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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 141
BY SENATOR BROWN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 27:421(B), relative to the licensing and operation of video draw2
poker devices in qualified truck stop facilities; to provide authority for the temporary3
operation of video draw poker devices; to provide with respect to force majeure; to4
provide for applicability; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 27:421(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง421. Temporary placement of twenty-five video draw poker devices8
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B. If after one year a qualified truck stop facility is licensed and an initial10
determination has been made to authorize the placement and operation of devices at11
the facility based upon the average of the fuel sales reports for three months, and the12
qualified truck stop facility thereafter becomes unable to sell a sufficient number of13
gallons of fuel meets all fuel sale requirements to operate to permit the minimum14
a certain number of devices to be operated at the facility, and then the truck stop15
facility becomes unable to meet fuel sale requirements in order to operate the16
same number of devices for reasons of force majeure or due to other17
noncommercial circumstances, such as road or other governmental construction18
projects contiguous to, or otherwise directly affecting the fuel sales of the qualified19
truck stop facility as determined by the division, the facility shall continue to be20
authorized to place and operate the same number of devices as operated based upon21
the last average calculation of monthly fuel sales reports prior to the interruption in22
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the fuel sales. Upon resolution of the reasons causing the reduction in fuel sales, the1
division shall use the next three months of monthly fuel sales reports to determine2
the number of devices authorized to be placed and operated at the facility.3
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: