Martiny (SB 164) Act No. 355
Prior law, relative to the Video Poker Devices Control Law, provided for the locations of
truck stops.
New law retains prior law provisions authorizing a person owning a licensed pari-mutuel
wagering facility or offtrack wagering facility to receive a license for placement of video
draw poker devices in his facility if all other requirements of law are met. Provides that there
is no limit on the number of video draw poker devices which may be placed at the facility
and that video draw poker devices in these facilities may schedule games with no minimum
wager.
New law prohibits the location of no more than five State Racing Commission licensed pari-
mutuel facilities or offtrack wagering facilities that operate video draw poker devices within
Jefferson Parish.
Prior law provides that for locations on which a truck stop facility has not been completely
constructed, if application for licensing is made on or before August 1, 2012, the prohibited
distance shall be in accordance with the following:
(1)For facilities which applied for or were issued a certificate of compliance or a valid
building permit on or before January 1, 2008 - 500 feet from any property on the
National Register of Historic Places, any public playground, or a building used
primarily as a church, synagogue, public library, or school.
(2)For facilities which applied for or were issued a certificate of compliance or a valid
building permit after January 1, 2008, but on or before June 1, 2010 - 2,500 feet from
any property on the National Register of Historic Places, any public playground, or
a building used primarily as a church, synagogue, public library, or school.
(3)For facilities which applied for or were issued a certificate of compliance or a
building permit after June 1, 2010 - one mile from any property on the National
Register of Historic Places, any public playground, residential property, or a building
used primarily as a church, synagogue, public library, or school.
New law provides that regardless of the date a facility applied for or was issued a certificate
of compliance or a valid building permit, locations on which a truck stop facility has not been
completely constructed, if application for licensing is made on or before August 1, 2012, the
prohibited distance shall be one mile from any property on the National Register of Historic
Places, any public playground, residential property, or a building used primarily as a church,
synagogue, public library, or school.
Effective August 1, 2013.
(Amends R.S. 27:415 and 422(D)(1))