§ 40:1730.53 — Definitions

Louisiana § 40:1730.53

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1730.53. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following terms and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed
to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Account" means the Industrialized Building Program Dedicated Fund Account.
(2) "Building code" means the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code provided
for in R.S. 40:1730.21 et seq.
(3) "Commercial building" means a structure used for any purpose other than a one-
and two-family dwelling or accessory to a one- and two-family dwelling.
(4) "Construction site building" means a commercial structure that is not open to the
public and used for any purpose at a commercial site by a person constructing a building,
road, bridge, utility, or other infrastructure or improvement to real property.
(5) "Council" means the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council.
(6) "Industrialized building" means a commercial structure that is the following:
(a) Erected or installed using one or more modules or one or more modular
components that are constructed at a location other than the commercial site.
(b) Designed to be used as a commercial building when the module or the modular
component is transported to the commercial site and erected or installed.
(c) Includes the structure's plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical
systems.
(d) Includes a permanent commercial structure and a commercial structure designed
to be transported from one commercial site to another commercial site.
(e) Does not exceed three stories or forty-nine feet in height measured from the
finished grade to the peak of the roof.
(7) "Modular component" means a structural part of a building constructed at a
location other than the commercial site in a manner that prevents the construction from being
adequately inspected for building code compliance at the commercial site without damage
or removal and reconstruction of a part of the building.
(8) "Module" means a three-dimensional section of industrialized building designed
and approved to be transported as a single section independent of other sections, with or
without modules or modular components, that prevents the construction from being
adequately inspected for building code compliance without damage or removal and
reconstruction of a part of the building.
(9) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections.

Legislative History

Acts 2007, No. 364, §1; Acts 2009, No. 514, §1; Acts 2021, No. 114, §18, eff. July 1, 2022.