Gaming Control Board

Name Gaming Control Board
Contact Person Heather Hood - Confidential Assistant/Attorney
Mailing Address 7901 Independence Boulevard
Building A
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone Number 225-925-1846
Fax Number 225-925-1917
Board Email LGCB@dps.la.gov
Website http://lgcb.dps.louisiana.gov
Legal Authority R.S. 27:11
Year Created 1996
Organizational Placement Department of Public Safety & Corrections
Purpose/Function The Board has all regulatory authority, control, and jurisdiction, including investigation, licensing, and enforcement, and all power incidental or necessary to such regulatory authority, control, and jurisdiction over all aspects of gaming activities and operations within the state.
Number of Entity Members: Number Authorized: 9
Number Currently Serving: 9
Number of Entity Meetings: Actual number in prior year: 14
Estimated number in current year: 12
The Entity is:
Active   Inactive   Not fully organized   Disbanded   Never fully organized
Do members receive per diem, salaries, and/or travel expense reimbursements?
Yes   No
Excluding member per diem, salaries, and travel expense reimbursements, does the entity receive or expend funds?
Yes   No
Entity Member Per Diem:
  Amount Authorized: $100      per meeting   per meeting day   per day spent on board business   None

Total entity member per diem:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $12,000.00
Entity Member Salaries:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $281,484.00
Entity Member Travel Expense Reimbursement:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $14,535.00
Number and Type of Authorized Employee Positions:
Classified: 1
Unclassified: 2
Part-time: 0
Entity Fiscal Year End:
4/30         7/31         10/31         Other (identify date)
6/30         9/30         12/31         None
Participation in State Employee Benefit Programs:
    Employees:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs

    Members:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs
A state agency provides: (Check all that apply and identify the state agency)
Per Diem Payments          State Agency: Louisiana Gaming Control Board
Travel Reimbursements    State Agency: Louisiana Gaming Control Board
Other (explain)    State Agency:
Is this entity a budget unit or included within a budget unit of the State of Louisiana as defined by LSA-R.S. 39:2?
   Yes    No
  If yes, identify the budget unit and the budget schedule number below:
  Budget Unit Name: Louisiana Gaming Control Board
  Budget Schedule Number: 08B-423
Notes Any discrepancy between the number of board members authorized by statute and the number of members reimbursed is due to a vacancy, or a member representing the board for a partial year and his/her replacement by another member for the remainder of the year.
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