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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4743. Definitions

RS 3:4743 - Definitions
As used in this Part:
(1) "Agricultural product" means any beef, pork, poultry, crawfish, shrimp, meat, sugar, or rice product that is edible by humans.
(2) "Beef" means the flesh of a domesticated bovine that is edible by humans.
(3) "Beef product" means a type of agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from beef, including beef jerky, beef patties, chopped beef, fabricated steak, hamburger, ground beef, ribs, and roast.
(4) "Cell cultured food product" means any cultured animal tissue produced from in vitro animal cell cultures outside of the organism from which it is derived.
(5) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture and forestry.
(6) "Deceptively similar" means misleading to a reasonable person.
(7) "Food product" means any edible product sold or offered for retail sale that is intended for human consumption.
(8) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter upon or affixed to the container or wrapper in which a food product is offered for direct retail sale.
(9) "Labeling" means the act of identifying, describing, or advertising a food product by means of a label or through other means.
(10) "Meat" means a portion of a beef, pork, poultry, alligator, farm-raised deer, turtle, domestic rabbit, crawfish, or shrimp carcass that is edible by humans but does not include a:
(a) Synthetic product derived from a plant, insect, or other source.
(b) Cell cultured food product grown in a laboratory from animal cells.
(11) "Meat product" means a type of agricultural product that is edible by humans and made wholly or in part from meat or another portion of a beef, pork, poultry, alligator, farm-raised deer, turtle, domestic rabbit, crawfish, or shrimp carcass.
(12) "Misbrand" means to intentionally identify or label a food product in a false or misleading way.
(13) "Misrepresent" means to intentionally use any untrue, misleading, or deceptive oral or written statement, advertisement, label, display, picture, illustration, or sample.
(14) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust, firm, company, or other entity doing business in Louisiana.
(15) "Pork" means the flesh of a domesticated swine that is edible by humans.
(16) "Pork product" means a type of agricultural product that is edible by humans and produced in whole or in part from pork, including bacon, bratwurst, ground pork, ham, pork chops, ribs, roast, and sausage.
(17) "Poultry" means domesticated birds that are edible by humans.
(18) "Rice" means the whole or broken kernels obtained from the species Oryza sativa L. or Oryza glaberrima, or wild rice, which is obtained from one of the four species of grasses from the genus Zizania or Porteresia.
Acts 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4744. Applicability; prohibited activities

RS 3:4744 - Applicability; prohibited activities
A. The provisions of this Part shall apply only to a person that places a label on a food product as defined in R.S. 3:4743.
B. No person shall intentionally misbrand or misrepresent any food product as an agricultural product through any activity including:
(1) Affixing a label to a food product that is false or misleading.
(2) Selling a food product under the name of an agricultural product.
(3) Representing a food product as an agricultural product for which a definition and standard of identity has been provided by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq., unless:
(a) The food product conforms to the definition and standard.
(b) The label of the food product bears the name of the food specified in the definition and standard and includes the common names of optional ingredients other than spices, flavoring, and coloring present in the food as regulations require.
(4) Representing a food product as meat or a meat product when the food product is not derived from a harvested beef, pork, poultry, alligator, farm-raised deer, turtle, domestic rabbit, crawfish, or shrimp carcass.
(5) Representing a food product as rice when the food product is not rice.
(6) Representing a food product as beef or a beef product when the food product is not derived from a domesticated bovine.
(7) Representing a food product as pork or a pork product when the food product is not derived from a domesticated swine.
(8) Representing a food product as poultry when the food product is not derived from domesticated birds.
(9) Utilizing a term that is the same as or deceptively similar to a term that has been used or defined historically in reference to a specific agricultural product.
(10) Affixing a label that uses the term "rice" in the name of the food product when the food product is not rice or derived from rice.
(11) Representing a cell cultured food product as a meat product.
(12) Representing a food product as sugar when it is not an unaltered plant-based simple sugar or sucrose.
Acts 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4745. Powers

