Louisiana § RS 18:1300.25 - St. Tammany Parish riverboat gaming authorization and relocation election; procedure; specific location

§ RS 18:1300.25. St. Tammany Parish riverboat gaming authorization and relocation election; procedure; specific location

            A. A referendum election, to the extent required by this Chapter and Article XII, Section 6 of the Constitution of Louisiana, shall be called in St. Tammany Parish at the election to be held on October 9, 2021, pursuant to R.S. 18:402, or on a succeeding appropriate date selected by the parish governing authority and as provided by law, to consider the proposition of whether a holder of an existing riverboat gaming license shall be allowed to relocate to an approved berth or docking facility in St. Tammany Parish and conduct riverboat gaming operations along the portions of Lake Pontchartrain, specifically the waterways that are a part of the Lakeshore Marina located south and east of Interstate 10, Exit 261.

            B. The proposition on the ballot shall be stated as follows: "Shall gaming operations and activities authorized by the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act be authorized in St. Tammany Parish at a site along those certain waterways in St. Tammany Parish along portions of Lake Pontchartrain that are part of the Lakeshore Marina located south and east of Interstate 10, Exit 261, and shall (Name of licensee approved by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board) or the licensee's successors and assigns be authorized to relocate from its current location to the location in St. Tammany Parish described above, and to develop on such location a gaming, hotel, and resort operation all in accordance with the Louisiana Gaming Control Law, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the Louisiana Election Code, and other relevant constitutional and statutory authority?"

            C. Subject to the approval of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, which is required only prior to the conducting of the election, and if a majority of electors voting vote in favor of the proposition, the riverboat gaming license holder may relocate operations to the approved berth or docking facility in St. Tammany Parish at the location described in Subsection A of this Section. The riverboat gaming license holder shall remain subject to the licensing and regulatory authority of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and the Louisiana Gaming Control Law.

            D. Except as provided in this Section, the election shall be conducted as provided in Chapters 6-B and 6-D of this Title, including but not limited to the provisions providing for the responsibility of the parish governing authority to provide notice to the public as provided by law.

            E. If the Louisiana Gaming Control Board authorizes a riverboat gaming licensee to conduct riverboat gaming operations or activities at the location in St. Tammany Parish as described in Subsection A of this Section, then the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish shall insert the name of the licensee in the ballot language provided by Subsection B of this Section.

            Acts 2021, No. 362, §1, eff. June 15, 2021.