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First Extraordinary Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 23
BY REPRESENTATIVE WOOTON
CENSUS: Provides relative to provisions in Title 14 which are limited in applicability to
political subdivisions or local areas meeting specified population characteristics
(Item #8)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:90(B), relative to provisions of Title 14 (Louisiana Criminal2
Code) of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 which are limited in applicability3
to certain political subdivisions or local areas based upon population classifications;4
to adjust population categories to retain applicability; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 14:90(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง90. Gambling9
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B. The conducting, or directly assisting in the conducting, as a business, of11
any game, contest, lottery, or contrivance on board a commercial cruiseship used for12
the international carriage of passengers whereby a person risks the loss of anything13
of value in order to realize a profit is not gambling and shall not be suppressed by14
any law enforcement officer of the state of Louisiana or any of its political15
subdivisions. This Subsection shall apply only to commercial cruiseships for the16
carriage of passengers which are sailing from a port outside the continental limits of17
the United States to a port in any parish municipality of this state having a population18
of more than four hundred seventy-five three hundred thousand or any such ship19 HLS 111ES-35 ENGROSSED
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which is sailing from a port in such a parish municipality to a port outside the1
continental limits of the United States, provided that the ship is not docked or2
anchored but is navigating en route between such ports.3
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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)]
Wooton HB No. 23
Abstract: Updates the applicability of provisions in Title 14 as a result of the 2010 census.
Proposed law, contained in Title 14 (Criminal Code) of the Lousiana Revised Statutes of
1950, legislates with regard to classifications of parishes, municipalities, or other political
subdivisions or local areas according to population by enacting local bills to limit the
application of laws based upon specific classifications to one or more parishes,
municipalities, or other political subdivisions or local areas, by adjusting the population
ranges affected by the 2010 census, and by repealing certain provisions based upon certain
population classification ranges, as follows:
CITATION/
TOPIC
EXISTING LAW AFFECTED
LOCATIONS
PROPOSED
LAW
R.S. 14:90(B) -
Commercial cruiseship
exception to the crime
of gambling
A port in any parish with
a population of 475,000+
Orleans Parish
(2000 census)
Municipality
with a
population of
300,000+
(Amends R.S. 14:90(B))