Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9065 – Criminal background investigations; duties of corporation or its security division
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9065
- Board: means the board of directors of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: means the Louisiana Lottery Corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Lottery: means any game of chance approved by the corporation and operated pursuant to this Chapter and shall not include sports wagering authorized pursuant to this Subtitle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
- Security: means the protection of information that would provide an unfair advantage to any individual involved in the operation of the lottery, protection and preservation of the integrity of lottery games and operations, as well as measures taken to prevent crimes against the corporation and its retailers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
- Subtitle: means and includes all the Chapters in Subtitle II of this Title 47 and any other Title of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 except the provisions of Chapter 1 of Subtitle IV of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and estate taxes for the assessment, collection, administration, and enforcement of taxes, fees, licenses, penalties, and interest due the state of Louisiana which have been delegated to the Department of Revenue. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1501
- Vendor: means any person who has entered into a major procurement contract with the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
A. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, shall perform full criminal background investigations on all potential vendors and potential employees of the corporation at the level of division director and above, and at any level within the division of security, and, as required by the board, on any other employee of the corporation. The corporation shall reimburse the office of state police for the actual costs of such investigations.
B. The corporation or its division of security shall:
(1) Conduct criminal background investigations and credit investigations on all potential retailers and investigate all potential employees of the corporation not referred to in Subsection A of this Section or not investigated by the office of state police.
(2) Supervise ticket validation and lottery drawings.
(3) Inspect at times determined solely by the division the facilities of any vendor in order to determine the integrity of the vendor’s product and in order to determine whether the vendor is in compliance with its contract.
(4) Report any suspected violations of this Subtitle to the appropriate district attorney, or the attorney general and law enforcement agencies.
(5) Upon request, provide assistance to any district attorney, the attorney general, or law enforcement agency investigating a violation of this Subtitle.
Acts 1990, No. 1045, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.