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2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 394
BY SENATOR CARTER
CRIME/PUNISHMENT. Provides relative to unlawful playing of gaming devices by
persons under the age of 21. (8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 14:90.5(B), relative to the crime of unlawful playing of gaming
3 devices by persons under the age of twenty-one; to provide relative to the elements
4 of the crime; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 14:90.5(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง90.5. Unlawful playing of gaming devices by persons under the age of twenty-one;
8 underage persons, penalty
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10 B. No person under the age of twenty-one, except an emergency responder
11 acting in his official capacity, shall enter, or be permitted to enter, the designated
12 gaming area of a riverboat, the designated gaming area of the official gaming
13 establishment, or the designated slot machine gaming area of a pari-mutuel wagering
14 facility which offers live horse racing licensed for operation and regulated under the
15 applicable provisions of Chapters 4, 5, and 7 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised
16 Statutes of 1950.
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SLS 16RS-998 ENGROSSED
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement Jr.
DIGEST
SB 394 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Carter
Present law provides that it is unlawful for any person under 21 years of age to play casino
games, gaming devices, or slot machines.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that a person under the age of 21 is not allowed 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
that offers live horse racing licensed for operation and regulated under the applicable
provisions of present law.
Proposed law retains present law but makes clear that the prohibition of present law applies
to the entire gaming area of an official gaming establishment, but not to the non-gaming
areas of the establishment.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Amends R.S. 14:90.5(B))
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