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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:27:81",
  "title_number": "27",
  "section_number": "81",
  "citation": "R.S. 27:81",
  "heading": "Issuance of permits to certain persons furnishing services or goods",
  "text": "A. The board shall issue a permit to any person who provides maritime crew, staff, or maritime services, including consulting services involving maritime issues, directly related to the maintenance and operation of a riverboat. The person or, if the person is a corporation or firm, an officer of the corporation or firm furnishing such crew or such maritime services shall possess, as a minimum, credentials equivalent to those required by the United States Coast Guard to be licensed as a master, chief engineer, or pilot. Any person offering to provide maritime crew, staff, or such direct maritime services after October 1, 1999, shall be issued a permit in accordance with the provisions of this Subsection prior to providing such crew, staff, or maritime services to a riverboat.\n\nB. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section do not apply to any individual who is an employee of the riverboat licensee for whom such services are performed. Persons required to obtain a permit to provide other services including janitorial, marine architectural, engineering and construction, and dredging shall obtain a permit for such services as otherwise provided for in this Chapter.",
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    {
      "level": "title",
      "number": "27",
      "name": "LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL LAW"
    },
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      "number": "4",
      "name": "THE LOUISIANA RIVERBOAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GAMING CONTROL ACT"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "VIII",
      "name": "ISSUANCE OF PERMITS TO MANUFACTURERS, SUPPLIERS, AND OTHERS"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 27 › Chapter 4 › Part VIII",
  "acts_citations": [
    {
      "act_year": 1991,
      "act_number": 753,
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      "effective_date": "1991-07-18",
      "effective_date_raw": "July 18, 1991. Redesignated from R.S. 4:540 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996",
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      "act_year": 1999,
      "act_number": 1384,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": null,
      "effective_date_raw": null,
      "role": "amendment"
    },
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      "act_year": 2001,
      "act_number": 1222,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2001-07-02",
      "effective_date_raw": "July 2, 2001",
      "role": "amendment"
    }
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1991, No. 753, §1, eff. July 18, 1991. Redesignated from R.S. 4:540 by Acts 1996, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 7, §3, eff. May 1, 1996; Acts 1999, No. 1384, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1222, §1, eff. July 2, 2001.",
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