Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Application, permit, and renewal fees will be charged and paid in accordance with R.S. 47:9095, R.S. 47:9096, R.S. 47:9097 and R.S. 47:9098.

A. The corporation may develop forms for permit applications requesting all such information required by law or that the corporation deems necessary or appropriate to evaluate applicants. The corporation may require that such application be completed, executed, acknowledged, nota…

A. An applicant for an operator permit must meet and maintain the suitability standards provided for in the Act and these rules, including but not limited to, R.S. 47:9094. B. An applicant for an operator permit must demonstrate the ability to satisfy the technical and operationa…

A. An applicant for a retail establishment permit must meet one of the requirements of R.S. 47:9098(B) to be qualified to receive a permit. B. An applicant for permit must meet and maintain the following suitability standards. 1. An applicant must be a person of good character, h…

A. The provisions of this section apply to sports wagering service providers, distributors, manufacturers, operator vendors, suppliers, and personnel. B. An applicant for a permit must meet and maintain the following suitability standards. 1. An applicant must be a person of good…

A. Suitability is an ongoing process. An applicant or permittee, or person required to submit to suitability by the rules or the Act has a continuing duty to inform the corporation of any action which could reasonably be believed to constitute a violation of these rules or the Ac…

A. The renewal application must contain a statement by the applicant that any and all changes in history and financial information provided in the previous application have been disclosed. B. A permittee in good standing with the corporation at the time of renewal will be conside…

A. Any permit may, for good cause, be suspended or revoked by the president if the permittee is found to have violated any provisions of these rules, the Act, or objective criteria established by the corporation. B. Any permit granted by the corporation pursuant to these rules an…

A. The procedures stated in this section apply to an appeal of a corporation determination by a permittee or a person seeking a permit under these rules and the Act. 1. Prior to making an appeal, an appellant must send the president a request letter stating the action of which th…

A. The operator may only conduct sports wagering expressly authorized by the Act, these rules, or its internal controls. B. Sports wagering authorized by the Act shall be conducted pursuant to the Act, these rules, and an operator’s internal controls. C. The operator shall have a…

A. To ensure the protection of players, a sports wagering platform shall identify the person that is the operator. B. The operator shall provide a set of terms and conditions readily accessible to the player on its sports wagering platforms. C. The operator shall provide a readil…

A. The operator shall not allow a player to place a sports wager while located in a prohibited parish. B. The operator shall implement and abide by protocols and procedures to ensure a player is not utilizing remote desktop software, rootkits, virtualization, proxy servers, virtu…

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. Operator shall not allow any person to place a sports wager on its sports wagering platform through a website or mobile application u…

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

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. The operator shall follow state law as it regards unclaimed propert…

A. Self-Restriction 1. The operator 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 preve…

A. The corporation and the operator 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 rule…

A. Operator shall not offer sports wagering on sports events or subjects prohibited by the Act, these rules, or the corporation.

A. The operator shall not accept any sports wager on a sports event unless it has received approval from the corporation to conduct that type or category of sports wager. A type of sports wager refers to the method of determining the outcome of the sports wager. The category refe…

A. The operator 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. The operator shall have internal controls in place to identify unusual wagering activity an…

A. Sports wagering mechanisms shall be linked to the sports wagering operator’s sports wagering platform. B. Sports wagering mechanisms or the platform shall be capable of generating a transaction report which documents each completed transaction. Unless otherwise approved by the…

A. A contract between the operator and a retail establishment shall include the following requirements. 1. The operator may suspend or terminate the contract in the event of suspension or termination of the retail establishment permit. No person may operate as a retail establishm…

A. The operator must meet specific auditing and accounting obligations as set forth below, including, but not limited to: 1. the operator shall have a complete corporate financial audit conducted annually, at its own expense. The audit must follow generally accepted auditing stan…

A. The operator shall segregate sports wagering account funds from operational funds. B. The operator contract with the permitted operator vendor for sports wagering account services shall require the operator vendor to maintain crime insurance in an amount determined by the oper…

A. The operator shall use a sports wagering platform to offer, conduct, or operate sports wagering in accordance with the Act and rules set forth by the corporation. 1. The operator shall comply with, and the corporation adopts and incorporates by reference, the Gaming Laboratori…

A. Any modifications to the operator’s sports wagering platform shall comply with the corporation’s Quality Assurance Testing Program. At a minimum, all software modifications shall be submitted in a functional specifications document detailing all software changes. Prior to depl…

A. The operator shall implement, maintain, regularly review and revise, and comply with a comprehensive Information Security Management System (ISMS), the purpose of which shall be to take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal id…

