Louisiana § RS 30:2012.1 - Monitoring equipment operation liability
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 30:2012.1 — Monitoring equipment operation liability, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 30:2012.1. Monitoring equipment operation liability
A. Any person who operates monitoring equipment or allows such equipment to be placed on his property, where such equipment is operated for the purpose of voluntarily providing monitoring data at the request of and on behalf of the department, shall not be liable to any third party for damages of any kind resulting from the data or information obtained from the operation of such monitoring equipment or from the failure to obtain such monitoring data.
B. The department shall not be liable for damages of any kind resulting from the operation of or failure to operate monitoring equipment owned by the department but placed or located on the property of another when the equipment is operated by anyone other than a department employee.
C. Nothing in this Section shall limit the liability of any person required by the department to report any data under any air, water, or waste permit issued to that person.
Acts 1999, No. 1333, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 30:2012.1 cover?
Section RS 30:2012.1 ("Monitoring equipment operation liability") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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