Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part V - Fire Protection › Chapter 5 - Manufactured and Modular Housing › Subchapter C - Repairs › Section V-557 - Repair Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All
				  repairs made to used manufactured homes constructed after July 15, 1976 that
				  are no longer in compliance with the standards to which they were built or
				  standards and codes, as promulgated by the United States Department of Housing
				  and Urban Development (HUD), under the National Manufactured Home Construction
				  and Safety Standards Act of 1974,
				  42 U.S.C.
				  5401 et seq., as amended, shall be in
				  accordance with the standards incorporated by reference in the most current
				  edition of the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards,
				  specifically CFR Title 24, Part 3280.4.
B. Pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  40:1730.23(B), repairs to
				  driveways, steps, decks, or other similar accessory or work, not including any
				  additional living area or other type of heated and cooled space outside of the
				  original footprint of the manufactured home, shall be performed in accordance
				  with the standards referenced herein.
C. The Office of State Fire Marshal shall use
				  employees that are registered with the LSUCCC as building officials to oversee
				  inspection of all repairs, not to include repairs which are performed under
				  warranty and/or repairs pursuant to installations and set ups of manufactured
				  homes. Upon completion of a final, approved inspection, the Office of State
				  Fire Marshal shall provide all applicable reports to the local governing
				  authority, which may utilize the report in determining the reinstatement of
				  services, utilities, and any and all other amenities that were discontinued due
				  to the damage incurred to the manufactured home which prompted the
				  repairs.
D. Inspections shall be
				  limited to that which is visible and accessible without requiring
				  deconstruction or destructive testing.
E. The owner of a structure shall employ an
				  electrician that is licensed in the state of Louisiana to perform any needed
				  repairs to the electrical system. Upon the letterhead of the licensed
				  electrician, it shall state the address of the location of the manufactured
				  home where the work was executed, the date that the work was completed, the
				  scope of the work performed and the standards applied to the scope of work. It
				  shall also contain a statement that the work has been completed in accordance
				  with the referenced standards.
F.
				  In the absence of the availability of the employees of the Office of State Fire
				  Marshal who are registered building officials, the Office of State Fire Marshal
				  shall give written notification to the local jurisdictions to conduct said
				  inspections.
G. Pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  9:2798.1, liability shall not be imposed on
				  public entities or their officers or employees based upon the exercise or
				  performance or the failure to exercise or perform their policymaking or
				  discretionary acts when such acts are within the course and scope of their
				  lawful powers and duties. These provisions are not applicable:
1. to acts or omissions which are not
				  reasonably related to the legitimate governmental objective for which the
				  policymaking or discretionary power exists; or
2. to acts or omissions which constitute
				  criminal, fraudulent, malicious, intentional, willful, outrageous, reckless, or
				  flagrant misconducts.