Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 8 > Part IV-D - Industrialized Buildings

• Account: means the Industrialized Building Program Dedicated Fund Account. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Building code: means the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code provided for in Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
• 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
• 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
• Council: means the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53

• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
• 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. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Secretary: means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1730.53