RS 3:4745 - Powers
A. The commissioner of agriculture shall administer and enforce the provisions of this Part and adopt rules and regulations to enforce the provisions of this Part. All rules and regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
B. The commissioner may:
(1) Employ personnel to enforce the provisions of this Part.
(2) Receive and investigate complaints regarding alleged violations of this Part and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this Part.
(3) Seek and obtain injunctive or other civil relief to restrain and prevent violations of this Part, rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Part, or orders and rulings issued by the commissioner pursuant to this Part.
(4) Institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings or collect any penalties due under this Part.
Acts 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4746. Penalties

RS 3:4746 - Penalties
A. A person who violates any provision of this Part or of any rule or regulation adopted under the provisions of this Part shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be a separate offense.
B. Penalties may be assessed only by a ruling of the commissioner based upon an adjudicatory hearing held by the Louisiana Commission of Weights and Measures pursuant to R.S. 3:4605.
C. In addition to civil penalties, the commissioner may assess the proportionate costs of the adjudicatory hearing against the offender. The commissioner shall determine the amount of costs to be assessed.
D. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings to enforce his rulings in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
E. The commissioner may institute civil proceedings seeking injunctive relief to restrain and prevent the violation of the provisions of this Part, or of the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part, in the district court for the parish in which the violation occurred.
Acts 2019, No. 273, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4751. Definitions

RS 3:4751 - Definitions
As used in this Chapter, the following words, terms, and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Agricultural use" means farming in all of its branches, including but not limited to the cultivation and the tillage of the soil; the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any products from agricultural, horticulture, aquaponic, hydroponic, or aquaculture practices; the raising of livestock, bees, fur-bearing animals, dairy-producing animals, and poultry; agricultural education; agricultural tourism; or any practices performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with farming operations. This also is inclusive of administrative or office space used to run any of the above practices or operations. For purposes of this Chapter, the term "agricultural use" does not include timber production.
(2) "Political subdivision" means any unit of local government including a municipality, parish, or special district authorized by law to perform governmental functions.
(3) "Urban" means an area within the boundaries of an urbanized area, as that term is used by the United States Census Bureau, that includes at least forty-five thousand people.
(4) "Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone" means an area within a political subdivision that is comprised of individual properties designated as urban agriculture preserves by the political subdivision for farming purposes.
Acts 2015, No. 429, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4752. Implementation; ordinances

RS 3:4752 - Implementation; ordinances
A political subdivision may, after public hearing, establish by ordinance an urban agriculture incentive zone within its boundaries for the purpose of entering into enforceable contracts with landowners, on a voluntary basis, for the use of vacant, unimproved, or blighted lands for agricultural use as defined in R.S. 3:4751(1).
Acts 2015, No. 429, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4753. Rules and regulations

RS 3:4753 - Rules and regulations
A. Following the adoption of the ordinance pursuant to R.S. 3:4752, a political subdivision that has established an urban agriculture incentive zone within its boundaries may adopt rules and regulations consistent with zoning and other relevant ordinances or local laws for the implementation and administration of the urban agriculture incentive zone and of contracts related to that urban agriculture incentive zone.
B. The political subdivision may impose a fee upon contracting landowners for the reasonable costs of implementing and administering contracts.
C. The political subdivision shall impose a fee equal to the cumulative value of the tax benefit received during the duration for the contract upon landowners for cancellation of any contract prior to the expiration of the contract, unless the political subdivision makes a determination that the cancellation was caused by extenuating circumstances despite the good faith effort by the landowner.
Acts 2015, No. 429, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 3 - Agriculture and Forestry › §3:4754. Contract requirements

