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Title 4 - Amusements and Sports
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- §1. Unlawful to sell tickets for more than the price; total cost of tickets to be printed on each
- §2. Shows and exhibits; misleading advertisements; penalty
- §3. Repealed by Acts 1954, No. 194, 1.
- §5. Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 638, 3.
- §6. Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 371, 1, eff. June 30, 1963.
- §7. Parishes may regulate, restrict, and tax circuses, carnivals, etc.
- §8. Fairs and entertainments of religious and benevolent organizations; permit
- §9. Corruption of participants or referees in contests; penalty
- §10. Game regulations
- §10.1. Capital prize to be awarded
- §10.2. False advertising
- §10.3. Specific games; requirements
- §10.4. Gambling prohibited
- §10.5. Exemptions
- §10.6. Violations; penalties
CHAPTER 2. AMUSEMENT TAX
- §41. AMUSEMENT TAX
- §42. Amount of tax; collection from patron on admission
- §43. Admissions exempt from tax
- §44. Term "admission" defined
- §45. Use of proceeds of tax
- §46. Authority to impose penalties
CHAPTER 3. BOXING AND WRESTLING
- §61. State Boxing and Wrestling Commission; domicile; authority
- §62. REPEALED BY ACTS 1993, No. 192, 2.
- §63. Duties and authority of secretary of commission
- §64. Rules and regulations
- §65. Licenses; fees; bond
- §66. Professional boxing contracts; permits
- §67. Gross receipts tax; disbursements
- §68. Reports; payment of tax; counting of tickets; complimentary tickets
- §69. Failure to make report or remittance; unsatisfactory and false reports
- §70. Physicians and emergency medical personnel
- §71. Buildings and structures; exceeding seating capacity in sale of tickets or issuance of invitations
- §72. Proximity of seats to ring; seating for the commission
- §73. Tickets
- §74. Admission of persons under sixteen
- §75. Sham or fake contests or exhibitions
- §76. Shamming or faking by contestants
- §77. Contestants to be in city three days before contest; period between contests
- §78. Seconds
- §79. Referees and judges; appointment of event coordinator
- §80. Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of purse
- §81. Open betting or quoting of odds; insulting or abusive remarks
- §81.1. Tough-man contest; prohibition
- §82. Noncompliance with Chapter; penalty
- §82.1. Noncompliance with Chapter; criminal penalty
- §82.2. Noncompliance with Chapter; injunction
- §83. Application of Chapter; professional wrestling events; required notice; exemptions
- §84. Administrative procedure
- §85. Definitions; construction
CHAPTER 4. RACING
PART I. HORSE RACING
- §141. RACING
- §142. Purpose
- §143. Definitions
- §144. State Racing Commission; creation; membership; tenure; powers and duties; quorum; qualification of members; per diem; expenses and disbursements; bond; prohibited interest
- §145. Executive director; officers; employees; domicile; report to central registry
- §145.1. Exclusive venue for law suits against the commission
- §145.2. Exclusive venue for judicial review of adjudication
- §146. Attorney for commission; executive director to serve as treasurer of commission; duties; report
- §147. Specific duties of commission
- §147.1. Commission; purse supplements; additional or substitute races and race days; force majeure
- §147.2. Additional powers of commission; force majeure
- §148. Rules, regulations and conditions
- §148.1. Jockeys; riding engagements contracted by same agent; number of riders limited per race
- §148.2. Corporations licensed as owners
- §149. Wagering; rules and regulations
- §149.1. Acceptance of certain wagers; unlawful
- §149.2. Other track wagering
- §149.3. Interstate wagering; common pools
- §149.4. Toll-free telephone assistance for compulsive gamblers; posting of signs on premises
- §149.5. Account wagering
- §150. Licenses to owners, trainers, jockeys, and riders; qualifications of applicant for a license
- §150.1. Temporary licenses to owners; application for regular license; penalty for noncompliance
- §151. Criteria for racing privileges other than associations
- §152. Grounds for denial or termination of racing privileges--other than associations
- §152.1. Mandatory termination of racing privileges
- §153. Production of books, memoranda, or documents; removal of official or employee; manner of keeping books; witnesses; penalty
- §154. Administrative procedure; appeal to the commission and review of commission rulings
- §155. Commission authority, fines, suspensions, revocations, forfeitures and disciplinary actions
- §156. Repealed by Acts 1978, No. 64, 3, eff. June 15, 1978.
