House File 510 - Introduced



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    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act appropriating unclaimed lottery prize money for the before
  2    and after school grant program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2605YH 83
  5 ec/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99G.31, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    d.  Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket
  1  4 or share shall be retained for a period deemed appropriate by
  1  5 the chief executive officer, subject to approval by the board.
  1  6 If a valid claim is not made for the money within the
  1  7 applicable period, the unclaimed prize money shall be added to
  1  8 the pool from which future prizes are to be awarded or used
  1  9 for special prize promotions appropriated to the department of
  1 10 education for use in providing grants for before and after
  1 11 school programs pursuant to section 256.26.  Notwithstanding
  1 12 this subsection, the disposition of unclaimed prize money from
  1 13 multijurisdictional games shall be made in accordance with the
  1 14 rules of the multijurisdictional game.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill provides that unclaimed lottery prize money shall
  1 17 be appropriated to the department of education to provide
  1 18 grants for the before and after school grant program.  Current
  1 19 law provides that unclaimed lottery prize money be used for
  1 20 future prizes or special prize promotions.
  1 21 LSB 2605YH 83
  1 22 ec/nh/5