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Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-078 Order Primary source read

COVID-19 Emergency Order No. 29 (LGCB-6062-21)

Order No. 28 amended in its entirety: casinos not required to maintain total employment and minimum payroll conditions until capacity, position and device limits are lifted and admissions recover to 2019 levels; forbearance not to extend beyond December 31, 2021

Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Ronnie S. Johns · Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) · Louisiana
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
La. R.S. 27:15
Issued
2021-09-22 Sept. 22, 2021
Effective
2021-09-22 (immediately) (read as 2021-09-22)
End
2021-12-31 (outer limit of the forbearance) (read as 2021-12-31)
In force
Sept. 22, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • Riverboat licensees
  • Slots-at-the-track licensees
  • The land-based casino
Functions reached
  • WF the regulator's Sept. 22, 2021 finding that admissions had not returned to 2019 levels and that employment conditions could not yet be enforced
  • OP plans and amendments
Collection
State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

Riverboat licensees, slots at the track licensees and the land-based casino shall not be required to maintain total employment and minimum payroll conditions and requirements until all capacity, and gaming position and device limitations are lifted by state and local authorities, and until patron admissions for any three-month period, determined monthly on a rolling basis, reaches the admission level for the same three-month period of 2019, provided that the licensee maintains sufficient employment to conduct all authorized gaming operations and ensure adequate security as determined by the Division and the Board.... The forbearance herein granted in regard to maintaining total employment and minimum payroll conditions and requirements shall not extend beyond December 31, 2021.

Enforcement

License conditions; La. R.S. 27:15

Notes

A Q3 2021 governmental finding, in an order in force on Sept. 30, 2021, that the casino industry's admissions and employment remained below 2019. Text via OCR.