Louisiana Administrative Code

A. You may reclaim the transportation and disposal exemption for a waste after you have received a return receipt confirming that we have received your notification of the loss of the exemption specified in LAC 33:V.4241.A and if: 1. you again meet the conditions specified in LAC…

a. the amount of points, credits, and playing time players will begin with; b. the manner in which players will receive EGD assignments and how reassignments are to be handled; c. how players are eliminated from the tournament and how the winner or winners are to be determined; d…

A. Pursuant to R.S. 27:30.6, all electronic gaming devices on licensed riverboats and slot machines at live racing facilities shall be linked by telecommunications to the division’s central computer system (DCCS). B. The DCCS shall be located within and administrated by the divis…

A. Applications and Procedures; Manufacturers and Suppliers 1. A manufacturer or supplier shall not sell, lease or distribute EGDs or equipment in this state and a licensee or casino operator shall not offer EGDs for play without first obtaining the requisite permit or license an…

A. All EGDs submitted for approval: 1. shall be electronic in design and operation and shall be controlled by a microprocessor or micro-controller or the equivalent; 2. shall theoretically pay out a mathematically demonstrable percentage of all amounts wagered, which shall be at …

A. This Section authorizes the use of progressive EGDs among gaming operations licensed pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 27:51 et seq., R.S. 27:201 et seq., and R.S. 27:351 et seq., within one casino, provided that the EGDs meet the requirements stated in this Chapter and any a…

A. Slot system and EGD manufacturers shall employ or retain an individual who understands their equipment design and function. This employee shall respond within the time specified by the division to any inquiries. On or before December 31 of each year, manufacturers shall report…

A. The division may require transportation of not more than two working models of a new EGD or associated equipment to a designated gaming laboratory for review and inspection. The manufacturer or supplier seeking approval of the device or associated equipment shall pay the cost …

A. After completing its evaluation, the gaming laboratory shall send a report of its evaluation to the division and the manufacturer seeking approval. The report shall include an explanation of the manner in which the device or equipment operates. The manufacturer shall return th…

A. After completing its evaluation of a new EGD, the division shall determine whether the application for approval of the new EGD should be granted. In considering whether a new EGD will be given final approval, the division shall consider whether approval of the new EGD is consi…

A. EGD tournaments may be conducted by a licensee or casino operator upon written notification to the division. B. All tournament play shall be on machines which have been tested and approved by the division, and for which the tournament feature has been enabled. C. All EGDs used…

A. Personnel and Certification 1. Only the personnel defined in the internal controls shall be allowed to duplicate program storage media. 2. Upon request by the division, the licensee or casino operator shall provide the division with documentation from the manufacturer or copyr…

A. No manufacturer, supplier, casino operator or licensee may ship or otherwise transfer a gaming device into this state, out of this state, or within this state unless: 1. a serial number, which shall be the same number as given the device pursuant to the provisions of 15 USC 11…

A. No gaming device registered by the division shall be destroyed, scrapped, or otherwise disassembled without prior written approval of the division. A licensee and casino operator shall not sell or deliver a gaming device to a person other than its affiliated companies or a per…

A. A licensee and casino operator shall not alter the operation of an approved EGD except as provided in these rules and shall maintain the EGDs as required by this Chapter. Each licensee and casino operator shall keep a written list of repairs made to the EGD offered for play to…

A. If the operation of any EGD is questioned by any licensee, casino operator, patron, or division agent, and the question cannot be resolved, the questioned device shall be examined in the presence a division agent and a representative of the licensee or casino operator. If the …

A. The board or division may issue an order suspending approval of an EGD if it is determined that the EGD does not operate in the manner certified by the designated gaming laboratory pursuant to this Chapter. After issuing an order, the board or division may seal or seize all mo…

A. The system shall collect a fee of $150 from those persons requesting certain actuarial calculations which must be obtained from the actuarial firm with whom LASERS contracts actuarial services. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 11:446.E, the fee must be payable to LASERS an…

A. When an application for funding is rejected by the commission, or when an approved subgrant is discontinued, the applicant or subgrantees may appeal the decision of the commission by filing a written notice of appeal with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement at the reco…

A. The Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Family Security, shall revise the Refugee Resettlement Program as follows. 1. A refugee must register for employment services as a condition of receiving cash assistance regardless of his/her date of entry into the United…

A. The Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Family Security shall not allow refugee resettlement recipients an earned income disregard of $30 plus one third of the remainder of the earnings when determining the grant amount.

A. Refugee cash assistance payments for an eligible refugee shall be 100 percent of the payment level which would be appropriate for an eligible filing unit of the same size under the FITAP Program.

