Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1959

  • Housing accommodations: means any immovable property, or portion thereof, which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more human beings, but shall not include any single family residence the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish for compensation not more than one room therein. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1952
  • Person with a disability: means a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of such person's major life activities and who has a record of such impairment or who is regarded as having such an impairment, including military veterans with traumatic brain injury or post traumatic stress disorder. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1952

Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to amend, repeal, conflict with, or supersede any federal or state law, rule, or regulation or local ordinance mandating full and equal access in the use of public facilities or places, common carriers, public conveyances, or other modes of transportation, or housing accommodations for a person with a disability.

Acts 1993, No. 482, §1; Acts 2014, No. 492, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §24, eff. June 23, 2014.

NOTE:  Acts 1993, No. 763, §1 amended prior La. Rev. Stat. 46:1952(A), (B), and (C), 1953(D), and 1954 and enacted La. Rev. Stat. 46:1953(E).  Acts 1993, No. 482, §1 amended and reenacted the entire Chapter.  The Chapter appears as in Act No. 482.  The Louisiana State Law Institute printed the provisions of Act No. 763 as a note at the head of this Chapter.

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