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LA Rev Stat § 26:582 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§582. Petition for election; separate elections; frequency limited

RS 582 - Petition for election; separate elections; frequency limited A.(1) Upon petition of not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified electors residing in any ward, election district, or any incorporated municipality, the governing authority shall order a referendum election to be held to determine whether or not the business of selling alcoholic beverages shall be conducted and licensed therein. (2) A copy of the petition shall be submitted to the registrar on the date the first signature is affixed on the petition for the purpose of determining the total number of qualified voters residing in each ward, election district, or each incorporated municipality in which such petition will be circulated. B. In the case of such an election held on a ward, election district, or municipal basis the election shall be separately called and held, and the result separately binding for each incorporated municipality, and for the unincorporated balance of the ward or election district. C. No such election shall be held for the same subdivision more often than once in every two years. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 41, §1; Acts 1986, No. 958, §1, eff. July 14, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1997, No. 330, §1; Acts 1997, No. 765, §1. {{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1986, NO. 958, §2.}}
LA Rev Stat § 26:585 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§585. Filing of petition with registrar of voters; notice of filing

RS 585 - Filing of petition with registrar of voters; notice of filing A. The multiple petitions for each ward or portion thereof, for each election district, or for each incorporated municipality shall be bound together as one petition and shall be filed at one time with the registrar of voters within sixty days from the date the first signature was affixed. If the sixtieth day falls on a holiday or on a Saturday or Sunday, the petition shall be filed not later than the following work day. The petition, when so filed, becomes a public record and cannot be returned to the proponents or signers thereof. B. Within fifteen days, after the petition is filed, the registrar of voters shall have notice of the filing of the petition published in the official journal of the parish or municipality, as the case may be, at the expense of the governing authority charged with the duty of calling the election. The notice shall contain the preamble of the petition, reproduced only once, and a statement that the entire petition is available for inspection at the office of the registrar of voters during regular business hours. Such inspection shall be permitted until such time as the petition is certified by the registrar. Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1990, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 330, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:586 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§586. Verification of petition by registrar; filing with governing authority

RS 586 - Verification of petition by registrar; filing with governing authority A. The registrar of voters shall check the petition and attach thereto his sworn verification showing: (1) The date the petition was filed. (2) Copy of official journal showing publication of the information required in R.S. 26:585(B). (3) The date of the first signature of the petition. (4) The number of qualified electors of the ward, election district, or of the municipality, as the case may be, on the registration rolls as of the date of the first signature on the petition, which date shall be used by him in ascertaining if the petition contains the required number of signatures. (5) That he has checked each signature for its genuineness by comparing the signature on the petition with the signature of the same person on the registration rolls. (6) The total number of genuine signatures of qualified electors on the petition. (7) The number of signatures not genuine, or not signed and written in the manner required in R.S. 26:584. B. Within thirty days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, from the date the petition was filed with the registrar of voters, the registrar shall file a true copy of the sworn verification required in Subsection A with the governing authority charged with the duty of calling the election. C. Any person whose signature appears on a local option petition and who alleges that such signature is not genuine is hereby authorized to execute and file with the registrar of voters, a sworn affidavit, attesting that the affiant did not sign the petition. The registrar of voters, when checking the signatures for genuineness, shall take the affidavit into consideration, but in no instance shall he certify the signature not to be genuine, unless the comparison of the signatures indicates that the signature is indeed not genuine. Affidavits executed pursuant to this Subsection shall be subject to the perjury provisions of Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 41, §1; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1990, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 330, §1; Acts 1997, No. 765, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:587 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§587. Ordering of election; verification of registrar of voters; date of election; notice of election

RS 587 - Ordering of election; verification of registrar of voters; date of election; notice of election  A. The governing authority with whom the true copy of the verification is filed by the registrar of voters shall attach to it a sworn statement showing the date, month, and year the verification was filed with the governing authority.  B. If the petition conforms to all the provisions of this Chapter, the governing authority shall order the election. The ordinance or resolution of the governing authority ordering the election shall be adopted at the next meeting held after the verification was filed with the governing authority by the registrar of voters.  C. The date fixed for the election shall be the next date on which such an election may be held, as provided for in R.S. 18:402(F). Written notice of the election shall be transmitted to the secretary of state and each clerk of court and registrar of voters in the area affected by the election. If the election is to be held on a primary election date, then such notice shall be received by the secretary of state at least four weeks prior to the opening of the qualifying period for the primary election. If the election is not to be held on a primary election date, then the notice shall be received by the secretary of state on or before the fifty-fourth day prior to the election. The secretary of state shall not accept any revisions to propositions, including but not limited to changes in title, text, or numerical designations, after the last day for submission of the notice to the secretary of state.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 145, §1; Acts 1987, No. 25, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1 (partially eff. Jan. 1, 1988); Acts 1990, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 2018, No. 334, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:588 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§588. Ballot; majority determination of issues; separation of results

RS 588 - Ballot; majority determination of issues; separation of results  A. When such election has been ordered the following propositions requested to be submitted on the approved and verified petition required by this Chapter, and no others shall be plainly printed upon a special ballot to be used for the election, otherwise the election shall be null and void:  "1. Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content  containing not more than six percent alcohol by volume  be permitted by package only and not for YES[ ]  consumption on the premises in ________________ NO[ ]  "2. Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content  containing not more than six percent alcohol by volume  for consumption on the premises be permitted in YES[ ]  ______________________ NO[ ]  "3. Shall the sale of beverage alcohol containing  one-half of one percent alcohol by volume and above  for consumption on the premises be permitted YES[ ]  in____________________________ NO[ ]  "4. Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content  containing one-half of one percent alcohol by volume and  above by the package only and not for consumption YES[ ]  on the premises be permitted in ______________ NO[ ]  "5. Shall the sale of beverages of high and low  alcoholic content be permitted only on the premises  of restaurant establishments which have been issued YES[ ]  an "R" permit as defined by law in ____________ NO[ ]"  B. If the voter desires to vote "YES" on any or all of these propositions he shall make a mark opposite the word "YES". To vote "NO" he shall make a mark opposite the word "NO". Failure to vote on all the five propositions shall not invalidate the ballot as to those propositions on which a vote was cast.  C. In an election a majority vote cast on each proposition shall separately determine that issue for the ward, the election district, or for the incorporated municipality and in such an election when a ward or election district contains an incorporated municipality, the issue shall be separately determined for the municipality and for the unincorporated balance of the ward or election district.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 610, §1; Acts 1974, No. 41, §1; Acts 1986, No. 958, §1, eff. July 14, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 24, §1; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1988, No. 853, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 330, §1; Acts 2018, No. 334, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:589 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§589. Conduct of election

RS 589 - Conduct of election  The elections shall be conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 2018, No. 334, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:590 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§590. Action contesting calling of election; action contesting election; time for commencement; applicable provisions

RS 590 - Action contesting calling of election; action contesting election; time for commencement; applicable provisions  A. If the petition fails to comply with the requirements provided in this Chapter or if the other requirements specified in this Chapter for the calling of the election are not complied with, any elector who is qualified to vote in the election may bring an action objecting to the calling of the election. Such action shall be instituted not later than 4:30 p.m. of the fourteenth day after calling the election.  B. An action contesting an election provided for in this Chapter shall be instituted not later than 4:30 p.m. of the thirtieth day after the official promulgation of the results of the election.  C. The provisions of Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Election Code shall be applicable to any suit instituted pursuant to the provisions of this Section.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 2018, No. 334, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:591 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§591. Recount of ballots or contest of elections

RS 591 - Recount of ballots or contest of elections  Recount of ballots or contest of elections shall be conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 2018, No. 334, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:592 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§592. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.

RS 592 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:593 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§593. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.

RS 593 - Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 334, §2, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:594 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§594. Promulgation of election results; proces verbal

RS 594 - Promulgation of election results; proces verbal  A. The governing authority calling the election shall examine and canvass the returns and promulgate the result of the election in accordance with R.S. 18:1292.  B. The governing authority calling the election shall preserve a proces verbal of the canvass in accordance with R.S. 18:1293.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 2018, No. 334, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 26:595 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§595. Local prohibitory ordinances and penalties authorized

RS 595 - Local prohibitory ordinances and penalties authorized  When the majority of qualified electors voting in an election held under the provisions of this Chapter determine that any or all of the businesses described shall not be licensed, the governing authority calling the election may provide for the prohibition by ordinance, and may provide penalties for the violation of the ordinances. The penalties shall not, however, exceed a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:596 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§596. Illegal transportation or delivery in prohibition area

RS 596 - Illegal transportation or delivery in prohibition area  A. When the sale of any alcoholic beverage containing more than one-half of one percent alcohol by volume is prohibited in any subdivision of this state, no wholesale or retail dealer or carrier for either of them shall deliver such beverage or cause such beverage to be transported or delivered in such subdivision to any retail or other dealer who participates or has participated in the purchase, barter, or exchange of such beverage, even though the purchase, barter or exchange be transacted outside of such subdivision. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the transportation or delivery of alcohol or alcoholic beverages or substances for use solely in the preparation of medicines or for medicinal purposes by prescription departments of drug stores, hospitals, or other business establishments or persons licensed to compound or dispense medicines.  B. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be punished by the same penalties as are fixed for illegal sales of alcoholic beverages by ordinances adopted by the subdivision wherein the offense occurred in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 26:595.  C. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the transportation from a political subdivision where the sale of alcoholic beverages is legal to another political subdivision where the sale of alcoholic beverages is legal or intrastate transportation of alcoholic beverages in political subdivisions where the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited under this Chapter.  Added by Acts 1962, No. 366, §1; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:597 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§597. Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections

