{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-061","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Michael Noel","authority":"La. R.S. 27:15; license conditions","instrument":"COVID-19 Emergency Order No. 16 (LGCB-5578-20): Operations and Employment","title":"All casino gaming establishments to be open to the public by midnight June 19, 2020 under approved plans; forbearance of the licensees\u0027 total-employment and minimum-payroll conditions while capacity and device limits remain and until admissions recover to prior-year levels","dateIssued":"2020-06-16","effective":"2020-06-16 (immediately); reopening deadline midnight June 19, 2020","end":"Forbearance not to extend beyond Dec. 31, 2020; amended Dec. 15, 2020 (Order No. 18, Ex. 064)","startDate":"2020-06-16","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CAP","EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["Riverboat licensees","Slots-at-the-track licensees","The land-based casino"],"clause":"All casino gaming establishments, i.e. riverboats, slot machine operations at the racetracks, and the land-based casino, shall no later than midnight June 19, 2020, be open to the public and conducting gaming operations... subject to the following: 1. All restrictions and requirements for reopening and continued operation imposed by state and local authorities must be met;... 5. 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 the previous year...","enforcement":"License conditions and the casino operating agreement; La. R.S. 27:15, 27:21","functions":["WF the regulator\u0027s own finding that the State\u0027s \u0027capacity, and gaming position and device limitations\u0027 prevented licensees from maintaining their required employment and payroll levels","SF operation under approved plans and capacity limits","OP written plans signed by general managers"],"notes":"A governmental authority\u0027s contemporaneous finding that the orders\u0027 capacity limits reduced casino employment below license-mandated levels; the forbearance was extended by Orders 18, 20, 22, 26, 28 and 29 to at least Dec. 31, 2021. Text via OCR.","sourceUrl":"http://lgcb.dps.louisiana.gov/docs/2020_06_16_Order_16_Operations_Employment.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210111/http://lgcb.dps.louisiana.gov/docs/2020_06_16_Order_16_Operations_Employment.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":86022,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-061","citation":"Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Michael Noel, COVID-19 Emergency Order No. 16 (LGCB-5578-20): Operations and Employment (June 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-061)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-062"]}