HLS 23RS-521 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 232
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAMERHORN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
GAMBLING/CHARITABLE: Provides relative to licensing and reporting procedures for
charitable gaming
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 4:707(F)(4), relative to charitable gaming; to provide relative to
3 exemptions from licensing and reporting procedures; to exempt conservation
4 organizations dedicated principally to the conservation of game fish from licensing
5 and reporting procedures for conducting raffles; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 4:707(F)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง707. Authorization to license certain organizations; exemption; requirement for
9 state license
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11 F.
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13 (4) Any bona fide conservation organization, which is recognized by the
14 Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) corporation, dedicated principally to the
15 conservation of a specific species, genus, or family of game animal or game fish,
16 including but not limited to the conservation of ducks, waterfowl generally, quail,
17 and turkeys or saltwater and freshwater fish such as speckled trout, redfish, flounder,
18 large mouth bass, and crappie, which is otherwise permitted by law to conduct
19 charitable gaming shall be exempted from the licensing and reporting procedures
20 enumerated in R.S. 4:708 through 716 solely for conducting raffles as a means of
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HB NO. 232
1 fund-raising in a municipality or parish whose governing authority has decided to
2 permit raffles, bingo, and keno within its limits as provided in R.S. 4:706.
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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 232 Original 2023 Regular Session Schamerhorn
Abstract: Exempts any bona fide conservation organization dedicated principally to the
conservation of game fish from licensing and reporting procedures for conducting
raffles.
Present law provides that any bona fide conservation organization, which is recognized by
the IRS as a 501(c)(3) corporation, dedicated principally to the conservation of a specific
species, genus, or family of game animal, including but not limited to the conservation of
ducks, waterfowl generally, quail, and turkeys and which is otherwise permitted to conduct
charitable gaming shall be exempt from present law licensing and reporting procedures for
conducting raffles as a means of fund-raising in a municipality or parish whose governing
authority permits raffles, bingo, and keno.
Proposed law amends present law to also exempt any bona fide conservation organization
dedicated principally to the conservation of game fish, including but not limited to saltwater
and freshwater fish such as speckled trout, redfish, flounder, large mouth bass, and crappie,
from present law licensing and reporting procedures for conducting raffles as a means of
fund-raising in a municipality or parish whose governing authority permits raffles, bingo,
and keno.
(Amends R.S. 4:707(F)(4))
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