2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 4 - Amusements and Sports
RS 4:80 - Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of purse


LA Rev Stat § 4:80 What's This?

§80. Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of purse

A. No referee, club owner, club officer, club, or member of the commission shall represent any contestant or receive from a contestant any share of his purse. Any violation of this rule subjects the violator to forfeiture of his license.

B. Whenever the payment of a purse is in dispute, the commission may withhold all or any portion thereof pending a hearing on the disbursement thereof, or, in its discretion, may order the purse deposited in the registry of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.

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