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HB 196 Original 2016 Regular Session Leger
Abstract: Amends fuel sales requirements for qualified truck stop facilities.
Present law provides for the operation of video draw poker devices at qualified truck stop facilities.
Provides that the number of video draw poker devices placed at a qualified truck stop facility shall
be based on the average monthly fuel sales calculated quarterly for the first year of operation and,
thereafter, shall be based upon the average monthly fuel sales calculated annually using a calendar
year as follows:
(1)100,000 gallons of fuel of which 40,000 gallons are diesel - not more than 50 devices.
(2)75,000 gallons of fuel of which 30,000 gallons are diesel - not more than 40 devices.
(3)50,000 gallons of fuel of which 10,000 gallons are diesel - not more than 35 devices.
Proposed law retains present law and further provides that a qualified truck stop facility, except a
qualified truck stop facility located in Orleans Parish, which complies or has complied with the fuel
sales requirements of present law for five consecutive years shall thereafter be permitted to retain
the number of devices it operated during that same consecutive five-year period provided it continues
to meet the fuel sales requirements of 50,000 gallons of fuel of which 10,000 are diesel.
Proposed law provides that the board may adopt rules to recognize alternative fuel sources to satisfy
the requirements regarding fuel sales provided by law.
(Amends R.S. 27:416(C))