Louisiana SB 247: GAMING: Provides relative to the regulation of sports wagering. (See Act) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)

Bill Text

2021 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 247 (Substitute of Senate Bill No. 202 by Senator Cortez)
BY SENATORS CORTEZ, JOHNS AND WARD AND REPRESENTATIVE
STEFANSKI
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 13:4721, R.S. 14:90.5(A), (B), and (C), R.S. 27:15(B)(1), 15.1,
3 24(A)(5) and (6), the introductory paragraph of 27.1(C), 44(9), (11), and (13), 58(5),
4 65(B)(11), 205(11) and (12), 239.1, 353(2) and (5), 361(F), 364(A)(1)(c)(ii) and (5),
5 371(C), 372(B) and (C), and 375(D), 417(A)(2)(introductory paragraph), and R.S.
6 46:1816(B)(8), to enact R.S. 14:90(E) and 90.3(K) and R.S. 27:15(B)(8)(c), 205(35),
7 249.1, Chapter 10 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be
8 comprised of R.S. 27:601 through 611, and 627, and to repeal R.S. 27:24(A)(5)(f),
9 relative to sports wagering; to provide for definitions; to require a license to conduct
10 sports wagering; to provide relative to duties and powers of the Louisiana Gaming
11 Control Board and the gaming division in the office of state police; to provide for
12 requirements and limitations on licensees and permittees; to authorize cash wagers;
13 to authorize racehorse wagering at certain licensees; to require a sports lounge; to
14 provide regarding a computerized wagering platform; to provide for limitations on
15 wagering; to authorize self-service machines; to authorize electronic wagering
16 through established wager accounts; to provide for recordkeeping; to provide for
17 exceptions from criminal law; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for
18 related matters.
19 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
20 Section 1. R.S. 27:15(B)(1), 15.1, 24(A)(5) and (6), the introductory paragraph of
21 27.1(C), 44(9), (11), and (13), 58(5), 65(B)(11), 205(11) and (12), 239.1, 353(2) and (5),
22 361(F), 364(A)(1)(c)(ii) and (5), 371(C), 372(B) and (C), 375(D), and
23 417(A)(2)(introductory paragraph) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
24 27:15(B)(8)(c), 205(35), 249.1, Chapter 10 of Title 27 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
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1 1950, comprised of R.S. 27:601 through 611, and 627, are hereby enacted to read as follows:
2 §15. Board's authority; responsibilities
3 * * *
4 B. The board shall:
5 (1) Have all regulatory authority, control, and jurisdiction, including
6 investigation, licensing, and enforcement, and all power incidental or necessary to
7 such regulatory authority, control, and jurisdiction over all aspects of gaming
8 activities and operations as authorized pursuant to the provisions of the Louisiana
9 Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act, the Louisiana
10 Economic Development and Gaming Corporation Act, the Video Draw Poker
11 Devices Control Law, and the Louisiana Fantasy Sports Contests Act, and the
12 Louisiana Sports Wagering Act, except as otherwise specified in this Title. Further,
13 the board shall have all regulatory, enforcement, and supervisory authority which
14 exists in the state as to gaming on Indian lands as provided in the provisions of Act
15 No. 888 of the 1990 Regular Session of the Legislature and Act No. 817 of the 1993
16 Regular Session of the Legislature.
17 * * *
18 (8)
19 * * *
20 (c) Adopt, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and as
21 specifically provided for in R.S. 27:603, all rules necessary to implement,
22 administer, and regulate sports wagering as authorized by Chapter 10 of this
23 Title.
24 * * *
25 §15.1. Sports wagering
26 A. In the event of the legalization of sports wagering in any parish as a result
27 of the proposition election held on November 3, 2020, the The Louisiana Gaming
28 Control Board shall have all regulatory authority, control, and jurisdiction, including
29 investigation, licensing, and enforcement, and all power incidental or necessary to
30 such regulatory authority, control, and jurisdiction over all aspects of sports
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1 wagering activities and operations, except as otherwise specified in this Title.
2 B. For purposes of this Section, "sports wagering" shall be defined as the
3 business of accepting wagers on any sports event or sports contest by any system or
4 method of wagering.
5 * * *
6 §24. Rulemaking authority; fees and fines, collection
7 A. The board, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act and R.S.
8 27:15(B)(8), shall promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the
9 provisions of this Title, including but not limited to the following:
10 * * *
11 (5) A procedure requiring the withholding of payments of progressive slot
12 machine annuities and cash gaming winnings of persons who have outstanding child
13 support arrearages or owing child support overpayme