RS 3:4754 - Contract requirements
A. Following the adoption of the ordinance as provided for in R.S. 3:4752, a political subdivision may enter into a contract with a landowner to enforceably restrict the use of the land subject to the contract to uses consistent with urban agriculture. Any contract entered into pursuant to this Chapter shall include but is not limited to all of the following provisions:
(1) An initial term of not less than three years.
(2) A restriction on property that is at least three thousand square feet and not more than three acres.
(3) A requirement that the entire property subject to the contract shall be dedicated toward commercial or noncommercial agricultural use.
(4) A prohibition against any dwelling on the property while under contract.
(5) A notification that if a landowner cancels a contract, the political subdivision is required to impose a cancellation fee, pursuant to R.S. 3:4753(C).
B. A contract entered into pursuant to this Chapter shall not prohibit the use of structures that support agricultural activity including but not limited to toolsheds, greenhouses, produce stands, and instructional space.
C. A contract entered into pursuant to this Chapter that includes a prohibition on the use of pesticide or fertilizers that require a license for application on properties under contract shall permit those pesticides or fertilizers allowed by the United States Department of Agriculture National Organic Program.
D. A political subdivision shall not enter into a new contract or renew an existing contract pursuant to this Chapter after January 1, 2021. Any contract entered into pursuant to this Chapter on or before January 1, 2021, shall be valid and enforceable for the duration of the contract.
E. A political subdivision shall not establish an urban agriculture incentive zone within any portion of any other political subdivision's economic development district unless the governing authority of the political subdivision consents to the establishment of the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone.
Acts 2015, No. 429, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:1. Unlawful to sell tickets for more than the price; total cost of tickets to be printed on each

RS 4:1 - Unlawful to sell tickets for more than the price; total cost of tickets to be printed on each
A. All admission tickets to any athletic contest, dance, theater, concert, circus, or other amusement shall have the price paid for the ticket, excluding order processing and delivery charges, printed on the face of the ticket.
B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars.
C. Nothing shall prohibit the resale or offering for resale via the internet of an admission ticket, at any price, to an athletic contest, dance, theater, concert, circus, or other amusement, if the ticket is resold or offered for resale through any website if such website's operator guarantees a full refund of the amount paid for the ticket under each of the following conditions:
(1) The ticketed event is canceled.
(2) The purchaser is denied admission to the ticketed event, unless such denial is due to the action or omission of the purchaser.
(3) The ticket is not delivered to the purchaser in the manner described on such website or pursuant to the delivery guarantee made by the reseller and such failure results in the purchaser's inability to attend the ticketed event.
D. A website operator's guarantee pursuant to Subsection C of this Section shall be posted on the operator's website and a prospective purchaser shall be directed to such guaranty before completion of the resale transaction.
E. A refund issued by a website operator pursuant to any of the conditions provided for in Subsection C of this Section shall include any servicing, handling, or processing fees unless such fees are declared nonrefundable under the terms of the guarantee.
F. The provisions of Subsection C of this Section shall not apply to:
(1) University sports event tickets specially allocated to Louisiana legislators.
(2) Student tickets issued by Louisiana universities for sporting events.
Acts 1988, No. 449, §1; Acts 1989, No. 589, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 466, §1, eff. July 18, 1990; Acts 2006, No. 238, §1; Acts 2022, No. 55, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:2. Shows and exhibits; misleading advertisements; penalty

RS 4:2 - Shows and exhibits; misleading advertisements; penalty
No person shall, in advance of any show or exhibit, knowingly advertise by posters or other written placards in which is set forth in writing the exhibition to the public either for money or otherwise of anything which the person knew at the time would not or could not be placed on exhibit as set forth by the advertisement, poster, or placard.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and in default of payment of the fine and costs shall be imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than twelve months.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:3. Playing or singing of the national anthem at certain athletic contests

RS 4:3 - Playing or singing of the national anthem at certain athletic contests
No competitive athletic event may be held in a venue, the construction, operation, or maintenance of which is financed wholly or partially by the state or a political subdivision of the state, unless the event is preceded by the playing or singing of the national anthem.
Acts 2021, No 224, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:7. Parishes may regulate, restrict, and tax circuses, carnivals, etc.

