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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 646
BY REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS
GAMBLING/VIDEO POKER: Amends provisions of law regarding truck stop facility
parking areas
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 27:306(A)(4)(c)(iii)(aa), relative to the operation of video draw2
poker devices at qualified truck stop facilities; to amend provisions of law regarding3
truck stop facility parking areas; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 27:306(A)(4)(c)(iii)(aa) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows: 7
ยง306. State license qualifications; limitations; right to hearing8
A.9
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(4)11
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(c) As used in this Section a qualified truck stop facility shall mean a facility13
covering at least five developed contiguous acres which sells fuel, lubricating oil,14
and other vehicular merchandise, such as batteries, tires, or vehicle parts for15
eighteen-wheel tractor-trailers, and which also meets all of the following criteria:16
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(iii) It must have parking areas with each of the following:18
(aa) A For issuance of the initial license, a stable parking area for at least19
fifty eighteen-wheel tractor-trailer motor vehicles, either paved or concrete, to20 HLS 12RS-728 ORIGINAL
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support eighteen-wheel tractor-trailer motor vehicles and their loads, constructed1
according to industry specifications, subject to approval by the division. All other2
parking areas not paved or concrete must be certified by an authorized company and3
proof provided that compaction tests were conducted, subject to approval by the4
division. Once the division has approved the parking area and issued a license for5
the operation of video draw poker devices, the continued maintenance of the parking6
area shall not be subject to approval or review by the division.7
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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)]
Adams HB No. 646
Abstract: Provides that parking areas for qualified truck stop facilities are subject to initial
review by the gaming division of state police, but not thereafter.
Present law provides for the licensing of qualified truck stop facilities for the operation of
video draw poker devices.
Present law requires truck stop facilities to have stable parking areas for at least 50 18-wheel
tractor-trailer motor vehicles, either paved or concrete, to support 18-wheel tractor-trailer
motor vehicles and their loads, constructed according to industry specifications, subject to
approval by the division. Provides that all other parking areas not paved or concrete must
be certified by an authorized company and proof provided that compaction tests were
conducted, subject to approval by the division.
Proposed law provides that the parking areas are subject to review for the initial issuance of
a license, but once the division has approved the parking area and issued a license for the
operation of video draw poker devices, the continued maintenance of the parking area shall
not be subject to approval or review by the division.
(Amends R.S. 27:306(A)(4)(c)(iii)(aa))