La. Admin. Code tit. 42 § XI-2417

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XI-2417 - Code of Conduct of Licensees and Permittees

A. General Provisions

1. All licensees and permittees shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

2. All licensees and permittees shall, at all times, conduct themselves in a professional manner when communicating with the public, the division and the board.

3. Any violation of the provisions of the Act, shall also constitute a violation of these rules.

B. Unsuitable Conduct

1. No licensee or permittee shall engage in unsuitable conduct or practices or shall employ or have a business association with any person, natural or juridical, which engages in unsuitable conduct or practices;

2. for purposes of this Section, unsuitable conduct or practices shall include, but not be limited to the following:

a. employment of, in a managerial or other significant capacity as determined by the division or board, business association with, or participation in any enterprise or business with, except for race horse care personnel, a person convicted of a felony or declared unsuitable by the division or board;

b. employment of, association with, or participation in any enterprise or business with a documented or identifiable organized crime group or recognized organized crime figure;

c. misrepresentation of any material fact or information to the division or board;

d. engaging in, furtherance of, or profit from any illegal activity or practice, or any violation of these rules or the Act;

e. obstructing or impeding the lawful activities of the board, division or its agents;

f. persistent or repeated failure to pay amounts due or to be remitted to the state; and

3. a licensee or permittee shall not engage in, participate in, or facilitate by any means, any criminal activity;

4. any person required to be found suitable or approved in connection with the granting of any license or permit shall have a continuing duty to notify the division of his/her/its arrest, summons, citation or charge for any criminal offense or violation including DWI; however, minor traffic violations need not be included. All licensees and permittees shall have a continuing duty to notify the division of any fact, event, occurrence, matter or action that may affect the conduct of gaming or the business and financial arrangements incidental thereto or the ability to conduct the activities for which the licensee or permittee is licensed or permitted. Such notification shall be made within ten calendar days of the arrest, summons, citation, charge, fact, event, occurrence, matter or action;

5. A licensee or permittee shall not intentionally make, cause to be made, or aid, assist, or procure another to make any false statement in any report, disclosure, application, permit form, electronic document, or any other document, including improperly notarized or certified documents, required by these rules or the Act.

C. Additional Causes for Disciplinary Action

1. Further instances of conduct by a licensee or permittee where the division or board may sanction a licensee or permittee shall include but not be limited to when:

a. the licensee or permittee has been involved in the diversion of gaming equipment for unlawful means;

b. the licensee or permittee or a designated representative of the licensee or permittee has been involved in activities otherwise prohibited by law or the willful purpose of which was to circumvent or contravene the provisions set forth in the division's rules;

c. the licensee or permittee has demonstrated a reluctance or inability to comply with the requirements set forth in these rules and the Act, particularly after repeated warnings;

d. the licensee or permittee violates written conditions;

e. the division discovers incomplete or erroneous information as to a material or a substantial matter provided on an application or any item affecting the decision whether to license the applicant;

f. the division discovers substantial, incomplete, or erroneous information provided in a report or other required communication; and

g. the licensee or permittee has failed to timely pay a fine imposed by the division or board;

h. tardy, inaccurate, or incomplete reports;

i. failure to respond in a timely manner to communications from the division or board; and

j. unavailability of the licensees or permittees, their designated representatives, or any agents of the licensee.

La. Admin. Code tit. 42, § XI-2417

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police, Gaming Enforcement Section, Video Gaming Division, LR 18:197 (February 1992), amended LR 21:582 (June 1995), amended by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Gaming Control Board, LR 27:59 (January 2001), LR 30:270 (February 2004), repromulgated LR 30:447 (March 2004), amended LR 38:2936 (November 2012), LR 40:1110 (June 2014), repromulgated LR 40:1383 (July 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 33:4862.1 et seq., and R.S. 27:15 and 24.