Ask Reggi Your Question Now
Can you summarize 27 LARS Chapter 4, Part XI?
THE LOUISIANA RIVERBOAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GAMING CONTROL ACT > PROHIBITED ACTS AND GAMING OFFENSES
Short Summary
The provided legal document is part of the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act. It governs prohibited acts and gaming offenses related to elected public officials and gaming licensees. Elected public officials are generally prohibited from engaging in most business activities with gaming licensees, except as patrons or performing professional musicians. However, there are exceptions for non-key gaming employees and elected officials who were employed by a licensee prior to holding public office. Elected officials who are performing professional musicians must provide notice to the Board of Ethics and the Louisiana Gaming Control Board before any performance. Non-key gaming employees who become elected officials must provide notice of their employment to the Board of Ethics, the Louisiana Secretary of State Elections Division, and the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. The Board of Ethics is responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of this document, and the penalties for non-compliance are determined by the Code of Governmental Ethics. Additionally, the document addresses the crime of skimming of gaming proceeds, prohibiting intentional exclusion or action to exclude any thing or its value from the deposit, counting, collection, or computation of gross revenues from gaming operations or activities, net gaming proceeds, or amounts due to the state. The penalties for skimming vary based on the amount skimmed or to be skimmed. The document also prohibits persons holding a gaming license and their servants, agents, or employees from cashing or accepting certain types of checks in exchange for the purchase of tokens, chips, or electronic cards. The prohibited checks include identifiable employee payroll checks, documents evidencing or stating ownership of motor vehicles, manufactured homes, immovable property, and checks representing certain government assistance payments. Violation of this provision may result in imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of up to five hundred dollars, or both.
Whom does it apply to?
Elected public officials, gaming licensees, non-key gaming employees, professional musicians
What does it govern?
Prohibited acts and gaming offenses under the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act
What are exemptions?
Non-key gaming employees and elected officials who were employed by a licensee prior to holding public office
What are the Penalties?
Penalties for skimming of gaming proceeds vary based on the amount skimmed or to be skimmed. If the amount is less than $1,000, the person may face imprisonment for up to 5 years, a fine of up to $5,000, or both. If the amount is $1,000 or more, the person may face imprisonment at hard labor for not less than 1 year and not more than 20 years, a fine of up to $10,000 or the amount skimmed/to be skimmed (whichever is greater), or both. Violation of cashing or accepting prohibited checks may result in imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of up to five hundred dollars, or both.
Jurisdiction
Louisiana