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2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 298
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAD BROWN
GAMING: Provides relative to non-gaming supplier permits
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 27:29.3(A)(1), relative to non-gaming supplier permits; to
3 provide relative to those non-gaming suppliers who are required to obtain permits;
4 and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 27:29.3(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง29.3. Non-gaming supplier permit
8 A.(1) The division shall issue a non-gaming supplier permit to suitable
9 persons who furnish services or goods and receive compensation or remuneration in
10 excess of two hundred thousand dollars per calendar year for such goods or services,
11 as defined by the rules of the board, to the holder of a license as defined in R.S.
12 27:44(14) and 353(5), or the casino gaming operator. The board shall promulgate
13 rules establishing the threshold amount of goods and services for which a non-
14 gaming supplier permit is required. Such services include but are not limited to
15 industries offering goods or services whether or not directly related to gaming
16 activity, including junket operators and limousine services contracting with the
17 holder of a license as defined in R.S. 27:44(14) and 353(5), or the casino gaming
18 operator, suppliers of food and nonalcoholic beverages, gaming employee or dealer
19 training schools, garbage handlers, vending machine providers, linen suppliers, or
20 maintenance companies. Any employee or dealer training school, other than
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1 employee or training schools conducted by a licensee, or the casino gaming operator,
2 shall be conducted at an institution approved by the Board of Regents or the State
3 Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 298 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session Chad Brown
Abstract: Requires the La. Gaming Control Board to establish a threshold amount of goods
and services for which a non-gaming supplier permit is required.
Present law requires non-gaming suppliers who furnish goods or services in excess of
$200,000 per year to a gaming operator or slot machine or riverboat gaming licensee to
obtain a non-gaming supplier permit issued by the Gaming Control Board.
Proposed law removes the threshold amount of $200,000 in present law and requires the La.
Gaming Control Board to establish a threshold amount of goods and services for which a
non-gaming supplier permit is required.
(Amends R.S. 27:29.3(A)(1))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Administration of
Criminal Justice to the original bill:
1. Require the La. Gaming Control Board to establish a threshold amount of goods
and services for which a non-gaming supplier permit is required.
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