Missouri HB 2762: Changes provisions relating to state lottery advertising.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2762
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEATON.
5564H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 313.230, 313.270, and 313.321, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof four new
sections relating to state lottery advertising.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 313.230, 313.270, and 313.321, RSMo, are repealed and four new
2 sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 313.222, 313.230, 313.270, and
3 313.321, to read as follows:
313.222. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
2 commission shall neither advertise nor promote the Missouri state lottery on any medium.
313.230. The commission shall:
2 (1) Issue rules and regulations concerning the operation of the Missouri state lottery.
3 The rules and regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
4 (a) The type of lottery to be conducted, except no lottery may use any coin- or
5 token-operated amusement device and no lottery game shall be based in any form on the outcome
6 of sporting events. However, it shall be legal to use clerk- or player-activated terminals, which
7 are coin- or currency-operated, to dispense lottery tickets;
8 (b) The price, or prices, of tickets or shares in the lottery;
9 (c) The numbers and sizes of the prizes on the winning tickets or shares;
10 (d) The manner of selecting the winning tickets or shares;
11 (e) The manner of payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares;
12 (f) The frequency of the drawings or selections of winning tickets or shares, without
13 limitation;
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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14 (g) The types or numbers of locations at which tickets or shares may be sold and the
15 method to be used in selling tickets or shares;
16 (h) The method to be used in selling tickets or shares;
17 (i) The licensing of lottery game retailers to sell tickets or shares;
18 (j) The manner and amount of compensation, including commissions, ticket discounts,
19 incentives and any other remuneration, to be paid to or retained by lottery game retailers;
20 (k) The apportionment of the total revenues accruing from the sale of lottery tickets or
21 shares and from all other sources among:
22 a. The payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares;
23 b. The payment of costs incurred in the operation and administration of the lottery,
24 including the expenses of the commission and the costs resulting from any contract or contracts
25 entered into for [promotional, advertising or] operational services or for the purchase or lease of
26 lottery equipment and materials;
27 c. For the repayment to the general revenue fund of any amount appropriated for initial
28 start-up of the lottery; and
29 d. For timely transfer to the state lottery fund as provided by law;
30 (l) Such other matters necessary or desirable for the efficient and economical operation
31 and administration of the lottery and for the convenience of the purchasers of tickets or shares
32 and the holders of winning tickets or shares. The commission may disburse money for payment
33 of lottery prizes;
34 (2) Amend, repeal, or supplement any such rules and regulations from time to time as
35 it deems necessary or desirable;
36 (3) Advise and make recommendations to the director regarding the operation and
37 administration of the lottery;
38 (4) Report quarterly to the governor and the general assembly the total lottery revenues,
39 prize disbursements and other expenses for the preceding quarter, and to make an annual report,
40 which shall include a full and complete statement of lottery revenues, prize disbursements and
41 other expenses, to the governor and the general assembly, and including such recommendations
42 for changes in sections 313.200 to 313.350 as it deems necessary or desirable;
43 (5) Report to the governor and general assembly any matters which shall require
44 immediate changes in the laws of this state in order to prevent abuses and evasions of sections
45 313.200 to 313.350 or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or to rectify undesirable
46 conditions in connection with the administration or operation of the lottery;
47 (6) Carry on a continuous study and investigation of the lottery throughout the state and
48 to make a continuous study and investigation of the operation and the administration of similar
49 laws which may be in effect in other states or countries, any literature on the subject which from

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50 time to time may be published or available, any federal laws which may affect the operation of
51 the lottery, and the reaction of Missouri citizens to existing and potential features of the lottery
52 with a view to recommending or effec