Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:442 – Prohibited relationships; division employees; licensees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:442
- Board: means the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, as established by Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:402
- Device owner: means a person other than a distributor, who owns and operates, maintains, repairs, or services one or more video draw poker devices in licensed establishments. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:402
- Distributor: means any person who buys, sells, leases, services, or repairs video draw poker devices and provides a facility for the inspection of those devices as required by the division. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:402
- Manufacturer: means any person who manufactures or assembles and programs video draw poker devices for use in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:402
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Video draw poker: means any card game approved by the division that utilizes one or more decks of cards per hand with multiple hands permitted per game. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:402
A.(1) In addition to any prohibition found in Chapter 15 of Title 42 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, no person employed by or performing any function on behalf of the division may:
(a) Be an officer, director, owner, or employee of any person or entity licensed by the division; or
(b) Have or hold any interest, direct or indirect, in or engage in any commerce or business relationship with any entity licensed by the division.
(2) The Board of Ethics shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Subsection. The procedures and penalties provided for in the Code of Governmental Ethics shall apply to the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this Subsection.
B. No person licensed by the division as a manufacturer, distributor, or device owner may participate in the operation of any computer program, software, or device which is used for the polling or reading of video draw poker device operations or for the remote shutdown of those operations as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 27:405.
Acts 1991, No. 1062, §1, eff. July 30, 1991; Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 64, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1997. Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 33:4862.16 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 2012, No. 161, §4.