Race meeting operators must pay license fees and follow daily deposit and application security deposit rules.
§161. License fees for conducting race meetings A. The license fees for any person, association, or corporation conducting a race meeting in a municipality or parish shall be as follows: (1) On the total daily pool up to $201,000.00, three percent of that portion exceeding $60,000.00. (2) On the total daily pools from $201,000.00 to $401,000.00, $4,230.00 plus four percent of that amount exceeding $201,000.00 up to $401,000.00. (3) On the total daily pools of $401,000.00 and over, $12,230.00, plus five percent of any amount exceeding $401,000.00. B. The licensee shall deposit fees on a daily basis in a designated state depository during each race meeting. Every application for a license to conduct a race meeting shall be accompanied by a certified check for five thousand dollars, payable to the commissioner of administration. The commissioner may apportion the expenses of the commission to the horse race meetings licensed by it on the basis of the collections received from each such meeting. When the race meeting for which the license is granted is terminated and the licensee has fully paid the percentage designated in this Part, the five thousand dollars deposited with the application shall be returned. In the event, however, the licensee fails or refuses to pay the percentage daily as outlined and required, the amount thereof shall be deducted from the sum deposited with the application for a license, and the balance, if any, shall be returned to the licensee. If for any reason beyond the control and through no fault of the licensee it becomes impossible for the licensee to conduct racing upon any date licensed by the commission, the commission, in its discretion and at the request of the licensee, may return the fees paid by the licensee for racing upon such days or specify any other days which may replace the days omitted. C. The association may deduct from fees due under this Section the full amount of fees paid to parish governing authorities as provided by R.S. 4:163.1. D. The association shall retain thirty percent of the fees due under Subsection A of this Section to be disbursed by it as purse supplements. Acts 1968, No. 554, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 250, §1; Acts 1974, No. 626, §1; Acts 1978, No. 143, §2, eff. June 29, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 323, §1; Acts 1982, No. 58, §1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1990, No. 561, §1, eff. June 30, 1990; Acts 1990, No. 1090, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 391, §1, eff. June 18, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 460, §1, eff. June 17, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 8, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.