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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:8. Fairs and entertainments of religious and benevolent organizations; permit

RS 4:8 - Fairs and entertainments of religious and benevolent organizations; permit
Upon receiving a written application from any regularly ordained minister, deacon, manager of any church, or president of any religious or benevolent society, expressing the desire to give a fair or other entertainment for the benefit of the church or society, or for other charitable purposes, the justice of the peace of any ward of any parish in which the fair or entertainment is to be held, other than and exclusive of the City of New Orleans, shall furnish the applicant with a written permit to hold the fair or entertainment on the dates for which application is made. No special tax shall be levied or collected from the managers of the fairs or entertainments held under a permit granted as provided in this Section.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:9. Corruption of participants or referees in contests; penalty

RS 4:9 - Corruption of participants or referees in contests; penalty
No person shall corruptly give, offer, or promise to any participant in any contest of skill, speed, strength, or endurance, of man or beast, any gift or gratuity whatever with intent thereby to influence the participant to refrain from exerting his full degree of skill, speed, strength, or endurance in the contest.
No participant in the contest shall request or accept a gift or gratuity, promise to make a gift, or promise to do an act beneficial to himself, under an agreement or with an understanding that he shall refrain from exerting his full degree of skill, speed, strength, or endurance in the contest.
No person shall corruptly give, offer, or promise to any person who is, or will be, an umpire, referee, judge, or official at any such contest, with the intention or understanding that the person will corruptly or dishonestly umpire, referee, judge, or officiate so as to affect or influence the result thereof.
No person who is or expects to be an umpire, referee, judge, or official at any such contest shall request or accept a gift or gratuity, or promise to make a gift, or promise to do an act beneficial to himself, under an agreement or with an understanding that he shall corruptly or dishonestly umpire, referee, judge, or officiate.
As used in this Section, "participant" includes any person who is selected to do or who expects to take part in the contest.
Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:10. Game regulations

RS 4:10 - Game regulations
The operator of a game at any fair, carnival, or any other place where games of chance or skill are made available for pay, before and during operation, shall have and keep in a conspicuous place a sign stating the cost of a play and an explanation of how the game is played. The lettering on the sign shall be plain and not less than two inches in height. Signs or placards shall be of permanent material so they can be used from one fair to the next. A game shall be closed until compliance with this requirement occurs.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 918, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:10.1. Capital prize to be awarded

RS 4:10.1 - Capital prize to be awarded
Prizes shall be left to the discretion of management; however, capital prize must be given. No operator shall be permitted to display merchandise of any type which is not one of the prizes possible to be won. Each prize shall be marked so that any player may know in advance what is necessary for him to do to win any one of the prizes displayed. No flash display will be permitted.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 918, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:10.4. Gambling prohibited

RS 4:10.4 - Gambling prohibited
Amusement games operated in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 4:10 through 10.6 shall not be construed to be in violation of R.S. 14:90 provided:
(1) The game is conducted in accordance with the explanation of how the game is played as posted on the sign required by R.S. 4:10.
(2) No prize shall be displayed which cannot be won, and all prizes that can be won shall be displayed.
(3) Cash prizes are not awarded and merchandise prizes are not repurchased.
(4) The game is not operated on a build-up or pyramid basis whereby a prize must be returned in order to play another game or be returned to be eligible for a bigger prize, or the requirement that a prize which has been won be forfeited if the next or additional game is lost.
(5) The cost of playing the game is not more than two dollars and the value of any prize that can be won is not more than one hundred dollars.
Acts 1983, No. 438, §1; Acts 1997, No. 734, §1, eff. July 9, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:10.5. Exemptions

RS 4:10.5 - Exemptions
The provisions of R.S. 4:10 through 10.6 shall not apply to games operated by volunteers of churches, educational, charitable, eleemosynary, veteran or senior citizen organizations, or associations and civic or nonprofit organizations or associations.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 918, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:10.6. Violations; penalties

RS 4:10.6 - Violations; penalties
Anyone who intentionally operates, who intentionally hires anyone to operate, or intentionally permits anyone to operate any games of chance or skill as listed in R.S. 4:10.3 or any other game of chance or skill for pay which defrauds or attempts to defraud the player, or who intentionally violates any other provision of R.S. 4:10 through 10.3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred fifty dollars for each violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 918, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:41. Amusement tax for relief of public and quasi-public charitable institutions and human service programs