A. Round down to the next lower dollar the budgetary deficit to determine the payment amount for FITAP and refugee resettlement recipients. The budgetary deficit is the amount remaining after subtracting applicable income from the total assistance needs (flat grant amount). Prora…

A. The Competitive Projects Payroll Incentive Program (the “program”) provides an incentive rebate of up to 15 percent of a participating company’s new payroll. The secretary (“secretary”) of the Louisiana Department Economic Development (“LED”) may invite businesses who meet the…

A. The secretary may invite a business to participate in the program, upon determining the business meets all of the following criteria: 1. at least 50 percent of the total annual sales of the business from its Louisiana site or sites is to out-of-state customers or buyers, or to…

A. Contract. The secretary shall determine the terms and conditions of the contract, including the term, rebate rate, maximum rebate amount, performance obligations and the consequences of any failure to perform such obligations. B. Approval 1. The secretary may request approval …

A. Upon application by a qualified business, and LED’s determination that the business continues to meet eligibility requirements and contract performance obligations, the secretary may renew the contract for an additional period of up to five years. LED shall submit a copy of th…

A. The qualified business must submit certification (signed by a key employee of the business) that it continues to meet all eligibility requirements of the program as well as all performance obligations of the contract by September 1 of each year unless the contract designates a…

A. If any Section or provision of this Chapter is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions of this Chapter. Any provision of this Chapter that is in conflict with the statutory provisions of this program or any other statute will be invalid and will be seve…

A. This Chapter establishes the criteria and standards to be used in determining whether effluent limitations alternative to those required by promulgated EPA effluent limitations guidelines under Sections 301 and 304 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as "national limits") shou…

A. A request for the establishment of effluent limitations under this Chapter (fundamentally different factors variance) shall be approved only if: 1. there is an applicable national limit which is applied in the permit and specifically controls the pollutant for which alternativ…

A. Written request for a variance under this Chapter shall be submitted in duplicate to the state administrative authority in accordance with LAC 33:IX.2501.L.1 and LAC 33:IX.3103. B. The burden is on the person requesting the variance to explain that: 1. factor(s) listed in LAC …

A. State agencies, as defined in R.S. 25:121.1, are required to deposit copies of their public documents with the recorder of documents immediately upon publication. 1. “Deposit” shall include providing a copy of digital-only publications via PDF file. B. Academic institutions ar…

A. The public documents required to be deposited are those defined in R.S. 25:121.1. 2. Public Document⎯informational matter for public distribution, regardless of format, method of reproduction, source, or copyright, originating in or produced with the imprint of, by the authori…

A. The recorder and state librarian have exempted certain kinds of state publications from deposit requirements. A state agency is not required to deposit the following state publications: 1. advertisements; 2. agendas; 3. alumni materials; 4. announcements, bookmarks, postcards;…

A. Core collection refers to those basic public documents which all depositories shall receive. B. The needs of the public will be served best by distributing to all depositories those public documents which are the most useful and essential. Fewer copies of other state agency pu…

A. The recorder of documents, with the aid of the advisory council, will determine the appropriate number of copies of each public document not included in the core collection which will be required to be deposited to meet the needs of the depository program in accordance with th…

A. The head of every state agency shall designate one of its staff members as the liaison officer for the agency and shall notify the recorder of documents on or before the first day of July of the identity of the liaison officer, and shall immediately notify the recorder of docu…

A. If the liaison officer is in doubt whether a specific publication is required to be deposited as set forth in the above rules, or if the number of copies to be deposited is burdensome because of cost or numbers published, or if the number of copies to be deposited is uncertain…

A. Noncompliance of an agency will result in a written notice of the noncompliance from the state librarian to the chief administrative officer of the agency. This notice shall state the alleged noncompliance, a specific date on which such noncompliance must be remedied, and that…

A. This Chapter prescribes minimum design requirements for new carbon dioxide pipeline systems constructed with steel pipe and for relocating, replacing or otherwise changing existing systems constructed with steel pipe. However, it does not apply to the movement of line pipe cov…

A. Notwithstanding any requirements of the Chapter which incorporates by reference an edition of a document listed in §3907, a metallic component other than pipe manufactured in accordance with any other edition of that document is qualified for use if: 1. it can be shown through…

A. Material for components of the system must be chosen for the temperature of the pipeline and environment in which the components will be used so that the pipeline will maintain its structural integrity.

A. If, within a pipeline system, two or more components are to be connected at a place where one will operate at a higher pressure than another, the system must be designed so that any component operating at the lower pressure will not be overstressed.

A. Internal design pressure for the pipe in a pipeline is determined in accordance with the following formula. P = (2St∕D) × E × F P = internal design pressure in pounds per square inch gauge S = yield strength in pounds per square inch determined in accordance with Subsection B …

A. Any external pressure that will be exerted on the pipe must be provided for in designing a pipeline system.

A. Anticipated external loads: e.g., earthquakes, vibration, thermal expansion, and contraction must be provided for in designing a pipeline system. In providing for expansion and flexibility, Section 419 of ASME/ANSI B31.4 must be followed. B. The pipe and other components must …