LAC 35:I.1749. Searches

A. The commission, or the steward representing the commission, investigating violations of law or the rules of the commission, shall have the power to authorize searches of the person or the power to authorize entry and search of the stables, rooms, vehicles, or any other place within the track enclosure at which a race meeting is being held, or other tracks or places where horses eligible to race at the race meeting are kept. B. The commission, or the steward representing the commission, shall also have the authority to conduct or authorize searches of all persons licensed by the commission, and of all employees and agents of any race track association licensed by the commission, and of all vendors who are permitted by the race track association to sell and distribute their wares and merchandise within the race track enclosure, in order to inspect and examine the personal effects or property on such persons or kept in stables, rooms, vehicles, or other places. C. Each licensee and permittee, in accepting a license, shall be deemed to have consented to such search and does waive and release all claims or possible actions for damages that he may have by virtue of any action taken under this rule.