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2020 Second Extraordinary Session
SENATE BILL NO. 77
BY SENATOR SMITH
GAMING. Provides relative to fantasy sports. (gov sig) (Item #32)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 27:309(A)(2), relative to fantasy sports; to provide for
3 limitations; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 27:309(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง309. Allowing certain players to play fantasy sports contests; penalties; revocation
7 hearing
8 A. * * *
9 (2) No person licensed pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter, or any
10 agent or employee thereof, shall allow a person to participate in enter into a fantasy
11 sports contest while located in a parish in which, at the election held pursuant to R.S.
12 27:303, a majority of the qualified electors in the parish voting on the proposition to
13 authorize fantasy sports contests in the parish voted against the proposition.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
16 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
17 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
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1 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
2 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
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Present law prohibits any person licensed pursuant to present law, or any agent or employee
thereof, from allowing a person to participate in a fantasy sports contest while located in a
parish in which, at the election held pursuant to present law, a majority of the qualified
electors in the parish voting on the proposition to authorize fantasy sports contests in the
parish voted against the proposition.
Proposed law prohibits any person licensed pursuant to present law, or any agent or
employee thereof, from allowing a person to enter into a fantasy sports contest while located
in a parish in which, at the election held pursuant to present law, a majority of the qualified
electors in the parish voting on the proposition to authorize fantasy sports contests in the
parish voted against the proposition.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 27:309(A)(2))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.