Louisiana Administrative Code

A. In the event that multiple bidders submit identical prices for the same goods or services, the bid received first will be considered to be the lowest. Any other identical bids received later will be considered in the order received.

A. The awarding authority may reject any bid, in whole or in part, and may select the next lowest responsive and responsible bid, if any of the following occur: 1. the materials, supplies, services, products, or equipment, for which the bid is offered are not in compliance with t…

A. The public may view the internet auction event which will be conducted such that the names of the bidders will not be disclosed until after the completion of the auction, at which time the event record will be available to the public.

A. All reverse auctions shall be conducted in accordance with the electronic security requirements of R.S. 9:2615(B) of the Office of Technology Services.

A. In accordance with R.S. 49:953(C)(1), any interested person may petition an agency to adopt a new rule, or to amend or repeal an existing rule. B. To petition the Office of Management and Finance for the adoption, amending or repeal of any rule, an interested person shall subm…

A. In accordance with R.S. 49:953(C)(1), any interested person may petition an agency to adopt a new rule, or to amend or repeal an existing rule. B. To petition the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission, commonly known as and hereafter referred to as the LP Gas Commission, for the …

A. Upon receipt of a petition for rulemaking form, the executive director shall forward the petition to the agency designee. The agency designee shall review the petition for completeness pursuant to the requirements listed in LAC 55:IX.501.B. If the petition is found to be compl…

A. Upon receipt of a petition for rulemaking form, the chief administrative officer shall forward the petition to his agency designee. The agency designee shall review the petition for completeness pursuant to the requirements listed in LAC 55:XI.501.B. If the petition is found t…

A. Licensees and operators may only conduct sports wagering expressly authorized by the Act, these regulations, or its internal controls. B. Sports wagering authorized by the Act shall be conducted pursuant to the Act, these regulations, and a licensee’s and operator’s internal c…

A. Licensees may only conduct fantasy sports contests expressly authorized by the Act, these regulations, or its internal controls. B. Fantasy sports contests authorized by the Act shall be conducted pursuant to the Act, these regulations, and a licensee’s internal controls. C. A…

A. To ensure the protection of players, a platform shall identify the person or entity that is the licensee. B. Licensees shall provide a set of terms and conditions readily accessible to the player on its platforms. C. Licensees shall provide a readily accessible privacy policy …

A. To ensure the protection of players, a sports wagering platform shall identify the person that is the operator and, if different, the person that is the licensee. B. Operators shall provide a set of terms and conditions readily accessible to the player on its sports wagering p…

A. Licensees shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the use of unauthorized scripts in fantasy sports contests. Unauthorized scripts include: 1. Those deemed to offer an unfair advantage over other players for reasons including, but limited to: a. facilitating entry…

A. No operator nor any operator’s employee shall allow a player to place a sports wager while located in a prohibited parish. B. Operators shall implement and abide by protocols and procedures to ensure a player is not utilizing remote desktop software, rootkits, virtualization, …

A. No licensee nor any licensee’s employee shall allow a player to participate in a fantasy sports contest while located in a prohibited parish. B. Licensees shall implement and abide by protocols and procedures to ensure a player is not utilizing a proxy server, virtual private …

A. A person shall register with an operator prior to placing a sports wager on a sports wagering platform through a website or mobile application. Operators shall not allow any person to place a sports wager on its sports wagering platform through a website or mobile application …

A. An operator shall: 1. implement rules and procedures to limit each authorized player to one active and continuously used account and username; 2. implement rules procedures to suspend all accounts of any player that establishes or seeks to establish more than one username or m…

A. A person shall register with a licensee prior to participating in fantasy sports contests on a platform that can be accessed by persons located in the State of Louisiana. Licensees shall not allow any person to participate in fantasy sports contests on its platform unless that…

A. Operators shall comply with Part III of this Title, specifically including §2729, and these regulations.

A. A licensee shall: 1. limit each authorized player to one active and continuously used account and username; 2. implement rules and publish procedures to terminate all accounts of any player that establishes or seeks to establish more than one username or more than one account,…

A. An operator shall not charge a player for an inactive sports wagering account. B. No player shall be charged for failure to deposit certain amounts of cash or cash equivalent into a sports wagering account. C. Operators shall follow state law as it regards unclaimed property f…

A. A licensee shall identify all highly experienced players in any contest by a symbol attached to the players’ usernames, or by other visible means, on all platforms supported by the licensee. B. A licensee shall implement and maintain on-boarding procedures for new players that…

A. Self-Restriction 1. Operators shall allow a player to restrict themselves from placing a sports wager or accessing a sports wagering account for a specific period of time, minimum of which shall be 30 days, as determined by the player and shall implement procedures to prevent …

