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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 334
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
GAMING/REVENUE: Provides relative to the casino support services contract
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 27:247, relative to the casino support services contract; to2
provide for the funding of such contract; to establish the Casino Support Services3
Fund as a special treasury fund; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 27:247 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง247. Casino support services contract; Casino Support Services Fund8
A. Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, the9
gaming control board shall enter into a casino support services contract with the10
governing authority of the parish where the official gaming establishment is located11
in order to compensate the parish on a quarterly basis for the cost to the parish for12
providing support services resulting from the operation of the official gaming13
establishment and the activities therein. Support services as used in this Section14
shall include but not be limited to fire, police, sanitation, health, transportation, and15
traffic services. The amount of the contract shall be determined by negotiation and16
agreement between the gaming control board and the parish, subject to approval by17
the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. In the event that a new contract is18
not agreed upon by the gaming control board and the parish by March thirty-first of19
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Committee on the Budget for approval of the amount of the contract at the next1
meeting of the committee. If the committee approves or does not act upon the2
amount of the contract, the contract shall remain in full force and effect. If the3
committee disapproves or does not act upon the amount of the contract, the contract4
shall be null, void, and of no effect.5
B. There is hereby created in the state treasury, as a special fund, the Casino6
Support Services Fund, hereinafter referred to as the "fund", to provide7
compensation to the parish governing authority pursuant to a casino support services8
contract executed pursuant to Subsection A of this Section.9
(2) Monies in the fund shall be invested in the same manner as monies in the10
general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies in the fund shall be credited11
to the fund. Unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the12
fiscal year shall remain in the fund.13
(3) The state treasurer is directed to deposit into the fund at the beginning of14
each fiscal year an amount equal to the amount of the compensation provided15
pursuant to the casino support services contract most recently approved by the Joint16
Legislative Committee on the Budget. Monies in the fund shall be appropriated,17
administered, and used solely as provided in Subsection C of this Section.18
C. Monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the parish governing authority19
and used to compensate the parish on a quarterly basis for the cost to the parish of20
providing support services resulting from the operation of the official gaming21
establishment and the activities therein.22
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor23
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,24
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Leger HB No. 334
Abstract: Creates the Casino Support Services Fund and dedicates the amount required to
fund the most recently approved casino support services contract. Additionally
deletes present law nullifying the most recent casino support services contract if no
action is taken by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
Present law provides that the gaming control board and the parish governing authority shall
enter into a casino support services contract to compensate the governing authority for
support services resulting from operation of the land-based casino. Requires approval of the
Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (JLCB). If a new contract is not agreed to by
March 31, the contract currently in effect shall remain in full force and effect. If the JLCB
approves the contract, it shall remain in full force and effect.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that if the JLCB disapproves or does not act upon the amount of the
contract, it shall be nullified.
Proposed law provides that if JLCB does not approve the amount of the contract, the prior
contract shall remain in full force and effect. Retains present law nullifying the contract if
it is disapproved by the JLCB.
Proposed law establishes the Casino Support Services Fund as a special treasury fund to
provide compensation to the parish governing authority pursuant to a casino support services
contract. The state treasurer is directed to deposit an amount equal to the amount of the most
recently approved casino support services contract at the beginning of the fiscal year.
Proposed law provides that monies in the fund shall be appropriated to the parish governing
authority and used to compensate the parish on a quarterly basis for the cost to the parish of
providing support services resulting from the operation of the official gaming establishment
and the activities therein.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 27:247)