- §157. Race meetings; right to conduct; Sundays; minors
- §157.1. Authorization to grant extra racing days; races of national importance
- §158. License to operate a horse racing track; license to conduct race meetings
- §158.1. Written report; required
- §159. Criteria for licensing associations
- §160. Grounds for fines, suspension, denial, or termination of racing privileges to an association
- §161. License fees for conducting race meetings
- §161.1. License fees; exemption for quarter horse races
- §161.2. License fees for conducting race meetings when two or more conflicting licensed race meetings occur within the state
- §162. Payments based on attendance; reports
- §163. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 1090, 2, eff. July 1, 1990.
- §163.1. Parish license fees for conducting race meetings
- §164. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 882, 1.
- §165. Funds of the commission; purses and breeders' awards; withholds; promotion and research
- §165.1. Louisiana bred preferred races
- §166. Commissions deductible from pari-mutuel pools
- §166.1. Deduction on exotic wagering pools
- §166.2. Deduction on exotic wagering pools; allocation of proceeds
- §166.3. Commissions deductible from pari-mutuel pools when two or more conflicting licensed race meetings occur within the state
- §166.4. Pick-six exotic wagering pool; allocation of proceeds
- §166.5. Deduction on exotic wagering pools
- §166.6. Deduction on exotic wagering pools; special deduction on multiple choice exotic wagering pools; allocation of proceeds
- §166.7. Exotic wagering, allocation of proceeds during and for a race meeting; concurrence required
- §167. Deduction from breakage; thoroughbred and quarter horse race meetings
- §168. License fees, commissions, and taxes of this Part in lieu of all other such taxes
- §169. Licenses, registrations, fees for participating in racing
- §170. State and parish fair associations excepted; voters of parish may prohibit racing
- §171. Holding race meet without license; illegal wagering; penalties
- §171.1. Transmission of racing information for illegal gambling purposes
- §171.2. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 883, 2, eff. July 25, 1990.
- §171.3. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 883, 2, eff. July 25, 1990.
- §172. Stewards; authority, powers, and duties; fines and suspensions
- §173. Commissioners and stewards not liable in damages
- §173.1. Owners not liable for third party damages; right of action
- §174. Residence of employees of operator of racing meeting
- §174.1. Races restricted to out-of-state thoroughbreds; limitations
- §175. Unnatural stimulation of horses; willful pulling of reins
- §176. Limitation of time for presenting pari-mutuel tickets and disposition of unclaimed monies
- §177. Breeder awards
- §178. Breeders Association as official registrar
- §179. Quarter Horse Breeders Association as official registrar
- §179.1. Authorized representative of persons licensed to race horses at race meetings conducted in the state
- §179.2. Horsemen's organization; incorporation
- §180. Commission authority, contract for services
- §181. Parish-wide election on horse racing meet
- §182. Racing of Appaloosa horses
- §182.1. Racing of quarter horses and thoroughbred horses
- §182.2. Arabian horses
- §183. Contract between licensees and permittees licensed to race horses at race meetings conducted in the state
- §183.1. Purse supplement; promotional items and services; manufacturer's product name in race designation
- §183.2. Disposition of accrued interest on undistributed monies at a race meeting
- §184. Special maiden thoroughbred races; purses
- §185. Horsemen's bookkeeper
- §185.1. Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association; audit
- §186. Entering horse under another name
- §191. Exclusion, ejection; initial remedy; procedure
- §192. Hearing; determination; order
- §193. Categories of persons subject to exclusion and ejection; civil liberties
- §194. Notification of order
- §195. Requirements to exclude, eject certain persons; penalties for failure to act
- §196. Unlawful entry; penalty
- §197. Standards for commission; APA
- §198. Disclosure of source of purses and purse supplements
PART I-A. LOUISIANA CHAMPIONS DAY
- §201. Purpose
- §202. Louisiana Champions Day; creation; racing program; funding
- §203. Louisiana Champions Day Account; funding; use; audit
PART II. OFFTRACK WAGERING
- §211. Definitions
- §212. Offtrack wagering; authorization
- §212.1. Toll-free telephone assistance for compulsive gamblers; posting of signs on premises
- §213. Offtrack wagering facilities; establishment
- §214. Offtrack wagering facilities; licensing; criteria; management; appeal of license suspension or revocation
- §214.1. Minimum live racing dates; offtrack and other authorized wagering
- §215. Offtrack wagering facilities, ownership
- §216. Commissions on wagers
- §217. Purse supplements; designation and distribution
- §218. Fees authorization
- §219. Uncashed pari-mutuel tickets; limitation of time for presentation; disposition of unclaimed monies
- §220. Transmission of wagers
- §221. Employees; licensing
- §222. Audit by commission
- §223. Production of books, memoranda, or documents; removal of employee; manner of keeping books; witnesses; penalty
- §224. Administrative procedure; review of commission rulings
- §225. Commission authority, fines, suspensions, revocations, forfeitures and disciplinary actions
- §226. Grounds for denial or termination of license to operate an offtrack wagering facility
- §227. License fees, commissions, and taxes of this Part in lieu of all other such taxes
PART III. RACING OTHER THAN HORSE RACING
- §241. To 248 Repealed by Acts 1962, No. 298, 1.
