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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 103
BY SENATOR MORRELL
GAMING. Provides relative to suitability standards. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 27:28(E) and 431(D), relative to gaming; to prohibit application2
for certain approval, licenses, and permits for a period of five years under certain3
circumstances; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 27:28(E) and 431(D) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as6
follows:7
§28. Suitability standards8
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E. Any person whose license or permit has been revoked or who has been10
found unsuitable in this state or any other jurisdiction is not eligible to obtain any11
license or permit pursuant to the provisions of this Title for a period of five years12
from the date the revocation or finding of unsuitability becomes final. A person13
who has been found unsuitable or whose license, permit, or approval has been14
revoked, in this state or any other jurisdiction, may not apply for a license,15
permit, or approval or a finding of suitability for five years from the date there16
was a finding of unsuitability, or the license, permit, or approval was revoked,17 SB NO. 103
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unless the board allows the application for good cause shown. The board shall1
promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.2
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§431. Powers and duties of the board or division; restrictions; permits4
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D. For a period of five years from the date of the revocation of the license,6
no license authorized by this Chapter may be granted to any person whose previous7
license was revoked by the division. A person who has been found unsuitable or8
whose license, permit, or approval has been revoked, may not apply for a9
license, permit, or approval or a finding of suitability for five years from the10
date there was a finding of unsuitability, or the license, permit, or approval was11
revoked, unless the board allows the application for good cause shown. The12
board shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out the provisions of this13
Section.14
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Cathy Wells.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 103)
Present law prohibits a person whose license or permit has been revoked or who has been
found unsuitable in this state or any other jurisdiction from being eligible to obtain any
license or permit pursuant to the provisions of the Gaming Control Law for a period of five
years from the date the revocation or finding of unsuitability becomes final.
Proposed law provides that a person who has been found unsuitable or whose license,
permit, or approval has been revoked, in this state or any other jurisdiction, may not apply
for a license, permit, or approval or a finding of suitability for five years from the date there
was a finding of unsuitability, or the license, permit or approval was revoked, unless the
board allows the application for good cause shown.
Present law prohibits a person whose video poker license has been revoked from obtaining
a license for a period of five years from the date of revocation.
Proposed law provides that a person who has been found unsuitable or whose license, permit
or approval has been revoked, may not apply for a license, permit, or approval or a finding
of suitability for five years from the date there was a finding of unsuitability, or the license,
permit, or approval was revoked, unless the board allows the application for good cause
shown. SB NO. 103
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Proposed law requires the Gaming Control Board to promulgate rules necessary to carry out
proposed law restrictions.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 27:28(E) and 431(D))