Monroe, LA: There were 13 gambling bills submitted to the 2009 Louisiana Legislative Session: SB 192, SCSR1, HB123, HB124, HB361, HB844, SB192, HB596, HB635, HB714, HB844, HB886, and SB188 excluding HB1, HB2 and HB881 that referenced gambling. The greatest number submitted involved riverboats (6), next was video poker (4), and last was video bingo (3).
SB188 by Alario expands the use of revenues produced from the gaming fee collected by Jefferson Parish from riverboat gaming (gov.sig) and included a special one-time expenditure not to exceed one million dollars to provide for construction, repairs, or rehabilitation of storm-damaged properties for the towns for Grand Isle and Lafitte was signed by the governor. HB361 by Templet amends provisions of the law regarding designated representatives (requires a video poker licensee to obtain conviction records of a job applicant to determine if the applicant meets the suitability requirements provided for in Subsection A, whatever) was signed by the governor. HB124 by Wooten for truck stop video poker was sent to the governor.
HB714 by Norton, HB596 by Williams, HB635 by Kleckley, HB886 by Williams, SB192 by Long and HB 844 by G. Smith failed to get out of committee or were voted down in the House. SCSR1 by Long is interesting because it authorizes a study of the impact of video bingo in Louisiana and the effect on the charitable organizations that receive a portion of the proceeds. Apparently this was a dump of SB192 which would have prohibited video bingo in parishes that outlawed video poker.
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