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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99E.3, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. The commissioner may employ, with the approval of the 1 4 director, clerks, stenographers, inspectors, agents, and other 1 5 employees pursuant to chapter 19A as necessary to carry out 1 6 this chapter, except as provided in section 99E.14. The 1 7 commissioner may require a background investigation to be 1 8 conducted in connection with the employment of lottery 1 9 employees. The board shall define, by rule, the employment 1 10 categories subject to investigation. The background 1 11 investigation by the division of criminal investigation of the 1 12 department of public safety may include a national criminal 1 13 history record check through the federal bureau of 1 14 investigation. The screening of lottery employees through the 1 15 federal bureau of investigation shall be conducted by 1 16 submission of fingerprints through the state criminal history 1 17 record repository to the federal bureau of investigation. 1 18 Sec. 2. Section 99E.9, subsection 2, Code 2001, is amended 1 19 to read as follows: 1 20 2. Subject to the approval of the board, the commissioner 1 21 may enter into contracts for the operation and marketing of 1 22 the lottery, except that the board may by rule designate 1 23 classes of contracts other than major procurements which do 1 24 not require prior approval by the board. A major procurement 1 25 shall be as the result of competitive bidding with the 1 26 contract being awarded to the responsible vendor submitting 1 27 the lowest and best proposal. However, before a contract for 1 28 a major procurement is awarded, the division of criminal 1 29 investigation of the department of public safety shall conduct 1 30 a thorough background investigation of the vendor, any parent1 31or subsidiary corporation of the vendor, all shareholders of1 32five percent or more interest of the vendor or parent or1 33subsidiary corporation of the vendor, and all officers and1 34directors of the vendor or parent or subsidiary corporation of1 35the vendorto whom the contract is to be awarded. The 2 1 commissioner and board shall consult with the division of 2 2 criminal investigation and shall provide, by rule, for the 2 3 parameters of the thorough background investigations and due 2 4 diligence with regard to the background investigations to be 2 5 conducted in connection with major procurements. The vendor 2 6 shall submit to the division of criminal investigation 2 7 appropriate investigation authorizations to facilitate this 2 8 investigation.A contract for a major procurement awarded or2 9entered into by the commissioner with an individual or2 10business organization shall require that individual or2 11business organization to establish a permanent office in this2 12state.The background investigation by the division of 2 13 criminal investigation may include a national criminal history 2 14 record check through the federal bureau of investigation. The 2 15 screening of vendors or their employees through the federal 2 16 bureau of investigation shall be conducted by submission of 2 17 fingerprints through the state criminal history record 2 18 repository to the federal bureau of investigation. As used in 2 19 this subsection, "major procurement" means consulting 2 20 agreements and the major procurement contract with a business 2 21 organization for the printing of tickets, or for purchase or 2 22 lease of equipment or services essential to the operation of a 2 23 lottery game. 2 24 Sec. 3. Section 99E.9, subsection 3, paragraph m, Code 2 25 2001, is amended to read as follows: 2 26 m. The form and type of marketing, informational, and 2 27 educational material to be permitted.Marketing material and2 28campaigns shall include the concept of investing in Iowa's2 29economic development and show the economic development2 30initiatives funded from lottery revenue.2 31 Sec. 4. Section 99E.9, subsection 3, paragraph o, Code 2 32 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph. 2 33 EXPLANATION 2 34 This bill amends the Iowa lottery laws relating to 2 35 background investigations for lottery employees and contract 3 1 vendors and their employees, the content of marketing 3 2 materials, and the imprint of a licensee's name and address on 3 3 instant lottery tickets. 3 4 Code section 99E.3, subsection 3, is amended to authorize 3 5 the commissioner to require background investigations in 3 6 connection with the employment of lottery employees. The 3 7 lottery board shall define, by rule, the employment categories 3 8 subject to the investigation. The investigation may include a 3 9 national criminal history record check through the federal 3 10 bureau of investigation. 3 11 Code section 99E.9, subsection 2, is amended to authorize 3 12 the lottery commissioner and the lottery board to consult with 3 13 the division of criminal investigation of the department of 3 14 public safety and provide, by rule, the parameters of thorough 3 15 background investigations of vendors and their employees 3 16 needed in connection with major procurements. Specific 3 17 language requiring a background investigation of a parent or 3 18 subsidiary corporation of a vendor, all shareholders of 5 3 19 percent or more of a vendor or parent or subsidiary 3 20 corporation, and all officers and directors of a vendor or 3 21 parent or subsidiary corporation of a vendor is stricken. The 3 22 background investigations may include national criminal 3 23 history record checks through the federal bureau of 3 24 investigation. A requirement is also stricken that provides 3 25 that an individual or business awarded a major procurement 3 26 shall establish a permanent office in this state. 3 27 Code section 99E.9, subsection 3, paragraph "m", is amended 3 28 to strike a requirement that lottery marketing materials and 3 29 campaigns include the concept of investing in Iowa's economic 3 30 development and show the economic development initiatives 3 31 funded from lottery revenue. 3 32 Code section 99E.9, subsection 3, paragraph "o", is 3 33 stricken. This paragraph requires that a lottery licensee 3 34 either print or stamp the licensee's name and address on the 3 35 back of each instant ticket except pull-tab tickets. 4 1 LSB 5077DP 79 4 2 tj/sh/8
Text: HSB00533 Text: HSB00535 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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