Text: HSB00688 Text: HSB00690 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99E.9, subsection 3, paragraph g, Code 1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 g. The frequency of selection of winning tickets or 1 4 shares. Drawings shall be held in public. Drawings shall be 1 5 witnessed by an independent certified public accountant. 1 6 Equipment used to select winning tickets or shares or 1 7 participants for prizes shall be examined bylottery division1 8employees andan independent certified public accountant prior 1 9 to and after each public drawing. 1 10 Sec. 2. Section 99E.9, subsection 4, Code 1997, is amended 1 11 to read as follows: 1 12 4. The board and the commissioner may enter into written 1 13 agreements or compacts with another stateor statesor one or 1 14 more political subdivisions of another stateor statesfor the 1 15 operation, marketing, and promotion of a joint lottery or 1 16 joint lottery games. For the purposes of this subsection, a 1 17 state or a political subdivision of a state includes a 1 18 district, territory, or protectorate of the United States and 1 19 any nation and its political subdivisions which is a signatory 1 20 to the North American free trade agreement. 1 21 Sec. 3. Section 99E.18, subsection 4, Code 1997, is 1 22 amended to read as follows: 1 23 4. A person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, 1 24 alters, forges, utters, passes, redeems, or counterfeits a 1 25 lottery ticket or share or attempts to falsely make, alter, 1 26 forge, utter, pass, redeem, or counterfeit a lottery ticket or 1 27 share, or commits theft or attempts to commit theft of a 1 28 lottery ticket or share, is guilty of a class "D" felony. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 This bill provides that lottery division employees are no 1 31 longer responsible for examining the lottery equipment which 1 32 selects the winning ticket or participants for a prize before 1 33 and after each drawing. An independent certified accountant 1 34 is given this duty alone. 1 35 The bill also authorizes the lottery board and commissioner 2 1 to enter into agreements for lottery purposes with any 2 2 district, territory, or protectorate of the United States, and 2 3 any nation and its political subdivisions which is a signatory 2 4 to the North American free trade agreement. 2 5 The bill also provides that it is a class "D" felony to 2 6 steal, attempt to steal, redeem or attempt to redeem a stolen 2 7 lottery ticket. A class "D" felony is punishable by up to 2 8 five years imprisonment and, in addition, by a fine of not 2 9 less than $500 nor more than $7,500. 2 10 LSB 4366HC 77 2 11 tj/jl/8
Text: HSB00688 Text: HSB00690 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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