- §249. Dog racing prohibited
- §250. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
PART IV. HORSEMEN'S WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE PROGRAM
- §251. Horsemen's Workers' Compensation Insurance Program; legislative findings; authority
- §251.1. Horsemen's Self-Help Pension Program; legislative findings; authority
- §252. Implementation of the insurance program; certificate of coverage
- §253. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §254. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §255. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §256. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §257. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §258. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §259. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §260. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §261. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §262. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §263. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §264. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
- §265. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, 1.
PART V. HORSE RACING COMPACT
- §275. Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Live Horse Racing with Pari-mutuel Wagering; Louisiana's participation
- §276. Louisiana compact committee official
- §277. Cooperation of departments, agencies, and officers of the state
- §278. Louisiana State Racing Commission powers preserved
CHAPTER 5. CENSORSHIP OF MOTION PICTURES
CHAPTER 6. DANCE HALLS
- §361. DANCE HALLS
- §362. Ordinance or resolution
- §363. Free ingress and egress; payment of charge as compensation
- §364. Refusal to comply; punishment
CHAPTER 7. ATHLETES AND ATHLETE AGENTS
- §420. Declaration of purpose
- §421. Definitions
- §422. Registration of agents
- §422.1. Denial of registration; refusal to renew; revocation or suspension; notification; hearing
- §423. Agent's contract; schedule of fees; maximum fee; notification; penalty
- §424. Prohibited activities; duties, obligations, and responsibilities
- §425. On-campus agent interviews
- §426. Violations; penalties
- §427. Records to be kept
- §428. Implementing rules and regulations
- §429. Time for registration and compliance with Chapter
- §430. Attorneys licensed in state
- §431. Enforcement
- §432. Liability for loss of eligibility
- §433. Unlawful payments; penalties
CHAPTER 8. SPORTS TOURNAMENTS
CHAPTER 11. CHARITABLE RAFFLES, BINGO AND KENO LICENSING LAW
- §701. CHARITABLE RAFFLES, BINGO AND
- §702. Declaration of purpose
- §703. Definitions
- §704. Office of charitable gaming; creation; employees; records and reports
- §705. Office functions, duties, and responsibilities
- §706. Decision whether to permit raffles, bingo, and keno
- §707. Authorization to license certain organizations; exemption; requirement for state license
- §708. Application for license
- §709. Investigation of qualifications of applicant; issuance of license; limitation on license fee; duration of license; report to central registry
- §710. Issuance of special licenses
- §711. Hearing; amendment of license
- §712. Form of license
- §713. Control and supervision over games
- §714. Restrictions; requirements; transfers; prohibitions
- §715. Personnel to hold games; commissions or salaries; equipment and supplies; expenses
- §716. Statement of receipts; expenditures; books and records
- §717. Examination of books and records and personnel
- §718. Licensure
- §719. Commercial lessor license
- §720. Qualifications for distributor license; additional requirements; bond; license term
- §721. Enforcement responsibilities
- §722. Educational responsibilities
- §723. Immunity
- §724. Use of electronic or video bingo games
- §725. Pull-tabs
- §725.1. Progressive pull-tabs
- §726. License for manufacturers or distributors of gaming supplies or equipment; prohibitions; requirement
- §727. Combination of interests prohibited
- §728. Use of monies derived from enforcement of bingo regulations by the governing authority of Livingston Parish
- §729. Fund-raising events
- §730. Use of monies derived from enforcement of bingo regulations by a municipal or parish governing authority
- §731. City of New Orleans; cable television bingo; licensing; restrictions; prohibitions
- §732. Progressive bingo
- §733. Electronic pull-tab devices
- §734. Sale of tickets at fund-raising event
- §735. Violations; penalties
- §736. Legal representation of the office; attorney general
- §737. Venue; trial de novo; appeals
- §738. Toll-free telephone assistance for compulsive gamblers; posting of signs on premises
- §739. Use of electronic bingo card dabber devices
- §740. Session defined
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