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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 542
BY SENATOR MORRELL
GAMING. Requires annual report from the Gaming Control Board on impact of technology
advances on gaming industry. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 27:15(H), relative to the Gaming Control Board; to require an annual report2
on impact of technology; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. R.S. 27:15(H) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 5
ยง15. Board's authority, responsibilities6
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H. The board shall annually report to the president of the Senate and the8
speaker of the House of Representatives on the impact that developments in9
technology are having on gaming and the gaming industry in Louisiana. The10
report shall specifically address awareness and growth, to the extent known, of11
any unregulated gaming such as Internet or online games, address Internet12
gaming in jurisdictions in which it is authorized and any enforcement issues the13
jurisdiction is experiencing with age verification and geo-location, and identify14
issues for legislative concern and make recommendations regarding such15
concerns.16 SB NO. 542
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by James Benton.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 542)
Present law provides for the authority and responsibility of the Gaming Control Board.
Proposed law requires the board to annually report to the president of the Senate and the
speaker of the House the impact that developments in technology are having on gaming and
the gaming industry in Louisiana. Requires the report to specifically address awareness and
growth, to the extent known, of any unregulated gaming such as Internet or online games,
address Internet gaming in jurisdictions in which it is authorized and any enforcement issues
the jurisdiction is experiencing with age verification and geo-location, and identify issues
for legislative concern and make recommendations regarding such concerns.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 27:15(H))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Judiciary B to the
original bill
1. Adds reporting requirements concerning Internet gaming in other
jurisdictions.