§24. Rulemaking authority; fees and fines; collection
A. The board, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and R.S.
27:15(B)(8), shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Title, including but not limited to the following:
(1)The issuance of any license, contract, or permit authorized by this Title or other
law providing for gaming operations and activities subject to regulation of the board.
(2)The methods of and forms and procedures for making an application for a
license, contract, or permit to be considered by the board.
(3)The methods of and forms for providing to the board information concerning a
person's family, habits, character, associates, criminal record, business activities, and
financial affairs.
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§24. Rulemaking authority; fees and fines; collection
A. The board, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and R.S.
27:15(B)(8), shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Title, including but not limited to the following:
(1) The issuance of any license, contract, or permit authorized by this Title or other
law providing for gaming operations and activities subject to regulation of the board.
(2) The methods of and forms and procedures for making an application for a
license, contract, or permit to be considered by the board.
(3) The methods of and forms for providing to the board information concerning a
person's family, habits, character, associates, criminal record, business activities, and
financial affairs.
(4) Enforcement of this Title, gaming laws administered by the board, and rules of
the board, including imposition and collection of fines, penalties, and other sanctions which
may be imposed by the board against a casino operator or any other licensee or permittee of
the board.
(5) A procedure requiring the withholding of payments of progressive slot machine
annuities and cash gaming winnings of persons who have outstanding child support
arrearages or owing child support overpayments, prior to the payment of a progressive slot
machine annuity, beginning with the second annuity payment, or cash gaming winnings.
Progressive slot machine annuities or cash gaming winnings shall include only payments for
which the entity licensed or permitted under Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of this Title is required
to file form W2-G, or a substantially equivalent form, with the United States Internal
Revenue Service.
(a) The board may require that the agency reporting current child support arrearages
or overpayments provide information relating to such arrearages or overpayments in a
manner, format, or record approved by the board that gives the entity licensed or permitted
under Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of this Title real-time or immediate electronic database access
to the information. If the information relating to such arrearages or overpayments by the
agency reporting current child support arrearages or overpayments is not available through
real-time or immediate electronic database access, the licensee shall not be responsible for
withholding cash gaming winnings in accordance with the provisions of this Subparagraph.
(b) The board or any entity licensed or permitted under Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of
this Title including any of its officers, employees, attorneys, accountants, or other agents,
shall not be civilly or criminally liable to any person, including any customer, for any
disclosure of information made in accordance with this Section, for encumbering or
surrendering assets in response to information provided by the Department of Children and
Family Services, or for any claims for damages arising from withholding or failing to
withhold any progressive slot machine annuities or cash gaming winnings, based upon
information provided to it.
(c) If any entity licensed or permitted under Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of this Title
determines that the winner of a progressive slot machine annuity or cash gaming winnings
is a person who has outstanding child support arrearages or owes child support
overpayments, the entity licensed or permitted under Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of this Title
shall deduct the child support arrearage or child support overpayment from the payment of
the progressive slot machine annuity or cash gaming winnings. The deducted amount shall
be forwarded to the Department of Children and Family Services within seven days, and the
entity licensed or permitted under Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of this Title shall pay the
remainder to the person who has outstanding child support arrearages or owes child support
overpayments. If the remainder is equal to or less than zero, the person who has an
outstanding child support arrearage or child support overpayment shall not receive a
payment.
(d) Any entity licensed or permitted under Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of this Title may
deduct an administrative fee from each payment of a progressive slot machine annuity,
beginning with the second annuity payment, or cash gaming winnings, of persons who have
outstanding child support arrearages or owe child support overpayments per singular or
periodic payment, not to exceed thirty-five dollars.
(e) The board shall also require that the entity licensed or permitted under Chapter
1, 4, 5, 7, or 10 of this Title adopt procedures designed to prevent employees from willfully
failing to withhold payments of progressive slot machine annuities or cash gaming winnings
from persons who have outstanding child support arrearages or child support overpayments,
based upon the information provided by the Department of Children and Family Services that
allows the licensee to identify such persons.
(f) Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 440, §5.
(6) The administration and enforcement of accumulating unclaimed monies on which
the time period for collection has expired, the remittance thereof to the state treasurer, and
related matters as required by R.S. 27:94, 252, 394, and 610.
B.(1) Subject to the provisions of Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of
Louisiana, and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, the board may assess
and provide for the imposition and collection of such fees as may be necessary to defray
administrative costs associated with the application for and the investigation, granting, or
renewal of licenses and permits or the casino operating contract.
(2) Any fine or other monetary penalty collected by the board or its staff shall be
remitted to state treasury for deposit into the state general fund.
C. Upon direction of the board, the office of state police and the attorney general
shall submit proposed rules to the board for consideration, modification, and promulgation
as provided in this Section.
D. The board shall not adopt rules and regulations pertaining to campaign finance
and contributions which are more restrictive than the provisions of law found generally in
Chapter 11 of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and specifically in R.S.
18:1505.2(L).
E. The board shall not adopt any rule which would provide an alternative means of
satisfying the provisions of R.S. 27:65(B)(1)(a) or (2) which would prohibit the conducting
of gaming upon a riverboat while it is docked and defines the duration of riverboat cruises.
The adoption of a rule which would allow phantom or simulated cruises, or any similar
activity, is specifically prohibited.