Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 14, § 68.2. Unauthorized use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits or supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit access devices

(1) “SNAP benefits” means any supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits issued pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act, 7 USC § 2011 et seq.

(2) “SNAP benefit access device” means any card, plate, code account access number, or other means of access that can be used, alone or in conjunction with another access device, to obtain payment, allotments, benefits, money, goods, or other things of value or that can be used to initiate a transfer of funds pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act.

(1) To knowingly use, transfer, acquire, alter, or possess SNAP benefits or a SNAP benefit access device contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act or the federal or state regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(2) To knowingly counterfeit, alter, transfer, acquire, or possess a counterfeited or altered SNAP benefit access device.

(3) To present or cause to be presented a SNAP benefit access device for payment or redemption, knowing it to have been counterfeited, altered, received, transferred, or used in any manner contrary to the provisions of the Federal Food Stamp Act or the federal or state regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(4) To knowingly appropriate SNAP benefits or a SNAP benefit access device with which a person has been entrusted or of which a person has gained possession by virtue of his position as a public employee.