Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:92 – A. The division shall collect all fees and fines assessed under the provisions of this Chapter and under the rules and regulations of the division.
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:92
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- licensee: means any person holding or applying for a gaming license to conduct gaming activities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
- Net gaming proceeds: means the total of all cash and property, including checks received by a licensee, whether collected or not, received by the licensee from gaming operations, less the total of all cash paid out as winnings to patrons and five million dollars annually directly attributable to promotional play wagers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
- Riverboat: means one of the following:
(a) A vessel that carries a valid Certificate of Inspection issued by the United States Coast Guard with regard to the carriage of passengers on designated rivers or waterways within or contiguous to the boundaries of the state of Louisiana and for the carriage of a minimum of six hundred passengers and crew. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 27:44
A. The division shall collect all fees and fines assessed under the provisions of this Chapter and under the rules and regulations of the division.
B.(1) All fees, fines, revenues, and other monies collected by the division shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for immediate deposit into the state treasury. Funds so deposited shall first be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund in accordance with La. Const. Art. VII, § 9(B) .
(2) After complying with the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the state treasurer shall, each fiscal year, credit the following amounts to the following funds:
(a)(i) One percent, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, to the Compulsive and Problem Gaming Fund established by La. Rev. Stat. 28:842.
(ii) The amounts of winnings withheld and remitted in accordance with La. Rev. Stat. 27:85(B)(2), which shall be deposited into the Compulsive and Problem Gaming Fund provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 28:842.
(b)(i) Except as provided in Item (ii) of this Subparagraph, the franchise fee paid pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 27:91(C)(1) to the state general fund.
(ii) Nine percent of the franchise fee paid pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 27:91(C)(1) which is attributable to any riverboat gaming licensee which pays additional franchise fees pursuant to the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 27:91(C)(2) through (4) to the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 17:421.7.
(iii) Nine percent of the license fee paid pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 27:91(B)(2) which is attributable to any riverboat gaming licensee which pays additional franchise fees pursuant to the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 27:91(C)(2) through (4) to the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 17:421.7.
(iv) The franchise fees paid pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 27:91(C)(2) through (4) to the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund as provided in La. Rev. Stat. 17:421.7.
(c) To a special fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury and entitled the Riverboat Gaming Enforcement Fund, an amount equal to the revenues received by the state pursuant to this Chapter, less any monies credited to other funds pursuant to the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph.
C. The monies in the Riverboat Gaming Enforcement Fund shall be withdrawn only pursuant to appropriation by the legislature and shall be used solely for the following:
(1) For the expenses of the division and the Department of Justice, including regulatory, administrative, investigative, enforcement, legal, and such other expenses as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the division.
(2) For the expenses of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board for regulation of gaming activities authorized by this Title in an amount not to exceed one-seventh of the net gaming proceeds received pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 27:91(B)(2).
(3) After compliance with the provisions of Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection, funds remaining shall be used for the expenses of the office of state police related to the procurement, installation, maintenance, and operation of an automated fingerprint identification system.
(4) After compliance with the provisions of Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of this Subsection, all funds remaining shall be utilized for expenses of the office of state police.
(5) At such time as implementation of an automated fingerprint identification system requires final disposition reporting by each clerk of a district court, including Orleans Criminal Clerk of Court, a reasonable fee from an appropriate source shall be paid for each disposition record of an arrest or criminal prosecution provided to the office of state police or to the supreme court.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any monies collected relative to sports wagering.
Acts 1991, No. 753, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 31, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1014, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1215, §1, eff. July 1, 1995. Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 4:551 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 585, §1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 543, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 1388, §1, eff. July 13, 1999; Acts 2001, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §2, eff. Mar. 27, 2001; Acts 2021, No. 80, §3, eff. July 1, 2021.