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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 363
BY SENATOR MARTINY
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 27:319(B)(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(iii), relative to penalties for certain2
violations of the Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law; to provide with respect3
to the revocation of a license for certain violations; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 27:319(B)(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(iii) are hereby amended and reenacted7
to read as follows:8
ยง319. Allowing underage persons to play video draw poker devices; penalties;9
revocation of license10
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B.(1) Violations of Subsection A of this Section shall be penalized by the12
division as follows:13
(a) For allowing a person under the age of twenty-one to play or operate a14
video draw poker device at a licensed establishment, unless the licensee, his15
employee, or agent reasonably believed that the person was twenty-one years old or16
older:17
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(ii) For a third or subsequent violation, a license revocation hearing shall be19
conducted at which time the board shall determine whether or not there are20
extenuating circumstances pursuant to which a license suspension or revocation21
should not be imposed.22
(b) For allowing a person under the age of twenty-one to play or operate a23
video draw poker device at a licensed establishment when the licensee, his employee,24
or agent is shown to have known or reasonably believed he was allowing a person25
under the age of twenty-one years old to play or operate a video draw poker device,26
or for allowing a person under the age fifteen years old to play or operate a video27 SB NO. 363 ENROLLED
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draw poker device at a licensed establishment regardless of what the licensee, his1
employee or agent knew or reasonably believed about the age of that person:2
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(iii) For a third or subsequent violation, a license revocation hearing shall4
be conducted at which time the board shall determine whether or not there are5
extenuating circumstances pursuant to which a license suspension or revocation6
should not be imposed.7
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Section 2. In the event Senate Bill 575 of the 2012 Regular Session is enacted into9
law, the Louisiana State Law Institute is hereby directed to redesignate R.S. 27:319 as10
amended in this Act as R.S. 27:443.11
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: