La. Admin. Code tit. 42 § XV-511

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024
Section XV-511 - Threshold Criteria for Retailers
A. An applicant for retailer status may not become and remain a retailer unless the applicant meets the following threshold criteria.
1. The applicant is current in payment of all taxes, interest, and penalties owed to any taxing political subdivision where the applicant sells lottery tickets.
2. The applicant is current in filing all applicable tax returns and in payment of all taxes, interest, and penalties owed to the state of Louisiana, excluding items under formal appeal pursuant to applicable statutes.
3. The applicant has not been:
a. convicted of a criminal offense related to the security or integrity of a lottery in Louisiana or any other jurisdiction;
b. convicted of any illegal gambling activity, false statements, false swearing, or perjury in this or any other jurisdiction; or convicted of any crime punishable by more than one year imprisonment or a fine of more than $1,000, or both;
c. found to have violated the provisions of these retailer regulations, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation Law or any administrative regulation adopted thereunder, unless either 10 years have passed since the violation, or the president and the board find the violation both minor and unintentional in nature;
d. a vendor (as defined in §9002(8) of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation Law) or any employee or agent of any vendor doing business with the corporation;
e. a resident in the same household as an officer of the corporation;
f. found to have made a statement of material fact to the corporation, knowing such statement to be false.
4. The applicant meets such other criteria as the corporation adopts from time to time relating to the integrity, reputation, financial responsibility, business practices or qualifications of an applicant.

La. Admin. Code tit. 42, § XV-511

Promulgated by the Louisiana Lottery Corporation in The State Times on May 21, 1991, amended in The Advocate on December 24, 1991, amended LR 26:710 (April 2000).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:9001 et seq.