RS 597 - Alcoholic beverage sales in restaurants; authorization for propositions to be submitted to voters in certain elections A.(1) The governing authority of Minden may submit to the voters in any election held in compliance with provisions of either R.S. 18:402(A), (B), or (F) a proposition that would determine whether or not the business of selling alcoholic beverage only in a restaurant may be conducted and licensed therein. (2) However, any municipality with a population of not less than two thousand five hundred and not more than three thousand five hundred that has issued a license or permit after May 1, 2003, and on or before June 15, 2003, authorizing the sale and service of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises shall not be required to conduct an election notwithstanding any other law to contrary. B. As used in this Section "restaurant" shall mean any business licensed to sell alcoholic beverages under the provisions of R.S. 26:73, R.S. 26:272, or both. Acts 2003, No. 1211, §1, eff. July 3, 2003; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 31, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:641 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§641. Definitions

RS 641 - Definitions  For purposes of this Chapter, the terms "alcoholic beverages", "beverages of low alcoholic content", and "beverages of high alcoholic content" have the same meanings ascribed to them in R.S. 26:241.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:651 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§651. Manufacture or preparation of poisonous beverages; penalty

RS 651 - Manufacture or preparation of poisonous beverages; penalty  A. No person shall manufacture, concoct, or prepare for sale any alcoholic beverage containing lye, nicotine, wood alcohol, india berries, or any other poisonous substance.  B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned for not more than five years, with or without hard labor.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:652 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§652. Sale of poisonous beverages; penalty

RS 652 - Sale of poisonous beverages; penalty  A. No person shall sell or offer for sale any alcoholic beverage containing lye, nicotine, wood alcohol, india berries, or any other poisonous substance.  B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:653 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§653. Analysis of beverages in possession of arrested person

RS 653 - Analysis of beverages in possession of arrested person  Any officer who has made an arrest and found alcoholic beverages in the possession or control of the party arrested may have a sample of the beverages so found analyzed by the state board of health. The board shall make a report of its findings to the officer who furnished the sample.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:681 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§681. Providing alcoholic beverages to convict prohibited; penalty

RS 681 - Providing alcoholic beverages to convict prohibited; penalty  A. No person shall sell, send, or give any alcoholic beverage to, or procure or purchase any such beverage for any person incarcerated in any state, parish, or city prison within the state.  B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than one hundred days, or both.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:711 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§711. "Blind tiger" defined

RS 711 - "Blind tiger" defined  A "blind tiger" is any place in those subdivisions of the state in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is prohibited where such beverages are kept for sale, barter, or exchange or habitual giving away, whether in connection with a business conducted at the place or not.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:712 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§712. Penalty for keeping blind tiger; destruction or sale of beverages

RS 712 - Penalty for keeping blind tiger; destruction or sale of beverages  Whoever keeps a blind tiger shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than six months. The court shall order the alcoholic beverages found in the blind tiger destroyed or shall order the sheriff to sell same at public sale in a parish where such sales are not prohibited by law, to the highest bidder after due advertisement for ten days in the official journal of the parish; the net proceeds of such sales shall be turned over by the sheriff to the general fund of the parish in which the beverages were seized and sold.  Amended by Acts 1950, No. 299, §1; Acts 1952, No. 138, §1; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:713 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§713. Searches and seizures

RS 713 - Searches and seizures  Any place suspected of being a blind tiger shall be searched by an officer designated in a search warrant and any alcoholic beverages found therein shall be seized and brought before the court issuing the warrant. The warrant may be issued by any court having power of a committing magistrate upon the filing of an affidavit reciting the fact that affiant believes a certain designated place to be a blind tiger, together with such additional evidence as the court may require in order to make out a prima facie case. The officer to whom the search warrant is directed shall make his return thereon within twenty-four hours after it is issued and shall bring into court any alcoholic beverages he may have found together with all persons found in the place where the beverages were found.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:714 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§714. Soliciting sale of alcoholic beverages in prohibition area; penalty

RS 714 - Soliciting sale of alcoholic beverages in prohibition area; penalty  A. No person shall seek, solicit, or receive orders from anyone for the purchase of alcoholic beverages within the limits of any municipality, ward, or parish in which the retailing of such beverages is prohibited.  B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 26:715 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 26 - Liquors-Alcoholic Beverages|§715. Prescribing beverages of high alcoholic content as medicine to evade prohibition law; penalty

RS 715 - Prescribing beverages of high alcoholic content as medicine to evade prohibition law; penalty  Any physician or practitioner of medicine who prescribed beverages of high alcoholic content for any person with intent to evade, or with intent to assist others to evade, any state law or local ordinance prohibiting the sale and consumption, or either, of beverages of high alcoholic content shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than four months.  Acts 1987, No. 696, §1.