RS 4:41 - Amusement tax for relief of public and quasi-public charitable institutions and human service programs
Any parish or municipality of more than three hundred thousand inhabitants may levy a tax for the purpose of providing funds for public and quasi-public charitable institutions operated by a parish or municipal welfare department, and in the event of a surplus of such funds, to human service programs, as determined by the parish or municipal governing authority, within the respective parish or municipality on any theater, motion picture house, athletic contest, exhibition, pageant, production, demonstration, flower show, concert, musicale, recital, circus, freak show, minstrel show, lecture, address, night club, cabaret, dance, dance-hall, restaurant which provides either floor show, singing, dancing, or dancing facilities to patrons, excursion and sightseeing steamers which receive and discharge passengers in the same parish or municipality, aviation pleasure rides that take on and discharge passengers in the same parish or municipality, scenic railways, flying horses or merry-go-rounds, shooting galleries, and all games of skill and chance, as well as all mechanical devices operated for pleasure or skill where a fee is charged for admission or entrance or for the purpose of playing them, or where there is any charge whatever for them or in connection with them either directly or indirectly, or where admission is had by a season ticket.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 819, §1, eff. Aug. 1, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:42. Amount of tax; collection from patron on admission

RS 4:42 - Amount of tax; collection from patron on admission
The local governing authorities shall not impose any amusement tax that will exceed five percent of the admission on the individual admission ticket, except that where the tax on the individual ticket amounts to any part of one cent, the full one cent shall be charged. The tax shall not be assumed by the seller of the ticket and the seller shall collect the tax from the purchaser of the ticket for remittance to the municipality levying the tax. The terms of the tax may be imposed only after a full schedule is set forth in an ordinance levying the tax, which ordinance shall include reasonable rules and regulations for collection.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:43. Admissions exempt from tax

RS 4:43 - Admissions exempt from tax
No tax shall be levied under this chapter with respect to any admission to any church fair, church card or lotto party, church lecture, church picnic, or any religious festival, all of the proceeds of which inure to the benefit of a religious institution. No such tax shall be levied with respect to any admission to any charitable benefit, the proceeds of which inure exclusively to the benefit of charitable institutions; nor with respect to any admission charged the students or members of the faculty of any school or university which charges an admission fee in connection with the activities of the school or university; nor with respect to any admission of ten cents or less charged children under the age of twelve.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:45. Use of proceeds of tax

RS 4:45 - Use of proceeds of tax
Parishes and municipalities shall provide that when collected, the proceeds of the license taxes, less the cost of collection, shall be used by the parish or municipality solely for public and quasi-public charitable institutions operated by a parish or municipal welfare department, and in the event of a surplus of such funds, to human service programs, as determined by the parish or municipal governing authority in the parish or municipality where collected. The funds shall be deposited in the parish or municipal general fund and shall be expended in accordance with this Chapter.
Amended by Acts 1980, No. 819, §2, eff. Aug. 1, 1980.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:63. Duties and authority of secretary of commission

RS 4:63 - Duties and authority of secretary of commission
A. The secretary of the commission or persons he shall appoint and supervise shall keep a full and true record of all its proceedings, receipts, and expenditures; preserve all its books, documents, and records; prepare for service such notices and other papers required of him by the commission; and perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe. The secretary may, under the direction of the commission, issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses with the same effect as if issued by a court of record and may, under the direction of the commission, administer oaths in all matters pertaining to the duties of his office or the administration of the affairs of the commission. Disobedience of such subpoenas or false swearing before the secretary shall carry the same penalties under existing laws as in an action before a district court. The secretary or his duly authorized representative shall also serve as an inspector at the ringside of every contest to see that order is maintained and may eject any offending person and prefer charges against him for violation of any of the terms or provisions of this Chapter or any of the rules and regulations of the commission.
B. The secretary or his duly authorized representative shall keep and preserve written minutes of all meetings, and he or his representative shall give notice of all meetings called to all members of the commission within a reasonable time prior to the meetings.
C. The secretary or his duly authorized representative shall keep a record of the receipts at professional boxing and wrestling contests or exhibitions.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:64. Rules and regulations

