RS 4:80 Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of purse - Louisiana Statutes

§80.  Representing contestant or sharing in purse; payment of purse

A.  No referee, club owner, club officer, club, or member of the commission shall represent any contestant or receive from a contestant any share of his purse.  Any violation of this rule subjects the violator to forfeiture of his license.

B.  Whenever the payment of a purse is in dispute, the commission may withhold all or any portion thereof pending a hearing on the disbursement thereof, or, in its discretion, may order the purse deposited in the registry of a court of competent jurisdiction.

Acts 1974, No. 553, §1.