§ 4:737 — Venue; trial de novo; appeals

§737. Venue; trial de novo; appeals
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the venue
for judicial review or appeal from any administrative proceeding involving a
charitable gaming licensee or license applicant or a petition for a stay as
provided for in R.S. 49:978.1(C) or for recovery under R.S. 49:980 or other
injunctive relief shall be the domicile of the licensee or applicant. The petition
for judicial review or appeal from an administrative proceeding involving a
licensee or licensee applicant under this Chapter shall be filed in the district
court of the parish of the domicile of the licensee or applicant within sixty days
of the mailing of the notice of the adverse administrative decision. Upon
timely filing of the petition of the charitable organization, judicial review shall
be by trial de novo and conducted by summary procedure. Evidence of
warnings issued by the office to a charitable organization on matters which are
not the subject of the administrative proceeding under review shall not be
admissible in the trial de novo. The provisions of this Section shall be
procedural in nature.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, No. 568, §3, eff. June 30, 1999.