SLS 24RS-82 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 397
BY SENATOR MCMATH AND REPRESENTATI VE CARVER
HORSE RACING. Provides relative to historical horse racing. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 4:214(M)(3) and to enact R.S. 4:214(M)(4), relative to historical
3 horse racing; to prohibit conducting wagering on historical horse racing in St.
4 Tammany Parish; and to provide for related matters.
5 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 4:214(M)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 4:214(M)(4)
8 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง214. Offtrack wagering facilities; licensing; criteria; management; appeal of license
10 suspension or revocation; limitation on facilities with historical horse
11 racing
12 * * *
13 M. * * *
14 (3) Historical horse racing shall not be conducted at any offtrack
15 wagering facility located in St. Tammany Parish.
16 (4)The commission shall promulgate rules relative to the enforcement of the
17 restrictions provided for in this Subsection.
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SLS 24RS-82 ORIGINAL
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 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
SB 397 Original 2024 Regular Session McMath
Present law authorizes the operation of historical horse racing at licensed offtrack wagering
facilities in locations licensed by the La. State Racing Commission.
Proposed law prohibits the operation of historical horse racing at licensed offtrack wagering
facilities located in St. Tammany Parish licensed by the La. State Racing Commission.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 4:214(M)(3); adds R.S. 4:214(M)(4))
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