any manufacturer who: (1) Passes possession of or delivers a machine gun to any person in violation of R.S. 40:1753; or (2) Fails to keep an accurate register, as required in R.S. 40:1754; or (3) Fails to produce or account for a sheriff's permit for each machine gun sold by him for which a permit is necessary under the provisions of R.S. 40:1753, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years. B. Any person who violates R.S. 40:1752 shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than ten years. C. Whoever, having been convicted of murder, armed or simple robbery, aggravated or simple burglary, or aggravated battery, or an attempt to commit any one of those crimes, thereafter violates any of the provisions of this Part shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than three years nor more than ten years. Acts 1932, No. 80, §§5, 6.