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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 133
BY SENATOR MORRELL
GAMING. Provides relative to significant influence for purposes of certain gaming licenses.
(8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 14:90.5(B) and R.S. 27:28(H)(1), relative to the Louisiana2
Gaming Control Board; to authorize certain emergency responders acting in their3
official capacity to enter certain gaming facilities; to provide relative to persons who4
have the ability or capacity to exercise significant influence over gaming licensees,5
operators, permittees, or other persons who are required to be found suitable; and to6
provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 14:90.5(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:9
§90.5. Unlawful playing of gaming devices by persons under the age of10
twenty-one; underage persons, penalty11
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B. No person under the age of twenty-one , except an emergency responder13
acting in his official capacity, shall enter, or be permitted to enter, the designated14
gaming area of a riverboat, the official gaming establishment, or the designated slot15
machine gaming area of a pari-mutuel wagering facility which offers live horse16
racing licensed for operation and regulated under the applicable provisions of17 SB NO. 133
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Chapters 4, 5, and 7 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.1
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Section 2. R.S. 27:28(H)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:3
§28. Suitability standards4
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H.(1)(a) Any person who has or controls directly or indirectly five percent6
or more ownership, income, or profit or economic interest in an entity which has or7
applies for a license or permit or enters into a casino operating contract with the state8
pursuant to the provisions of this Title, or who receives five percent or more revenue9
interest in the form of a commission, finder's fee, loan repaym ent, or any other10
business expense related to the gaming operation, or who has the ability, in the11
opinion of the board, or capacity to exercise a significant influence over a licensee,12
the casino gaming operator, a permittee, or other person required to be found suitable13
pursuant to the provisions of this Title, shall meet all suitability requirements and14
qualifications pursuant to the provisions of this Title.15
(b) In determining whether a person has significant influence for16
purposes of this Section, the board or division may consider but is not limited17
to the following: management and decision making authority; operational18
control; financial relationship; receipt of gaming revenue or proceeds; financial19
indebtedness; and gaming related associations.20
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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 133)
Present law prohibits any person under the age of 21 years to enter or be permitted to enter,
the designated gaming area of a riverboat, the official gaming establishment, or the
designated slot machine gaming area of a pari-mutuel wagering facility which offers live
horse racing licensed for operation and regulated by the Gaming Control Board.
Proposed law retains present law but provides an exception for emergency responders under
the age of 21 who are acting in their official capacity to enter such area.
Present law provides that any person who has or controls directly or indirectly five percent SB NO. 133
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or more ownership, income, or profit or economic interest in an entity which has or applies
for a license or permit or enters into a casino operating contract with the state pursuant to the
provisions of this Title, or who receives five percent or more revenue interest in the form of
a commission, finder's fee, loan repayment, or any other business expense related to the
gaming operation, or who has the ability, in the opinion of the board, to exercise a significant
influence over a licensee, the casino gaming operator, a permittee, or other person required
to be found suitable pursuant to the provisions of law, is also required to meet all suitability
requirements and qualifications pursuant to the provisions of law.
Proposed law retains present law and requires any person who also has the capacity to
exercise a significant influence over a licensee, the casino gaming operator, or a permittee,
is also required to meet all suitability requirements and qualifications.
Proposed law provides that in determining whether a person has significant influence, the
board or division may consider but is not limited to the following: management and decision
making authority; operational control; financial relationship; receipt of gaming revenue or
proceeds; financial indebtedness; and gaming related associations.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 14:90.5(B) and R.S. 27:28(H)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary B to the
original bill
1. Adds provision regarding emergency responders.