RS 4:64 - Rules and regulations
The commission may make rules and regulations governing all boxing, mixed technique events, and wrestling contests or exhibitions under its jurisdiction, the sale of tickets at such contests or exhibitions, the promoters of such contests or exhibitions, and the contestants, their seconds and managers in such contests or exhibitions, and all other rules and regulations as the commission, in its discretion, deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter. Should any case occur which may not be covered in this Chapter or by the rules and regulations of the commission, it shall be determined by the commission, but only insofar as such determination is consistent with justice, the best interests of boxing, mixed technique event, and wrestling and with the powers and authority granted by this Chapter. A copy of the pertinent rules and regulations of the commission shall be furnished to the contestants or their managers in contests or exhibitions subject to the jurisdiction of the commission. No such contest or exhibition shall be conducted, held, or given except in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the rules and regulations of the commission, provided that no such boxing contest or exhibition shall exceed twenty rounds.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:66. Professional boxing contracts; permits

RS 4:66 - Professional boxing contracts; permits
A. Each club licensed to hold, conduct or give professional boxing contests or exhibitions shall furnish signed contracts to the commission as follows: (1) in the case of main event boxers, six days before the contest or exhibition; and (2) in the case of preliminary boxers, four days before the contest or exhibition. No such licensed promoting club, matchmaker, manager, boxer, or wrestler, may publicly announce or advertise that any bout or exhibition will take place unless such bout or exhibition has been formally approved by the commission.
B. Each club affected by the provisions of this chapter shall secure permits from the commission prior to holding any contest or exhibition. The commission shall not grant more than two permits a week to any club, nor shall the commission grant permits to more than one club in the same parish for the same date.
C. The commission may revoke permits for violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:68. Reports; payment of tax; counting of tickets; complimentary tickets

RS 4:68 - Reports; payment of tax; counting of tickets; complimentary tickets
Every club licensed and exercising any of the privileges conferred by this chapter or by any rules or regulations of the commission and subject to the payment of the gross receipts tax shall, within twenty-four hours after each contest, submit to the secretary of the commission a written report showing the actual number of tickets sold, the gross receipts therefrom, and the number of press and complimentary tickets. Each shall, within twenty-four hours, pay to the commission the tax levied upon its gross receipts. The secretary of the commission, or a representative delegated by him, shall be present at the counting of the tickets, which shall be placed by the ticket-takers at each door of the building in which the exhibition is being held into a locked box which shall not be opened except in the presence of the secretary or his representative. The number and disbursement of complimentary tickets shall be regulated by the commission, provided, that in no case shall the number of such complimentary tickets exceed three hundred for each performance.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:69. Failure to make report or remittance; unsatisfactory and false reports

RS 4:69 - Failure to make report or remittance; unsatisfactory and false reports
Whoever fails to make to the commission the report as provided in R.S. 4:68, or fails to make the remittance to the commission in the time limits set forth in R.S. 4:68, forfeits his license and the sum of five hundred dollars to the commission, which shall be recovered by suit filed by the commission. The money shall be remitted to the commission. Whoever makes a report which is unsatisfactory to the commission shall be suspended pending a hearing, at which time the commission may examine under oath its officers, and other witnesses. Should the report prove to be false the license is ipso facto forfeited.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:70. Physicians and emergency medical personnel

RS 4:70 - Physicians and emergency medical personnel
A. For each boxing, mixed technique, or professional wrestling event, the promoter shall appoint a physician, determined by the commission to be competent and of good standing, who shall examine each contestant before the contestant enters the ring, and who shall say whether the contestant is in physical condition to participate as advertised. The physician shall be present at the ringside. The physician shall render such advice or service as the commission requests. The fees of the physician for each individual event shall be paid by the club promoting the event and shall be reasonable and customary for the size and location of the event.
B. Each club promoting a boxing, mixed technique, or professional wrestling event shall pay for and obtain the attendance of emergency medical personnel to include no less than two attendants and an ambulance which shall be in attendance throughout each event.
C. Any physician so appointed by the promoter shall be an independent contractor of the commission, not an employee.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1; Acts 2018, No. 356, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:71. Buildings and structures; exceeding seating capacity in sale of tickets or issuance of invitations

