Louisiana § RS 4:7 - Parishes may regulate, restrict, and tax circuses, carnivals, etc.
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 4:7 — Parishes may regulate, restrict, and tax circuses, carnivals, etc., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 4:7. Parishes may regulate, restrict, and tax circuses, carnivals, etc.
A. The governing authorities of the several parishes, the city of New Orleans and all municipalities excepted, may regulate and restrict, and impose a privilege tax on, all circuses, carnivals, shows, theaters, pool and billiard tables, bowling alleys, concerts, fortune tellers, cane or knife racks, gift enterprises, museums, menageries, flying jennies, pistol or shooting galleries, ten pin alleys (without regard to the number of pins used), skating rinks, roller coasters, ferris wheels, bungee jumping devices, other amusement rides and attractions, and other things of like character.
B. They may adopt all ordinances which they deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section and may enforce the ordinances by fines of not more than five hundred dollars each, or imprisonments of not more than twelve months each, or both. Nothing in this Section deprives municipalities, under existing laws, of authority to adopt and enforce ordinances on the same subject matter.
Acts 1992, No. 244, §1, eff. June 10, 1992.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 4:7 ("Parishes may regulate, restrict, and tax circuses, carnivals, etc.") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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