A. A licensee shall not charge a player for an inactive account. B. A licensee shall charge players only for entry fees placed on contests entered. No player shall be charged for failure to enter a fantasy sports contest or for failure to deposit certain amounts of cash or cash e…

A. Self-Restriction 1. Licensees shall allow a player to restrict themselves from entering a fantasy sports contest or accessing a fantasy sports contest account for a specific period of time, minimum of which shall be three months, as determined by the player and shall implement…

A. Licensees and operators shall not advertise sports wagering to a person by phone, email, or any other form of individually targeted advertisement or marketing material if the person has self-restricted or is excluded pursuant to the provisions of the Act or these regulations, …

A. Licensees and operators shall comply with §2953 of Part III of this Title.

A. A licensee shall not advertise fantasy sports contests to a person by phone, email, or any other form of individually targeted advertisement or marketing material if the person has self-restricted or is excluded pursuant to the provisions of the Act or these regulations, or if…

A. Operators shall not offer sports wagering on sports events or subjects prohibited by the Act, these regulations, or the board. B. Special event or competition of relative skill. 1. An operator shall not accept sports wagers on any other event unless the board has approved the …

A. An operator shall not accept any sports wager on a sports event unless it has received approval from the board to conduct that type or category of sports wager. The chairman has the authority to approve, reject, and unapprove categories and types of sports wagers on behalf of …

A. Operators shall employ a system to identify irregularities in volume or odds and swings that could signal suspicious wagering activities that should require further investigation. B. Operators shall have internal controls in place to identify unusual wagering activity and repo…

A. An applicant for a sports wagering operator license shall submit a detailed plan of design of its sports book lounge and other areas of its establishment where sports wagering mechanisms may be placed. If operating initially out of a temporary sports book lounge, the applicant…

A. Sports wagering mechanisms may only be located on a licensee’s premises in areas restricted to persons who are 21 years of age or older. B. Sports wagering mechanisms shall be linked to a sports wagering operator’s sports wagering platform. C. Sports wagering mechanisms or the…

A. The purpose of this program is to utilize federal SSBCI funds to strengthen state programs that support private financing to small businesses as a response to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with prevailing federal guidelines issued by the U.S. Tre…

A. Terms not otherwise defined in this Chapter shall have the same meaning given to them in prevailing federal guidelines issued by the U.S. Treasury, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. B. In this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings provided herein, u…

A. Any applicant/borrower(s) applying for either a line of credit guarantee or loan guaranty will be required first to contact a financial lending institution (a bank or other commercial lending entity) that is willing to entertain, originate, process and service such a loan or l…

A. Funding requests for any business purpose may be considered, however, the following businesses and purposes shall be considered. 1. Eligible: a. small business concerns authorized to do and doing business in Louisiana, that maintain an office in Louisiana; small business conce…

A. The Louisiana Economic Development Corporation will be guided by the following general principles in approving loan guaranties or line of credit guaranties. 1. The corporation shall confirm that the financial institution lender has sufficient commercial lending experience and …

A. Guaranty Agreement 1. The lending institution shall conduct all of the customer/borrower interaction, and shall be responsible for the proper administration and monitoring of the loan or line of credit, including monthly invoicing, collections, and loan workouts, and the prope…

A. Confidential information in the files of the corporation and its accounts acquired in the course of its duty is to be used solely for the corporation. The corporation is not obliged to give out any credit rating or confidential information regarding the applicant/borrower. (Se…

A. No member of the corporation, employee thereof, or employee of Louisiana Economic Development, or members of their immediate families shall either directly or indirectly be a party to or be in any manner interested in any contract or agreement with the corporation for any matt…

A. The Louisiana Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), or Louisiana Economic Development, as the administrator of this program for LEDC, may make, create, or issue from time to time guidelines interpreting, construing, explaining and/or supplementing these rules; and may revis…

A.1. Unless the member has elected otherwise on or before December 31, 1983, the entire benefit of a member shall be distributed over a period not longer than the longest of the following periods: a. the member's life; b. the life of the member's designated beneficiary or the joi…

A. In the event of plan termination, the benefit of any highly compensated employee including an active highly compensated employee and a former employee who was a highly compensated employee, is limited to a benefit that is nondiscriminatory under Internal Revenue Code, Section …

A. In addition to other applicable limitations set forth in the plan, and notwithstanding any other provisions of the plan to the contrary, for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 1994 and before January 1, 2002, the annual compensation of each employee taken into account…

A. This Section applies to distributions made on or after January 1, 1993. Notwithstanding any provisions of the plan to the contrary that would otherwise limit a distributee's election under this Section, a distributee may elect, at the time and in the manner prescribed by the p…

A. This Section is intended to comply with Internal Revenue Code Section 415. It shall cover only those who become members for the first time on or after January 1, 1990, and those qualified participants for whom the benefit is increased after October 14, 1987, to the extent of t…