RS 4:71 - Buildings and structures; exceeding seating capacity in sale of tickets or issuance of invitations
All buildings or other structures used for the purposes of this chapter shall be properly ventilated and provided with exits and fire escapes conforming with the laws, ordinances, and regulations of the city or parish. No club shall hold, conduct or give a boxing or wrestling contest or exhibition unless a certificate of the safety of the building or other structure has been issued by the city engineer and fire inspector. Any club which sells or causes to be sold more tickets, or gives out more invitations, than the seating capacity of the building, structure, or arena, shall for the first offense be fined three hundred dollars and for a second offense five hundred dollars. The commission shall recover this money in the manner provided for in this chapter. For a second offense the club also forfeits its license.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:72. Proximity of seats to ring; seating for the commission

RS 4:72 - Proximity of seats to ring; seating for the commission
There shall be no seats, except those provided for the press and timers, physicians, and commissioners, within four feet of the sides of the ring, or within six feet of the corners of the ring, except those approved by the commission. The club shall, without charge, provide seating for the commission as is necessary for the attendance of the commission and those persons necessary to work the event.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:73. Tickets

RS 4:73 - Tickets
No club shall permit anyone to sell or exchange any ticket for seating reservations for more than the box office price. All press or complimentary tickets shall be marked complimentary on both coupons. The club shall see to the seating of every reserved seat ticket holder in the seat corresponding to the coupon held by the ticket holder.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:75. Sham or fake contests or exhibitions

RS 4:75 - Sham or fake contests or exhibitions
Whoever conducts or is a party to any sham or fake boxing contest or mixed technique event shall forfeit his license and shall not thereafter be entitled to receive any license pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter. Such person or persons shall be subject to fines as set forth in R.S. 4:65(C). Participants in a professional wrestling event are exempt from the provisions of this Section.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:76. Shamming or faking by contestants

RS 4:76 - Shamming or faking by contestants
Any contestant who is guilty of a sham or fake boxing contest or mixed technique event shall for the first offense be suspended immediately for a period of six months from participation in any contest in this state and for the second offense shall be totally disqualified from further participation in any contest given by any club licensed for that purpose. The referee, after warning three times the contestant he believes to be shamming or faking, shall disqualify the contestant and award the decision to the opposing contestant and shall, moreover, prefer charges against the disqualified contestant before the commission. In such event, the club shall turn over to the secretary of the commission all monies payable to the disqualified contestant. If the referee believes both contestants to be shamming, he shall, after warning both contestants three times, disqualify them and call the event "no contest", and prefer charges before the commission against both contestants. In such cases the club shall refund to all persons in exchange for their seat coupons sixty percent of the face value of such coupons if the contest declared "no contest" is that scheduled and advertised as the main event and feature attraction, but the tax levied under this Chapter shall be paid to the commission as in all other contests or exhibitions, and the balance shall be retained by the club to cover its expenses in promoting the contest or exhibition. Participants in a professional wrestling event are exempt from the provisions of this Section.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:77. Contestants to be in city three days before contest; period between contests

RS 4:77 - Contestants to be in city three days before contest; period between contests
No contestant shall participate in a professional boxing contest who has not been in the city in which the contest is to be held at least three days before the contest or who has engaged in a contest within seven days from the date selected for the contest under the rules of the commission. However, the commission may waive the above provision of this chapter in all cases where the best interest of the public and the spectators is served. The club conducting such contest shall notify the commission when the contestant arrives, and the commission may require the contestant to spar prior to the boxing contest.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:78. Seconds

RS 4:78 - Seconds
No contestant shall have more than three seconds in his corner, and these seconds shall be required to remain in their corners. For the use of the seconds small stools or chairs shall be provided by the club. For any reason deemed to be sufficient by the commission, and made public, the commission may refuse permission to any individual to act as second.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:79. Referees and judges; appointment of event coordinator

