§7005. Denial, revocation, or suspension of license

A. A license issued pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter may be suspended or revoked by the department upon a finding that the applicant or licensee:

(1) Has materially falsified any application filed pursuant to this Chapter or required by this Chapter, or

(2) Has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this state or any law of the United States or foreign government, or of any state, within five years preceding the date of the issuance of the license, or

(3) Has had any federal or foreign gaming equipment license suspended or revoked by competent federal or governmental authority and is no longer authorized by any law to engage in the manufacturing, sale, distribution, transportation, or repair of gaming equipment, or

(4) Has manufactured, sold, distributed, transported, or repaired any gaming equipment in violation of any provision of this Chapter or any other state, federal, or foreign laws pertaining to the manufacture, sale, distribution, transportation, or repair of any gaming equipment, or

(5) Has repeatedly failed to submit to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, data on the use and transactions involving the sale or distribution of any gaming equipment as required by this Chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

B. The department may limit revocation or suspension of a license to the particular gaming equipment with respect to which grounds for revocation or suspension exist.

C. Before taking action pursuant to this Section, the department shall serve upon the applicant or licensee an order to show cause why the license should not be denied, revoked, or suspended. The order to show cause shall contain a statement of the basis thereof and shall call upon the applicant or licensee to appear before the department at a time and place stated in the order, but in no event less than thirty days after the date of receipt of the order. Proceedings to deny, revoke, or suspend a license pursuant to this Section shall be conducted in accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq. Such proceedings shall be independent of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecutions or other proceedings under any other law.

D. The department may, in its discretion, suspend any license simultaneously with the institution of proceedings under this Section in cases where it finds that there is an imminent danger to the public health or safety. Such suspension shall continue in effect until the conclusion of such proceedings, including judicial review thereof, unless sooner withdrawn by the department or dissolved by a court of competent jurisdiction.

E. If the department suspends or revokes a license granted under the provisions of this Chapter, all gaming equipment in the possession of the licensee pursuant to such license at the time of suspension or the effective date of the revocation order, as the case may be, may in the discretion of the department, be placed under seal. No disposition may be made of any gaming equipment under seal until the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded unless a court for good cause, upon application therefor, orders the sale of the gaming equipment and the deposit of the proceeds of the sale with the court. Upon a revocation order becoming final, all such gaming equipment shall be forfeited to the state.

Acts 1987, No. 443, §1.