§ 18:1300.25 — St. Tammany Parish riverboat gaming authorization and relocation election;

Louisiana § 18:1300.25

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§1300.25. St. Tammany Parish riverboat gaming authorization and relocation election;
procedure; specific location
A. A referendum election, to the extent required by this Chapter and Article XII,
Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall be called in St. Tammany Parish at the
election to be held on October 9, 2021, pursuant to R.S. 18:402, or on a succeeding
appropriate date selected by the parish governing authority and as provided by law, to
consider the proposition of whether a holder of an existing riverboat gaming license shall be
allowed to relocate to an approved berth or docking facility in St. Tammany Parish and
conduct riverboat gaming operations along the portions of Lake Pontchartrain, specifically
the waterways that are a part of the Lakeshore Marina located south and east of Interstate 10,
Exit 261.
B. The proposition on the ballot shall be stated as follows: "Shall gaming operations
and activities authorized by the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming
Control Act be authorized in St. Tammany Parish at a site along those certain waterways in
St. Tammany Parish along portions of Lake Pontchartrain that are part of the Lakeshore
Marina located south and east of Interstate 10, Exit 261, and shall (Name of licensee
approved by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board) or the licensee's successors and assigns
be authorized to relocate from its current location to the location in St. Tammany Parish
described above, and to develop on such location a gaming, hotel, and resort operation all
in accordance with the Louisiana Gaming Control Law, the Louisiana Gaming Control
Board, the Louisiana Election Code, and other relevant constitutional and statutory
authority?"
C. Subject to the approval of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, which is required
only prior to the conducting of the election, and if a majority of electors voting vote in favor
of the proposition, the riverboat gaming license holder may relocate operations to the
approved berth or docking facility in St. Tammany Parish at the location described in
Subsection A of this Section. The riverboat gaming license holder shall remain subject to
the licensing and regulatory authority of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and the
Louisiana Gaming Control Law.
D. Except as provided in this Section, the election shall be conducted as provided
in Chapters 6-B and 6-D of this Title, including but not limited to the provisions providing
for the responsibility of the parish governing authority to provide notice to the public as
provided by law.
E. If the Louisiana Gaming Control Board authorizes a riverboat gaming licensee to
conduct riverboat gaming operations or activities at the location in St. Tammany Parish as
described in Subsection A of this Section, then the governing authority of St. Tammany
Parish shall insert the name of the licensee in the ballot language provided by Subsection B
of this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 2021, No. 362, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.