RS 4:79 - Referees and judges; appointment of event coordinator
A. The commission may grant to referees and judges licenses good for a period of one year. Referees and judges appointed shall not be suspended except on proof of connivance in fakes, failure to enforce the rules of the commission, or incompetency. There is no appeal from the referee's and judges' ruling. Only residents of Louisiana are eligible to appointment and license as regular referees and judges and shall have resided in the state for not less than six months before the date of the contest. Referees may give decisions in all contests so advertised. The appointment of judges is at the discretion of the commission.
B. This Section does not prohibit the commission, at its discretion, from appointing a "name" referee, or one well known for his outstanding ability, to referee a special or championship match even though said referee is not a resident of Louisiana.
C. In addition, the commission may appoint an events coordinator, not on the commission, for any boxing event the commission deems necessary, whose fee shall be paid by the club promoting the event in question, which amount shall not exceed three hundred fifty dollars per event.
D. The fees for the referees and judges for each individual event shall be paid by the club promoting the event in question and shall be reasonable and customary for the size and location of the event.
E. Any referee, judge, or other official appointed by the commission shall be considered an independent contractor of the commission, not an employee.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:80. Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of purse

RS 4:80 - Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of purse
A. No referee, club owner, club officer, club, or member of the commission shall represent any contestant or receive from a contestant any share of his purse. Any violation of this rule subjects the violator to forfeiture of his license.
B. Whenever the payment of a purse is in dispute, the commission may withhold all or any portion thereof pending a hearing on the disbursement thereof, or, in its discretion, may order the purse deposited in the registry of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:81. Open betting or quoting of odds; insulting or abusive remarks

RS 4:81 - Open betting or quoting of odds; insulting or abusive remarks
A. There shall be no open betting or quoting of odds in the club or arena where the exhibition or contest is being held. Whoever does so shall be ejected.
B. There shall be no insulting or abusive remarks made by seconds, managers, or spectators and directed at the contestants. The officers of the club and the attending member of the commission shall at once eject persons who violate this or any other provision of this Chapter.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:81.1. Tough-man contest; prohibition

RS 4:81.1 - Tough-man contest; prohibition
A. For the purposes of this Chapter, "tough-man contest" shall mean any boxing match, wrestling event, or competition, or combination thereof, between two or more persons, whether professional or amateur, who use their hands, with or without gloves, or their feet, or both, in any manner unauthorized by the State Boxing and Wrestling Commission, and compete for money, financial prize, or any item of pecuniary or nonpecuniary value or compete at an event where a fee is charged whereby either participant may obtain pecuniary gain. The term "tough-man contest" shall not include, nor shall the provisions of this Section apply to any contest, competition, or exhibition of any of the recognized martial arts including karate, judo, kung fu, tae kwan do, jujitsu, kickboxing, or any substantially similar tradition.
B. No person shall conduct, promote, or in any manner participate in any tough-man contest or exhibition. Any person violating this Section as a participant, promoter, judge, or referee shall be subject to criminal charges and penalties as provided in R.S. 14:102.11.
Added by Acts 1981, No. 747, §2; Acts 1995, No. 1275, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:82. Noncompliance with Chapter; penalty

RS 4:82 - Noncompliance with Chapter; penalty
Whoever conducts, promotes, or in any manner participates in any boxing, mixed technique event, or wrestling contest or exhibition without first complying with the provisions of this Chapter shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
Acts 1974, No. 553, §1; Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:82.1. Noncompliance with Chapter; criminal penalty

RS 4:82.1 - Noncompliance with Chapter; criminal penalty
A. No person shall conduct, promote, or in any manner participate in any boxing, mixed technique, or wrestling event or exhibition without the sanctioning of the commission. Any person violating this Section as a participant, promoter, judge, or referee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
B. A person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this Chapter shall additionally be ineligible for licensure under the provisions of this Chapter for a period of five years from the date of conviction.
Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 4 - Amusements and Sports › §4:82.2. Noncompliance with Chapter; injunction

RS 4:82.2 - Noncompliance with Chapter; injunction
A. In addition to the actions and penalties otherwise provided for by this Chapter, the commission may cause to issue in any court of competent jurisdiction an injunction without bond enjoining any person from violating or continuing to violate the provisions of this Chapter.
B. In the suit for an injunction, the commission may demand of the defendant reasonable attorney fees and court costs.
C. The judgment for attorney fees and court costs may be rendered in the same judgment in which the injunction is made absolute. If the commission brings an action against an individual pursuant hereto and fails to prove its case, then it shall be liable to such person for the payment of his attorney fees and costs.
Acts 2007, No. 90, §1.