A. Operators shall document and maintain any system malfunction or deviation from the sports wagering platform and maintain the data for a minimum period of three years. B. The sports wagering platform must have sufficient redundancy and modularity so that if any single component…

A. The corporation is required by R.S. 47:9104 to establish and maintain rules providing for the withholding of sports wagering prizes of persons who have outstanding child support arrearages or delinquent debt as reported to the corporation. Pursuant to that mandate, these rules…

A. The following italicized terms shall have the meaning set forth herein when used in these rules: Arrearage—outstanding child support or delinquent debt by a debtor or otherwise collectible by the claimant agency. Claimant Agency—the Department of Children and Family Services (…

A. The corporation shall provide to the claimant agency a computer-readable format for the compilation, storage, and maintenance of a list of debtors by the claimant agency. The list of debtors generated by the claimant agency shall contain their arrearages and such other informa…

A. The corporation shall determine that a winner is a debtor according to the following provisions. 1. Prior to the payment of any sports wagering prize of $600 or more, the corporation’s staff shall determine whether the name of the winner and/or social security number appears o…

A. The corporation shall disburse sports wagering prize money to a winner who is also a debtor as follows: 1. The corporation shall subtract the debtor’s arrearage and all other amounts required to be withheld from sports wagering prizes from the debtor’s prize, and shall pay the…

A. The corporation may enter into an agreement with the claimant agency entitling the corporation to rely on information it receives from the claimant agency and requiring the claimant agency to defend claims against the corporation for erroneous withholding of prize money in cas…

A. These rules are not intended to create contractual rights on behalf of any person or impose contractual obligations on the corporation, but are merely intended to provide a procedure for the corporation’s staff to follow in assisting the appropriate state agency in the process…

A. The Depository Institutions' Section of the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions ("OFI") is funded entirely through assessments and fees levied on state-chartered depository institutions for services rendered. All fees detailed in this rule are nonrefundable and must be …

A. Pursuant to the authority granted under R.S. 6:551.7 and 6:551.24, the following fee and assessment structure is hereby established to cover necessary costs associated with the administration of the International Banking Statutes, R.S. 6:551.1 et seq. Description Fee Applicati…

A. The State Market Commission (hereinafter referred to as commission) shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of these regulations.

A. Standards established in United States Standards for Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts and Other Special Products which were promulgated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in accordance with 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 1624 shall apply to all Louisiana state grades for fresh fruits, veg…

A. The examination, acceptance, and certification of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other special products shall be in accordance with U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Fruit and Vegetable Division grading and inspection requirements. B. Each co…

A. A state of Louisiana condition examination and origin certificate must be issued not more than 72 hours prior to the scheduled delivery of the product to the purchasing agency.

A. Waivers and amendments to specification requirements may be made only with concurrence of purchaser and contractor. B. A written statement of the precise nature of the changes in the specifications must be provided to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture representative prio…

A. Final acceptance of the product will be the responsibility of the purchaser (consignee). B. Products may be rejected for the following reasons: 1. no certificate affixed; 2. sealing tape on container broken; or 3. obvious deviations from specification requirements without appr…

A. Contractors furnishing products under these regulations must furnish such assistance as may be necessary to expedite the grading, examination, and acceptance of products. B. Contractors desiring certification services must notify the Department of Agriculture at least 24 hours…

A. In addition to regulations stipulated in §1103, the following regulations and definitions are prescribed governing the marketing and/or sale of citrus in Louisiana. 1. Definitions Broker―a person who assumes neither ownership nor possession of citrus, nor washes, packs, sizes,…

A. In addition to regulations stipulated in §1103, the following regulation is prescribed governing the marketing and/or sale of sweet potatoes in Louisiana. 1. The U.S. Standards for U.S. Number 1 and 2 Grades of Sweet Potatoes as stipulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

A. In addition to the regulations stipulated in §1103, the following regulation is prescribed governing the marketing and/or sale of cabbage in Louisiana: 1. cabbage placed on the market that are soft or immature and fail to meet the requirement of U.S. Number 1 standards as to s…

A. In addition to the regulations stipulated in §1103, the following regulation is prescribed governing the marketing and/or sale of bunched shallots in Louisiana. 1. The weight of the bunches shall not be less than 4 pounds per dozen bunches with a tolerance of one bunch per doz…

A. In addition to the regulations stipulated in §1103, the following regulation is prescribed governing the inspection and certification of strawberries of processing plants. 1. Strawberries shall be submitted for inspection in quart or pint containers that are well filled. 2. In…

A. In addition to the regulations stipulated in §1103, the following regulation is prescribed governing the marketing and/or sale of sweet peppers in Louisiana. 1. Sweet peppers placed on the market that are not mature and firm causes a demoralization of the market in that immatu…