§1483.1. Louisiana Fortify Homes Program
A. The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program is hereby created within the department.
The commissioner, as program administrator, may make financial grants to retrofit roofs of
insurable property, as defined in R.S. 22:1483(C)(9), with a homestead exemption to resist
loss due to hurricane, tornado, or other catastrophic windstorm events and to meet or exceed
the "fortified roof" standard of the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. The
commissioner shall promulgate rules governing eligibility requirements for grants and the
administration of the program.
B. In order to receive a grant pursuant to this Section, the grantee shall do all of the
following:
(1) Obtain all permits required by law or ordinance for construction.
(2) Arrange and pay for inspections required by law or ordinance and the terms of
the grant, which shall include inspection pursuant to R.S. 22:1483(C)(3).
(3) Comply with applicable building codes.
(4) Maintain records as required by R.S. 22:1483(C)(4) and (5) and the terms of the
grant.
C. The name of a recipient of a grant received pursuant to this Section, the amount
of the grant, and the municipal address of the retrofitted insurable property shall be a public
record.
D. There is hereby established in the state treasury as a special fund the Louisiana
Fortify Homes Program Fund, hereafter referred to in this Section as the "fund". Monies
appropriated or transferred to the fund shall be deposited by the state treasurer after
compliance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
Monies in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in the state general fund,
and any interest earned on monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. All unexpended
and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.
Monies in the fund shall be used to provide grants pursuant to this Section.
E. This Section does not create any of the following:
(1) An entitlement for property owners to receive funding to inspect or retrofit
residential property.
(2) An obligation for the state to appropriate funding to inspect or retrofit residential
property.
F. The provisions of this Section shall terminate and have no effect beginning at
twelve o'clock midnight on June 30, 2025.
Acts 2022, No. 554, §1, eff. Jan. 1. 2023.