ENROLLED
ACT No. 19
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 232
BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHAMERHORN
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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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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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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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