Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1730.27. Adoption and enforcement of emergency wind and flood mitigation requirements

A. The wind and flood mitigation requirements prescribed by the 2003 International Building Code and the 2003 International Residential Code, as modified in R.S. 40:1730.28(A)(3), shall apply within the parishes of Calcasieu, Cameron, Vermilion, Iberia, St. Tammany, Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Terrebonne, and Lafourche.

B. Emergency wind and flood building requirements adopted in this Section shall remain in force until January 1, 2007.

C. Except as otherwise provided herein, the emergency wind and flood mitigation requirements adopted by this Section shall be enforced pursuant to R.S. 40:1730.23 and 1730.24 of this Part. If municipalities and parishes are unable to enforce the emergency wind and flood mitigation requirements prescribed in this Section on the effective dates provided for in Subsection D of this Section, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall enforce them as long as they remain in effect.

D. The provisions of this Section shall go into effect thirty days from November 29, 2005, for parishes and municipalities that have code enforcement procedures in place on November 29, 2005. For those parishes and municipalities without code enforcement procedures, the provisions of this Section shall be applied no later than ninety days from November 29, 2005.

E. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state fire marshal, may establish contract agreements with parishes, municipalities, and third-party providers in order to provide enforcement of this Section.